No action taken on Blades Skipper

Last updated : 25 November 2008 By Jamie Furniss
The Blades ran out 2:1 winners at a chilly Oakwell but the spotlight was on the nasty injury to Tykes striker Iain Hume. He picked suffered a fractured skull when United defender Chris Morgan leapt to head the ball away. Unfortunately his elbow collided with Hume's head and the consequences haven't been nice.

A spokesman from the FA said: "When judging whether to take disciplinary action in this case, The FA has had to consider the challenge itself and not the outcome of it.

"The FA has been given express direction from FIFA that we cannot upgrade yellow cards to red. On this basis, we can only bring additional charges in the most exceptional cases and only it can be proved beyond doubt that the actions of a player were a deliberate attempt to injure and opponent.

"Having reviewed all available evidence in this case, including submissions made by Barnsley, there is no basis on which an additional charge could brought."