The Football Association has charged Leyton Orient captain Liam Kelly with violent conduct over an incident involving a ball boy during Tuesday’s League Two game against Plymouth.
Kelly, booked for a foul in the 70th minute, allegedly pushed the ball boy during his side’s 3-2 win at Home Park but the incident was not seen by match officials.
An FA statement read: "It is alleged (Kelly) committed an act of violent conduct in the 86th minute which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video, contrary to Rule E3.
"Furthermore, The FA has submitted a claim that the standard punishment for this alleged offence would be clearly insufficient."
In the aftermath of the alleged incident, Plymouth published a statement on their official website urging the FA to take "appropriate action" against Kelly, who has until 6pm on Friday to respond to the charge.
Plymouth's statement read: "During Tuesday night's match against Leyton Orient one of our ball-boys was shoved to the ground by Orient captain Liam Kelly.
"We have reviewed videos of the incident and we regard any physical or oral assault against our ball-boys, or any representative of Argyle, to be utterly unacceptable.
"We have reported the incident to the FA for them to take the appropriate action.
"We are glad to say that the ball-boy, although shocked by the incident, is otherwise okay and we thank the Green Army, on his behalf, for their concerns."
Struggling Orient came from behind to win the match with goals in the final two minustes from Gavin Massey and Sandro Semedo.
