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Angry MP insists FA must review decision not to punish Morgan for horror challenge on Hume
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Angry MP insists FA must review decision not to punish Morgan for horror challenge on Hume
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12/5/2008
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The Daily Mail
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The FA must review their decision not to punish Sheffield United defender Chris Morgan for the horrific challenge that left Barnsley forward Iain Hume with a fractured skull, according to a local MP. Eric Illsley of Barnsley Central slammed the FA's verdict and accused Morgan of 'violent conduct'. Hume required surgery on the injury he suffered in last month's Yorkshire derby and has yet to return to first team action. The FA decided not to take further action after taking 'express direction' from FIFA and deciding that 'we can only bring additional charges in the most exceptional cases and only if it can be proved beyond doubt that the actions of a player were a deliberate attempt to injure an opponent'. Chris Morgan The FA decided not to punish Sheffield United defender Chris Morgan for his horrific challenge on Barnsley forward Iain Hume But Illsley believes the FA should review their verdict, telling BBC Radio 5 Live: 'My view is that this does amount to deliberate violent conduct. I'm aware of the FA statement and I disagree with it. 'There are two aspects here, which are the FA's Respect agenda and whether or not the actions of Chris Morgan were deliberate. 'The referee booked Chris Morgan so he must have realised that the challenge was outside the rules and deliberate. 'When you look at the challenge, it is difficult to see how it couldn't be classed as violent conduct and I fail to see how the FA cannot consider that as violent conduct. 'When you consider that Iain Hume, according to the club, had been asking for protection from similar incidents all through the game then you have to consider that there was obviously an intention on the part of Chris Morgan to either intimidate Iain Hume or stop him playing his game. 'The club are making further representations and what legal avenues are open to them but my call is for the FA to look at it again.'
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