Shrewsbury Town fail in Joseph Mills red card appeal
Shrewsbury defender Joseph Mills has failed to have his red card against Walsall overturned on appeal.
The full-back will now miss the Shrews' games against Stevenage, Tranmere and Crewe after an FA panel rejected his appeal against his sending off at the Banks's Stadium.
Town lodged the appeal yesterday after viewing video evidence of Mills's dismissal but they failed to convince the panel.
Mills, who is on loan from Burnley, was shown a straight red card by referee Robert Madley after clattering into Saddlers' James Chambers just past the hour mark.
Town lodged the appeal yesterday after viewing video evidence of the full-back's dismissal at Walsall on Saturday.
Before the decision, Town boss Mike Jackson said: "It would be a blow to lose Joseph for three games."
Losing Mills has cut the number of loan players available to Jackson. Town currently have six loanees on their books but the manager is only able to name five in a match-day squad and it was for this reason on loan Bolton striker Tom Eaves was left on the bench on Saturday.
"Our hand was forced a bit with the loan system," said Jackson. "In an ideal world we would put Tom on the bench but because we have got six loans it has finally caught up with us."