A ROCHDALE striker has been given one of the longest bans in English football history after elbowing an opponent.
Calvin Andrew’s 12-match ban for lashing out at Oldham’s Peter Clarke is longer than the 10-game suspension handed to Luis Suarez for biting Branislav Ivanovic in 2013.
Incredibly, the 29-year-old’s shocking foul went unnoticed on the pitch, but was later punished after a Football Association video review.
A statement from the FA read: “The player admitted his behaviour constituted violent conduct but denied the clearly insufficient element of the charge.
“However, this was found proven following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing on Thursday 3 November 2016.”
The incident came in the 77th minute of the League One derby.
Andrew is seen waiting for a cross to be delivered by his Rochdale teammate but when it doesn’t come he gives a savage unprovoked elbow to the face of Clarke.
Rochdale ended up winning 1-0 in the clash at Spotland.
The League One team issued a statement of their own after the announcement, reiterating the comments made by the FA.
Former Crystal Palace ace Andrew – who has scored three goals in 15 league appearances this season – will now be out of action until January.
But the punishment still fails in comparison to the one given to Manchester United legend Eric Cantona who was banned for nine months for a kung-fu style kick on a Crystal Palace fan in 1995.
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