James Husband has been punished internally by Blackpool following his sending off against Plymouth Argyle.

James Husband has been stripped of the Blackpool club captaincy on the back of his red card at the weekend.

The defender was sent off in the closing stages of the Seasiders’ 4-0 defeat to Plymouth Argyle on Saturday afternoon, after kicking out after being on the wrong end of a late challenge.

This has resulted in a four-match ban for the 32-year-old, which is his second lengthy suspension of 2026.

Meanwhile, the club has also taken action internally, fining him the maximum amount possible and taking the captaincy off him.

Husband has initially taken over the armband on a permanent basis back in 2024, having been at the club since 2019.

George Honeyman will now take over as captain on a full time basis.

Discussing this decision, head coach Ian Evatt said: “All I can say is, as a club we’ve given him the maximum financial sanction we’re allowed to do, and we’ve removed the captaincy from him. There’s a responsibility to be captain of this football club, and I think on Saturday James will be the first to admit he let everyone down.

“He’s been a fantastic servant to this football club - we can’t forget that. He’s been a big part of the things I’ve done since I’ve been here. He’s a good guy and a good person, and a very good player. Not having him available is going to hurt us.

“It’s unfortunate for everybody, but we’ve got to make sure we set the right standards at this football club, and that’s what we’ve decided to implement.

“He’s an experienced player and he understands. We have a really good relationship; an honest and transparent relationship. He was the first to apologise on Saturday that emotions got the better of him, that can happen in football, we just need to make sure we learn and grow from it.

“We just need to make sure we uphold the right standards, and we’ve done that. It’s happened and finished now, and we must all now move on.

“There’s no point continuing to talk about it, what happened has happened. We’ve had to make a statement to everybody really that we can’t be let down in that manner, and James was the first one to admit he did.

“We’ll move on, and we need him back available as soon as possible.”

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