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The FA don’t issue the bans. It’s dealt with by an independent regulatory commission. I’ll wait until the FA publish the full statement before deciding if there are any inconsistencies, I’d imagine Ivan Toneys lawyers are doing the same.

The team sheet may be issued to the ref, the other team and the media an hour before the game but the players know the starting XI etc a day or two before the game. So he’d know he wasn’t going to be involved (barring late injury and being drafted into the squad) on the Thursday or Friday.