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Let Off

# let-off - Tuesday 19 March, 2013

No FA action for Callum McManaman over horror Haidara tackle

An FA statement said that as match officials had seen the incident, the governing body was powerless to take retrospective disciplinary action.

# let-off - Thursday 22 November, 2012

‘Unduly lenient’: IRB to appeal Thomson stamp ban

The New Zealand back row was given a one-week ban for stamping on the head of Alasdair Strokosch.

# let-off - Monday 8 October, 2012

Van Persie avoids FA sanction despite Pardew criticism

Calls for the striker to be punished were made after he allegedly elbowed Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye.

# let-off - Friday 28 September, 2012

Ferguson dubs Terry ban ‘lenient’

“It is time to move on and so should the game,” said the Manchester United manager today.

# let-off - Thursday 19 July, 2012

No further action against Barton after arrest

The QPR midfielder was involved in a scuffle outside a Liverpool nightclub on 4 June.

# let-off - Tuesday 10 April, 2012

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What the…? Balotelli’s challenge on Alex Song goes unpunished by the FA

The suits claim that their hands are tied because it was not an off-the-ball incident.

# let-off - Monday 2 April, 2012

Possibility of becoming England captain helped Hartley get a lighter ban for biting

The Northampton Saints hooker was given glowing references by forwards coach Graham Rowntree during his disciplinary hearing for the incident involving Stephen Ferris.

# let-off - Wednesday 21 March, 2012

Pulis escapes driving ban by claiming Stoke would be relegated

The Potters manager came up with one of the most novel pleas we’ve ever heard.

# let-off - Saturday 17 December, 2011

Lucky man: Bonds is spared prison sentence over obstruction of justice

Barry Bonds has received a lenient sentence after he was convicted of deliberately misleading a jury.