Hull coach Bruce angered by Boyd spitting ban: 'It's like a kangaroo court'

LONDON, March 21, 2014 - Hull City manager Steve Bruce on Friday accused the Football Association of establishing a "kangaroo court" after George Boyd got a three-match suspension for spitting at Manchester City's Joe Hart.

Boyd appealed against the ban, handed down by the FA following an incident in Hull's 2-0 home defeat last weekend, but the punishment was upheld by an independent disciplinary panel on Thursday.

"It's like a kangaroo court -- we don't know who sits on it or who is accountable for it," Bruce said.

"The problem is we can't go down and see anyone, we can't be represented on this commission, and we don't know who sat on it.

"What we got was three referees on Monday morning saying that in their view he (Boyd) deliberately spat at him (Hart). We're totally disappointed and the whole system needs looking at.

"For me we don't get a fair hearing because George Boyd would never spit at anybody, but that's what he has been found guilty of and we are aggrieved over it.

"George feels so strongly about it that if there was legal action he could take he would take it, because they are accusing him of something that is not in his make-up at all."

The incident occurred during the second half of the game at the KC Stadium, with Hart aggressively squaring up to Boyd after the Scottish forward went down in the box in a vain attempt to win a penalty against him.