bruceSteve Bruce, Hull City boss on Friday accused the
Football Association of establishing a “kangaroo
court” after George Boyd got a three-match
suspension for spitting at Manchester City’s Joe Hart.
Boyd appealed against the ban, handed down by the
FA following an incident in Hull’s 2-0 home defeat
last weekend, but the punishment was upheld by an
independent disciplinary panel on Thursday.
“It’s like a kangaroo court – we don’t know who sits
on it or who is accountable for it,” Bruce said.
“The problem is we can’t go down and see anyone,
we can’t be represented on this commission, and we
don’t know who sat on it.
“What we got was three referees on Monday morning
saying that in their view he (Boyd) deliberately spat
at him (Hart). We’re totally disappointed and the
whole system needs looking at.
“For me we don’t get a fair hearing because George
Boyd would never spit at anybody, but that’s what he
has been found guilty of and we are aggrieved over it.
“George feels so strongly about it that if there was
legal action he could take he would take it, because
they are accusing him of something that is not in his
make-up at all.”
The incident occurred during the second half of the
game at the Kingston Communication Stadium,
with Hart aggressively squaring up to Boyd after
the Scottish forward went down in the box in a vain attempt to win a penalty against him.