Margate manager Mark Stimson has called for club representatives to be allowed to sit with FA bosses for appeal review meetings.
Influential midfielder Ben Greenhalgh is serving a three-match suspension after he was controversially red-carded in Gate’s 3-2 loss at Whitehawk earlier this month.
Struggling Isthmian Premier side Margate appealed but revealed the decision had been upheld last Thursday. Stimson said: “After watching it many times and deciding to appeal, it’s mind-boggling. “I would love - somehow one day - for them to let a club representative be on these panels to understand why it’s not overturned. “If you look at the incident and look at the lad’s career, is he the sort of lad to be sent off for violent conduct?
Probably not. “Hopefully, somebody will be able to sit in on these discussions one day. “It has cost us badly.” Greenhalgh’s ban, at least, will be over fairly quickly.