Wycombe Wanderers manager Matt Bloomfield will serve a touchline ban after picking up his third yellow card of the season.
The 39-year-old was cautioned in the Chairboys’ 3-2 home victory against Bristol Rovers on New Year's Day [January 1], but was booked following Josh Scowen’s straight red card on the hour mark with the score at 1-0 to Wanderers.
Referee Leigh Doughty decided to penalise the manager for alleged dissent, a claim that Bloomfield denies.
Matt Bloomfield will serve a one-match touchline ban after receiving his third yellow card of the season on Monday.
— Wycombe Wanderers (@wwfcofficial) January 4, 2024
The boss was booked for an alleged act of dissent which he strongly refutes, and will therefore watch from the stands at Burton on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/GnXF7EbWjR
His previous yellow cards came in the opening day defeat to Exeter City on August 5, and in the home loss to Shrewsbury Town on December 9.
Speaking to the press about his yellow card after the win against the Pirates, he said: " I took my medicine against Exeter on the first day of the season but it’s frustrating when you see different standards in different games.
“There was an incident at Orient where a manager held onto the ball and we’ve been told that leads to punishment and it wasn’t, then I’m booked today [January 1] as the referee claims I’ve done something but I haven’t.
“If I can appeal it I will because on both my girls’ lives, I didn’t do anything wrong.”
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