The SFA are considering an appeal against the booking which rules James McFadden out of Scotland's crucial World Cup qualifier against Holland. "We will certainly be looking at it," said SFA chief executive Gordon Smith.

"I'm not quite sure yet what the situation is because he is claiming mistaken identity but in many cases, and we have seen it already at the highest level, there is no appeal for certain decisions.

"Darren Fletcher missed out on a Champions League final because there was no appeal against a red card and very often we don't have any appeals against yellow cards.

"I don't know whether in this scenario, when it's mistaken identity, there might be a possibility so we will be looking at that.

"None of us understood why he was getting booked. We were all asking each other if anyone realised what had happened and none of us did.

"I don't think James McFadden knew why he was getting booked either."