BURTON ALBION ARE to contest a Football Association charge which has been issued to goalkeeper Kieran O’Hara.
The Republic of Ireland international, who’s on loan at the League One club from Manchester United, clashed with Sammie Szmodics of Peterborough United while a corner was being taken in the 44th minute of Saturday’s 1-1 draw.
Although Peterborough did not lodge an official complaint, the charge is understood to have arisen from an allegation of biting which was included in the referee’s report. The referee, Brett Huxtable, took no action at the time of the incident.
O’Hara has been charged with breaching FA Rule E3, which states: “A participant shall at all times act in the best interests of the game and shall not act in any manner which is improper or brings the game into disrepute or use any one, or a combination of, violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour.”
In a statement issued this afternoon, Burton Albion confirmed that they will contest the charge. O’Hara has until Friday to respond.
The 23-year-old, who has made 42 appearances for Burton this season, was capped at senior level by Ireland in the recent friendlies against Bulgaria and New Zealand.
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Don’t know if this lad is up to it would love to see Mark Travers, caomhin kelleher or Gavin bazunu get loan moves or start starting for their first teams.But that’s highly unlikely for kelleher or bazunu so a loan is probably needed. But I’d say Travers is better than Ramsdale at Bournemouth imo.
@James Mockler: apart from his debut,Travers has mad so many errors when given a chance,Ramsdale is a decent keeper.
@Nic Antonio: tbf travers has made mistakes but so has Ramsdale one that springs to mind is against Leicester I think vardy lobbed him from 35 yards. But I think play Travers as much as Ramsdale and you’ll potentially have a better keeper in the long run.
@James Mockler: O’Hara is a good keeper and playing first team football unlike Travers and Gavin is miles away from playing for Irish senior team.