Dundee United’s Calum Butcher faces a three-game ban if the SFA issue a retrospective red card for his tackle on Celtic star David Turnbull.
Butcher is walking a suspension tightrope after SFA compliance officer Andrew Phillips issued him with a Fast Track Notice of Complaint on Tuesday.
Phillips will determine on Thursday whether or not to overturn referee Don Robertson’s initial yellow card.
If found guilty of a retrospective red card offence, then Butcher will be served an immediate two game ban.
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But Butcher will face a further sanction if he is red-carded after crashing through the points threshold.
Butcher has picked up five yellow cards and a red in his last seven games.
He has already served a two game ban this season after being sent off for an off-the-ball incident with Aberdeen’s Christian Ramirez.
Butcher was just nine minutes into his return from that suspension when he made the tackle on Turnbull.
Butcher will be issued with an additional one game ban if the SFA rule against him – effective 14 days from the date the red card was incurred.
That would come into force on December 19th.
It will also mean Butcher won’t appear for United until after Christmas.
He would be ruled out for home games with Livingston and Hibernian and a trip to Rangers.
