Tony Mowbray will face no further action after his red card at Sheffield United and revealed he would have appealed had he been charged by the Football Association.

Mowbray was sent off the in Carabao Cup defeat at Bramall Lane after discussions with a ball boy as Rovers chased a late equaliser.

The Rovers boss stepped outside of his technical area to discuss the slow retrieval of the ball but insisted there was no ‘heated exchange’.However, referee Geoff Eltringham issued him with a red card in the dying minutes, but R

overs revealed this lunchtime the boss will face no further action.

Mowbray felt that decision vindicated what he said post-match.

“I really found it strange. I was trying to teach a human values lesson to a young guy who I don’t know, but I felt it was the right thing to do,” he said.

“It wasn’t the first time he’d done it, and maybe it’s not my job, but I try and live my life by values and if that was a ball boy at our club, it was the wrong side of the dugout for Chris Wilder and he couldn’t have done anything about it but it was only 10 yards from me, I’d have done the same.

“I told him not to disrespect the game or his club, just give the ball back. That was all.

“I don’t know if the referee misunderstood and I thought I had gone over there shouting at him.

“That was never the case and I was really surprised when the yellow card was produced and then a red card as I was trying to explain there was no shouting or anger and that I was just trying to teach a young guy a lesson in life.

“If I had been charged then I would have gone to London and appealed it and tried to explain.

“That’s difficult sometimes, but hopefully common sense has prevailed.”