He was cleared of headbutting Erik Bakke, but found guilty of the alleged kick at his friend Olivier Dacourt. This is despite Dacourt's own conviction that there was nothing in the incident for the FA to concern themselves over.

There's no word from Arsenal at present, although there have been indications that they'd be prepared to defend him to the samje extent as they recently defended Arsene Wenger.

Vieira faces a one match ban, as opposed to the 3 game suspension people have been saying he could get if found guilty of both offences.

Acording to this report in The Times, Patrick's ban starts immediately, so he misses Saturday's visit by Ipswich. Not the match in 2 weeks time at Old Trafford.