Quashie ban extended
West Brom midfielder Nigel Quashie has been given a further one-game suspension after admitting a Football Association charge of misconduct.
Quashie already had to serve a four-match ban for his red card against Middlesbrough at The Hawthorns nine days ago, his second dismissal of the campaign.
But the further ban, plus a £5,000 (€7,300) fine, results from him using abusive and insulting words towards a match official before he headed to the dressing rooms.
Bryan Robson’s £1.2m (€1.8m) signing from Southampton in January will now be out of action until the derby fixture against Aston Villa on April 9.
Quashie was banned for Saturday’s clash with Chelsea and will now also miss the matches against Birmingham, Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool.
An FA disciplinary commission at Soho Square decided on the further punishment for Quashie at a hearing after the player admitted the charge.
Quashie’s problems began when he kicked Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng in the back and was given a straight red card by referee Mike Dean.
His previous dismissal this season had been as a Southampton player against Hull.
Quashie has already apologised to his team-mates and it will be a harsh lesson for the Scottish international and a big blow to Albion’s survival hopes.
Robson said: “After the Middlesbrough game, Nigel apologised to all the staff and all the players and I said to him: ‘You can’t have bad discipline when things are going against you on the pitch.’
“When you do that, all you do is shoot yourself in the foot for the next few games.
“It is not necessarily the game where you are down to 10 men but the ban he has got on top of that.
"That is where it can be detrimental to everyone pulling together and wanting to do well at the club.”
Quashie’s extra suspension was expected, with Birmingham striker Emile Heskey having received the same punishment following his reaction after a red card against Arsenal last month.
