Sport

Barton and Bowyer in the clear

12 April 2012

The Football Association have quashed the red card issued to Lee Bowyer last weekend and also opted to take no further action against Joey Barton.

West Ham midfielder Bowyer was dismissed on Saturday by referee Mark Clattenburg for an alleged two-footed tackle on Birmingham captain Damien Johnson in the Barclays Premier League clash at Upton Park.

Barton, meanwhile, was involved in an incident with Shaun Maloney during Newcastle's 4-1 defeat at Aston Villa on the same day, when television pictures appeared to show him lashing out at the Villa forward.

But neither will face a suspension or any kind of sanction after the FA decided that no punishment was necessary in both cases.

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