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Sutton United forward Harry Smith banned for two games and fined £750 after admitting FA charge following red card at Gillingham in December

A striker who saw red against Gillingham last month has been handed an additional two-match ban.

Sutton forward Harry Smith was dismissed after just 26 minutes of their 1-0 loss at Priestifeld in League 2 over the festive period for a reckless challenge on Gillingham defender Max Ehmer.

The 28-year-old former Millwall, Leyton Orient and Northampton frontman was subsequently charged by the Football Association with a breach of rule E3.1.

Sutton's Harry Smith is shown a red card at Gillingham by referee David Rock. Picture: @Julian_KPI

Smith has admitted that “following his dismissal, his language towards a match official was improper and/or abuse and or/insulting.”

Former Gillingham goalkeeper Joe Walsh set to play against them in League 2 for Accrington Stanley after extending loan from QPR

Gillingham will need to get the better of one of their former scholars on Saturday.

Goalkeeper Joe Walsh has today (Tuesday) extended his loan stay with Accrington Stanley – having first joined the League 2 side on an emergency basis in early December.

Gillingham head to Accrington for a league match this Saturday.

Walsh came through the youth ranks at the Gills and signed a three year professional deal with the club in the summer of 2019, making his one and only league appearance as a substitute for Jack Bonham in October 2020, in a League 1 match at Ipswich Town.

The goalkeeper played another seven games for the Gills in cup competitions, six of those in the EFL Trophy, but left to join QPR in January 2021, then aged 18, joining them for an undisclosed fee on a contract that runs until this summer.

He had been a target for several Championship sides as well as a club in the Scottish Premiership.

Walsh is a former England junior international and played once for QPR earlier this season, making his first senior appearance as a half-time substitute in their League Cup game against Norwich City.