MARK HUGHES will start a five match ban with Chelsea's FA Cup derby at QPR on Monday after referee Robbie Hart refused to back down over his sending off of the Wales striker against Everton 10 days ago.

Chelsea provided the English FA with video evidence of the incident, in which Hughes was accused of stamping on Everton defender David Unsworth, and it was passed on to Hart for his observations.

But the referee is sticking to his decision that Hughes was guilty of serious foul play, despite the fact that Unsworth has backed the Welshman's claim that the incident was an accident.

It means Hughes must serve a three match ban for the sending off, followed immediately by another two match suspension for reaching 33 points with nine bookings already this season.

Unless Monday's Loftus Road tie needs a replay - which he would miss, too - it also means that Hughes will be out of action for the entire month of February.

Lee Chapman, the veteran Ipswich striker currently back at Leeds on loan, has also lost his appeal against a sending off. Chapman lasted only 27 minutes of his second Leeds debut against West Ham on January 13th, when referee Paul Dan son sent him off for dangerous use of an elbow.

An FA spokesman confirmed yesterday: "Elbowing offences are punishable by sending off, whether they are intentional or not.

Chapman could therefore have played his last game for Leeds. A three match ban, starting this Saturday, will cover the remainder of his loan spell for Leeds who then expect Tony Yeboah back from international duty.