Jack Simpson: FA has no plans to appeal to increase ex-Cardiff player's racism ban

Jack Simpson admitted using a racial slur towards Cardiff team-mate Rohan Luthra on pre-season tour in Portugal in July; Simpson left Cardiff in August despite having a year left on his contract; Simpson given a six-game ban and £8,000 fine

Sunday 19 November 2023 11:06, UK

The FA has no plans to appeal to upgrade the six-game suspension imposed upon former Cardiff player Jack Simpson ater he admitted directing a racial slur towards team-mate Rohan Luthra, Sky Sports News has learned.

Simpson, whose contact at Cardiff was terminated by «mutual agreement» in August, was suspended for six games, fined £8000 and handed an education order by the FA after a decision by a three-person Independent Regulatory Commission.

Cardiff City have been contacted by Sky Sports News for comment.

Six matches was at the lowest end of the six-to-12-match suspension range available to the Independent Regulatory Commission.

The Commission had noted Simpson was in a relationship with his girlfriend who is of Indian heritage and that he was «clearly embarrassed and perturbed by having used the words he did in the knowledge that such insults have been used towards his girlfriend's family in the past».

Simpson committed the offence during a pre-season tour of Portugal with Cardiff in July.

The 26-year-old was found to have breached FA rule E3.1 by using «language towards a team-mate that was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper».

Furthermore, Simpson breached FA rule E3.2 by using language that «constitutes an aggravated breach as it included a reference — whether express or implied — to race and/or colour».

Luthra became the first-ever British South Asian goalkeeper to sign a Premier League contract when he was at Crystal Palace back in 2020,