John Rooney is all set to turn out for Barrow at Dagenham & Redbridge tonight after a successful appeal against his dismissal in Saturday’s 4-2 defeat at Torquay United.
The Bluebirds lodged an appeal against the straight red card he was shown just before the break at Plainmoor for handball inside the box.
The sides had been locked on 1-1 before the Gulls took the lead from the resulting penalty before going on to win on a frustrating afternoon for the Bluebirds and boss Ian Evatt.
Pictured collecting September’s National League Player of the Month award, the 28-year-old was cleared to play at Victoria Road on Tuesday after the Football Association confirmed the successful appeal on Monday evening.
A Bluebirds statement read: “Following an appeal, John Rooney’s red card against Torquay United on Saturday has been overturned.
“The FA confirmed on Monday evening that our appeal had been successful, meaning the Bluebirds will have their key man available for our clash with Dagenham & Redbridge at Victoria Road.”
Before the appeal, Evatt told nwemail.co.uk: “Everyone here has seen what’s happened. I can’t say much as I don’t want to get in trouble. He has made a superb tackle and he certainly hasn’t stopped it going in with his hand.”
“We will definitely appeal and if there is any justice we will win that appeal. Their players came off the pitch shaking their heads in disbelief at half-time.”
The younger brother of DC United and former England star Wayne, John Rooney also started out at Everton’s academy – take a peek at these sites.
After a career that took him as far afield as the New York Red Bulls and Barnsley, he joined the Bluebirds in 2018 after successful spells at Bury, Chester, Wrexham and most recently Guiseley.
The Gulls made it five wins from six matches at the weekend as they ended Barrow’s seven match winning run with a performance manager Gary Johnson later hailed as “Football League quality”.
