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Gurney said: “I am beyond words really, I just can’t believe it. I knew that the FA were going to do something about an incident in the Reading game, but I never thought they’d give me a ban.”
“I thought the Reading player had dived and when the ref. gave it his way, I exploded. But players swear at referees all the time and don’t get three-match bans. I feel like I’ve been made a scapegoat, maybe the FA wants the club itself to clean up its act - I don’t know?
“It now means that I’m going to miss the first three games and to be honest, I’m gutted. What annoys me more is that you see players get away with far worse - if the referees start sending players off for swearing there wouldn’t be any players left!”
The club have also been fined £4000 by the FA for their bad discipline record over the past 5 season's