Crystal Palace midfielder Ruesha Littlejohn may very well be set for a prolonged ban after the Soccer Affiliation mentioned its commonplace punishment for her sending off – after an altercation with Leicester Metropolis’s Hannah Cain – was “clearly inadequate”.
Littlejohn, 35, appeared to seize her opponent across the neck earlier than throwing her to the bottom throughout Palace’s 3-0 win within the League Cup on Sunday.
The usual punishment for a crimson card for violent conduct is a three-match ban, but when the FA thinks {that a} dismissal offence is “actually distinctive” it could possibly search to extend the punishment.
The case will now be thought-about by a regulatory fee.
An FA assertion mentioned: “A declare of clearly inadequate punishment has been submitted towards Crystal Palace FC Girls’s Ruesha Littlejohn.
“The participant was despatched off across the 58th minute for violent conduct, and the usual punishment is a three-match ban, but it surely’s claimed that this penalty is clearly inadequate.”
If the declare is profitable, the fee will resolve a brand new punishment, however whether it is dismissed Littlejohn will serve the usual three-match ban.
Republic of Eire worldwide Littlejohn – who joined Palace in September – has till Thursday to reply.
