Three count for Huth
Filed: Thursday, 22nd October 2009
By: Staff Writer
Stoke City defender Robert Huth has been given a three-match ban for punching Hammers captain Matthew Upson.
The German international was handed the ban for his unwarranted assault on United captain Upson which occured during last weekend's 2-1 defeat at the Britannia Stadium.
A statement on tthefa.com confirmed the news:
"At a Regulatory Commission hearing today, Stoke City defender Robert Huth was given a three match suspension to be served with immediate effect," it read.
"Huth admitted a charge of violent conduct relating to an incident involving West Ham defender Matthew Upson during the Premier League match on Saturday 17 October."
The decision follows an earlier apology issued to Upson by both the player and his employees.
"Stoke and Robert Huth accept the FA charge of violent conduct and would like to apologise for the incident at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday," a club statement had read.
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by englandsnumber6
07:58AM 23rd Oct 2009
''What a poor excuse for an apology. It doesnt matter what Upson was doing or where he was looking, he is a defender who was getting in position for a free kick.
Huth should be banned for 12 games; he is just a thug and a poor footballer playing for a poor excuse for a Premier League side who will eventually get found out and go back to the lower leagues along with Sheffield Utd.''
