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ABERDEEN left back Graeme Shinnie has won his SFA appeal against the yellow card he was given for diving against Dundee United.

The former Inverness Caley Thistle star was booked when he went down under a challenge from Gavin Gunning during the Dons 1-0 win over the Terrors but referee Bobby Madden adjudged it to be a dive.

The Dons appealed the decision- which also led to manager Derek McInnes being sent to the stands for arguing with the referee- and today this appeal was upheld by the SFA disciplinary panel and the yellow card rescinded.

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Simulation is the only yellow card offence that can be appealed under SFA rules and the Dons decided to take advantage of the rule, after previously getting a yellow card received by youngster Frank Ross in a youth cup tie with Kilmarnock overturned.

The news of Shinnie winning his appeal brings about one piece of good news for the 24-year-old, after he failed to win a place in Gordon Strachan's Scotland squads for the upcoming friendlies against the Czech Republic and Denmark.