Prior to Stoke City’s match, the Birmingham City red card appeal ruling was made public.
Current Birmingham City news from Birmingham Live: following his dismissal against Plymouth Argyle, Krystian Bielik will miss the next three games.
An appeal against a red card given to Krystian Bielik has been rejected, Birmingham City has stated ahead of their Boxing Day match against Stoke City (5:15pm kickoff).
In Saturday’s 3-3 draw between Plymouth Argyle and Home Park, Bielik was dismissed. Due to a foul on Jordan Houghton, the central midfielder for Argyle, the Blues midfielder was sent off in the 48th minute.
Following the incident, Wayne Rooney’s team led 2-1 at halftime, but Morgan Whittaker’s goal in the 86th minute leveled the score for the home team. The Blues’ next three games against Stoke, Bristol City, and Leeds United will be without Bielik.
READ MORE: Prior to the Stoke match, Tom Wagner outlines the Blues’ transformation
“An appeal against Krystian Bielik’s red card has been unsuccessful,” the club said in a statement. The midfield player for the Blues was sent off in the 48th minute of Saturday afternoon’s Sky Bet Championship match at Home Park against Plymouth Argyle.
“After the game, an appeal against the ruling was filed. The three-game penalty that followed the red card, though, has been upheld. The midfield player will miss the following league games: Tuesday, December 26, at 5 p.m., against Stoke City; Friday, December 29, at 7 p.m., against Bristol City; and Monday, January 1, against Leeds United.”
READ MORE.
Football’s “day of shame”: the FA Cup match between West Brom and Wolves is called off as fans fight in the stands, forcing players to rush the field and carry their kids to safety.
Fans of both teams stormed the ground during the FA Cup match between West Brom and Wolves, forcing players to take their kids to safety as violence broke out in the stands between them.
Social media footage from The Hawthorns stadium in West Bromwich shows crowd turmoil as roughly fifty police officers brandishing batons and stewards attempt to restrain spectators.
Six persons had been taken into custody as a result of the incidents, according to West Midlands Police.
As he witnessed a man being brought across the ground with blood streaming from his face, a lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporter remarked, “I’ve seen it bad, but never like this.” “Let him die,” it seemed like a bunch of supporters chanted as he was taken off the field by police.
Defensor Kyle Bartley of Albion was briefly observed escorting his two young children, a girl and a boy, to safety as disturbances on the stands spread onto the field.
In the meantime, his teammates frantically texted their relatives. Unverified rumors surfaced that the families of the athletes had been spit on.
According to reports, Wolves supporters celebrating the goal while surrounded by home team supporters sparked the disturbance.
Since this was the first time these adversaries had faced off in public since 2012 and the first time since 2021, there was always a chance that the contest would turn violent.
The match had been deemed high risk, extra security had been deployed, and the kickoff time was set at 11.45am in the hopes that this would prevent fans of the West Midlands clubs from being too hostile.
