Arran Lee-Barrett, the Hartlepool United goalkeeper, has been suspended for three games by the Football Associaion.
Match referee Clive Oliver missed Lee-Barrett swinging an elbow in the direction of Fleetwood Town's Lee Hunt during Saturday's FA Cup tie.
Oliver did book the goalkeeper for "adopting an agressive attitude" during the ensuing melee and, in his match report submitted at Soho Square, the referee said he would have red-carded the goalkeeper at the time if he had spotted the incident.
Pools boss Danny Wilson admitted after the game that his goalkeeper was fortunate to stay on the field.
Lee-Barrett now misses games with Yeovil, Hereford and Southend - which will give Jan Budtz his first games of the season.
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