Carling Cup - United: Ref booked wrong twin

PA Sport - Thu, 29 Oct 14:31:00 2009

Manchester United have submitted a claim of mistaken identity to the FA after Fabio da Silva was booked by referee Chris Foy against Barnsley in the Carling Cup.

2009-10 Premier League Manchester United Fabio and Rafael Da Silva (Reuters) - 0

Instead the offender - for a challenge on Jamal Campbell-Ryce - was his twin brother Rafael.

The FA confirmed they have been approached by United and the submission will be heard on Tuesday by a regulatory commission.

The Brazilian twins helped United secure a place in the quarter-finals of the competition thanks to a 2-0 victory.

However the holders finished the game with 10 men after Foy sent off Gary Neville for clattering into Adam Hammill.

PA Sport

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  1. HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHHaaHaHaHaHaHa

    From Nitrowizard, on Mon 9 Nov 9:10PM

  2. the ref is stuipid there names our at the back ok­ threre shirtis like c mon like there are numbres on­ there bacs too

    From Muadh H, on Sun 8 Nov 4:24PM

  3. barnsly are @#$% lets face it a nother season fighting­ religation not be long till u start dropping points­ again and again and again never mind lads div 1­ football do ya good next season

    From andrew, on Sun 1 Nov 12:12PM

  4. fabio is unlucky how did the ref get it wrong any way­ he must of not been consetrating!!!!! manu 4 ever1

    From Bradley, on Sat 31 Oct 2:08PM

  5. Gary Neville has got more Premiership WINNING medals­ than the WHOLE of the Liverpool team .....put­ together.....hahah..har har di ha

    From mrstyches, on Sat 31 Oct 2:06PM

  6. Thats classic!

    From gunners4 lyfe:), on Fri 30 Oct 11:48PM
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    who cares? manure are @#$% anyway

    From asanshe, on Fri 30 Oct 5:28PM

  8. Gary 'uglet' Neville is a twa.t who deserved to­ be sent off.

    From Barcelona 2 0 Manchester United, on Fri 30 Oct 1:27PM

  9. That referee should go for an eye examination. Oh sorry­ both eyes.

    From koonlay, on Fri 30 Oct 10:34AM

  10. Fabio on the left and Rafa on the right dude.

    From PhinUnited, on Fri 30 Oct 8:24AM
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    neville is a s h e t eater!

    From damnsoldja, on Thu 29 Oct 10:06PM

  12. matt lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    From i am a teacup, on Thu 29 Oct 10:04PM

  13. The replay clearly showed that the referee got it wrong­ and booked the wrong player. I guess some tw*ts on­ here have to complain about something or their heads­ would explode.

    From MU4Life, on Thu 29 Oct 8:23PM
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    Only Fergie could come up with this excuse! Perhaps­ after the crowd trouble caused by alleged man utd fans­ they should be thrown out of the cup and replaced by­ barnsley

    From Me, on Thu 29 Oct 6:01PM

  15. Maybe referees are as dumb as they look after all!

    From Man United For Life, on Thu 29 Oct 5:19PM

  16. Never mind the numbers, don't they have their names­ in big letters on their backs as well?

    From Ronaldo in ten years time, on Thu 29 Oct 4:38PM

  17. Maybe thats why they lost on Saturday, they played­ Wayen Rooneys useless twin Dwanyne by mistake

    From matt, on Thu 29 Oct 4:08PM
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    manchester cheating nob jockeys

    From peter, on Thu 29 Oct 3:49PM

  19. As someone with eyesight, I would have thought it was­ easy to tell them apart as Fabio has a big number 20 on­ his back and Rafael has a big number 21 on his back.­
    As for the photo I’d say Rafael’s on the left and­ Fabio’s on the right.

    From Ronaldo in ten years time, on Thu 29 Oct 3:42PM

  20. #13 "So­ henceforth theis twins before any match­ should clarify­ any difference between them.Maybe a­ star with red ot­ iron should be placed on one of them­ to distinguish­ them" I would have guessed the­ numbers on the back of the shirt would have given a­ clue............

    From The M, on Thu 29 Oct 3:39PM
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