Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Scott McKenna “shocked” to receive two-game ban, according to Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes

Scott McKenna has missed time due to a hamstring injury and suspension this season.
Scott McKenna has missed time due to a hamstring injury and suspension this season.

Scott McKenna was shocked to receive his two-game ban from the Scottish FA for his collision with Celtic’s Odsonne Edouard.

The Aberdeen defender was unsuccessful with an appeal yesterday against the suspension brought forward by the SFA, with manager Derek McInnes breaking the news to a surprised McKenna.

A fast-track notice of complaint was issued against the Scotland international on Wednesday for the incident, which was seen by referee Bobby Madden and no foul given. The punishment means the 21-year-old will miss tomorrow’s game against St Mirren and the trip to Tynecastle to face Hearts after the international break.

McInnes maintains his player’s innocence despite the outcome of yesterday’s hearing, insisting McKenna was making a clearance to keep the ball from Edouard rather than a challenge.

McInnes said: “Scott was in shock and was as disappointed as me when I told him. I felt I had to tell him rather than him hearing from somebody else. He is disappointed because he has missed enough games this season through injury. Devlin has also missed games through an unwanted and a harsh suspension. Getting the two of them finally together over the last few games has been a benefit to us.

“I feel, and we feel, that it was a clearance. It’s not a two-footed lunge as one or two people have reported. It was a clearance with his right foot. He’s running at full speed to get to the ball ahead of Edouard and he’s actually cleared the ball with his right foot. In doing so, with the two players colliding, he’s propelled himself into him. It’s a kicking action to clear the ball. It’s not a tackle, it’s a clearance. That must be important in all of this.

“I’m pretty sure the referee, in looking at it again, would not deem it as a red-card offence. I just don’t see it as a red card. There’s no serious injury, there’s certainly no malice. Scott has got his eyes on the ball, he’s going for the ball and trying to make the clearance. We’re disappointed that we’re now having to address this.”

It is the third unsuccessful battle the Dons have had with the SFA’s appeals panel, following dismissals for Shay Logan and Mikey Devlin that were not overturned. McKenna has already missed three weeks of the season due to a hamstring injury picked up on the opening day against Rangers.

The Dons manager criticised the panel previously following the Devlin decision, branding them “incompetent” and hitting out at the lack of transparency. Rangers’ striker Alfredo Morelos had his sending off against Aberdeen – for kicking out at McKenna – rescinded by the SFA.