Colchester United boss Joe Dunne says they will be appealing the red card shown to skipper Magnus Okuonghae during their 4-0 Capital One Cup defeat at Charlton Athletic tonight.

Okuonghae was sent off in the 24th minute of the U's first-round tie at the Valley, after referee Charles Breakspear adjudged he had prevented a goalscoring opportunity by blocking Callum Harriott's goalbound effort with his hand.

However, Dunne felt that the ball hit Okuonghae's ribs and that his defender should not have been sent off.

Charlton's Yoni Buyens scored from the penalty and a brace from Lawrie Wilson, along with Simon Church's late strike, sealed Colchester's fate.

Comments (5)

Rightly so, Joe! Please DO appeal the decision. The loss of Magnus and the penalty which led to the Charlton first goal cost us the game. Admittedly after that we did capitulate in the second half but we were playing well and probably the better side until the penalty. The referee was clearly too far away to see the incident close up and made the wrong decision, yielding to Home fans' and players' appeals. Without Magnus we will be vulnerable at the back for the next 3 games. Hope the decision gets over-turned so that some justice can prevail from this farcical decision by what appeared to be a biased official. Up the U's!

Rightly so, Joe! Please DO appeal the decision. The loss of Magnus and the penalty which led to the Charlton first goal cost us the game. Admittedly after that we did capitulate in the second half but we were playing well and probably the better side until the penalty. The referee was clearly too far away to see the incident close up and made the wrong decision, yielding to Home fans' and players' appeals. Without Magnus we will be vulnerable at the back for the next 3 games. Hope the decision gets over-turned so that some justice can prevail from this farcical decision by what appeared to be a biased official. Up the U's!Ozzie

BlueandWhiteBaz wrote:
Ozzie, I think the ban would only be for one game in this case. However, if we were to lose the appeal the ban would probably be extended.

Straight red cards are 3 game ban. League and cup.

[quote][p][bold]BlueandWhiteBaz[/bold] wrote:
Ozzie, I think the ban would only be for one game in this case. However, if we were to lose the appeal the ban would probably be extended.[/p][/quote]Straight red cards are 3 game ban. League and cup.super waluigi

BlueandWhiteBaz wrote:
Ozzie, I think the ban would only be for one game in this case. However, if we were to lose the appeal the ban would probably be extended.

Straight red cards are 3 game ban. League and cup.

Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately ... Suspension: 1 match

[quote][p][bold]super waluigi[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]BlueandWhiteBaz[/bold] wrote:
Ozzie, I think the ban would only be for one game in this case. However, if we were to lose the appeal the ban would probably be extended.[/p][/quote]Straight red cards are 3 game ban. League and cup.[/p][/quote]Denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by deliberately ... Suspension: 1 matchPeteLandis