Soccer: Sutton handed three-match ban
Celtic striker Chris Sutton has been rocked by the news that he could miss out on his side's championship party.
The £6million summer signing was red-carded for a petulant lunge at Gary Holt during Sunday's CIS Insurance Cup final victory over Kilmarnock.
And Sutton has paid the price for the moment of madness and will miss the next three Premier League matches against Aberdeen, Dundee and St Mirren.
A Scotland Football Association spokesman confirmed: "Chris Sutton will miss three matches in the Premier League for Celtic.
"Unfortunately the points he got for his sending-off on Sunday took him through the threshold.
"Chris Sutton will miss one match immediately and then two six-point suspensions which means he will miss two more games from April 1.
"So he now misses Celtic's next match at Aberdeen on April 1 and then the following games at home to Dundee on April 4 and St Mirren three days later.
If Rangers win all their matches then Sutton could return for the title celebrations after the league splits in two for the remainder of the season.
Ironically Sutton, who has now collected two red and six yellow cards since his arrival at Parkhead, will next pull on the Hoops at Hampden Park in the Scottish Cup semi-final against Dundee United on April 15.
Meanwhile, the SFA have confirmed they will look at television evidence before deciding whether to take any action against Rangers star Robert Malcolm.
Referee Alan Freeland missed the incident which marred the victory at Motherwell but the TV cameras caught Malcolm apparently kicking Said Chiba in the head as he lay on the ground.
The SFA spokesman said: "We've now got the report in and the disciplinary committee are looking at things.
"There has been nothing reported by the referee because he didn't see the incident and we can only go on what's in the report.
"But the disciplinary committee will still look at the incident as soon as possible and then something will be announced as soon as something is decided."
