The Football Association has decided not to punish Tom Huddlestone with a ban after the Tottenham midfielder was caught on camera stamping on Johan Elmander during his team's 4-2 defeat to Bolton on Saturday.

It was believed that Huddlestone would be hit with a retrospective sanction for the incident but an FA spokesman today confirmed: "We will not be taking any action against Tom Huddlestone."

This is because the referee, Chris Foy, has told to the FA's disciplinary unit that he saw the stamp and did not deem it worthy of a yellow or red card.

The incident happened late on during the fixture at the Reebok Stadium and after Huddlestone had come on as a 62nd-minute substitute for the visitors.