Sunderland confirm appeal over Brown’s red card at Stoke
Sunderland have confirmed they will appeal the red card shown to defender Wes Brown during Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Stoke.
The centre-back was controversially dismissed for a foul on Charlie Adam 36 minutes into the contest at the Britannia Stadium.
Brown appeared to make contact with the ball as he slid in to tackle Adam, who had opened the scoring on the half-hour.
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet was incensed by referee Kevin Friend's decision and the club has lodged an intention to appeal it.