Roy O 'Donovan will miss 10 games after the failure of his call to the audience

ROY O. Donovan will miss up to nine rounds of the A-League season after the Newcastle Jets striker failed to reduce the suspension of 10 games on call .

The Irishman received the ban – the second largest In the history of the A-League – after pleading guilty in May to a serious fault for a high-level challenge that has beat Melbourne goalkeeper Lawrence Thomas in the jaw in the 93rd minute of the Jets' 1-0 defeat in the final. 19659003] O & # 39; Donovan appealed the severity of the sentence at a hearing in Sydney on Tuesday night, where the attacker argued that he had not "heard". eyes only for the ball.

His lawyer Simon Philips was allowed to present new evidence Donovan's challenge to others made in the competition that received lesser penalties. The player also testified during a three-hour hearing

However, Allan Sullivan's panel, Judge Rachel Pepper and former National League midfielder Peter Tsekenis deliberated for less than 10 hours. minutes before rejecting the call. Said Lawrie McKinna, General Manager of Jets. "The PFA's lawyers did a good job, they provided video evidence of a Berisha [Besart] tackle by Shane Smeltz on Jets goalkeeper Neil Young and a few others." But it was obvious early on that They were not going to change anything, all they told us in the end was that they would not overturn the ban. "

panel should publish its conclusions in due course.

The suspension of O 'Donovan, which can be served in the FFA Cup and A-League, will start when the Jets face the Gold Coast Knights in their FFA Cup match in round 32 at Cbus Super Stadium on August 7th. He could clear up to four games before the start of the A-League season.

"Roy will continue to train and travel to Spain with the team for a pre-season tournament," McKinna said. "I hope that we will have a good race in the FFA Cup, which will allow us to get rid of some matches."

At the preliminary hearing, IDEC President John Marshall SC stated that the most dangerous game ever before was presented to the committee. "