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Henry Morton · 04-12-2005, 02:13

It's not often that I disagree with the Tin Monkey, who has an unmatched view of most proceedings at the IES. However, I was very close to the Band incident and I believe that the Altrincham player was hard done by. The ball hit him at the join of his chest and shoulder, with a bit more chest than shoulder being involved. The linesman/assistant referee was much too heavily influenced by our vociferous fans in the adjacent seats ; he paused, then waved his flag vigorously. Band was , understandably , furious. Unfortunately he then unleashed a vituperative stream at the liner (TM was closer than I was and heard the unpleasant details) so he had to be booked at the very least, and - as we know - he walked.
Fortunately this regrettable incident had no significant bearing on the result, but it's a shame that the Altrincham player was provoked by such a bad decision.

04-12-2005, 02:13	#8
Henry Morton I am Banned Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 623 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Alty Today It's not often that I disagree with the Tin Monkey, who has an unmatched view of most proceedings at the IES. However, I was very close to the Band incident and I believe that the Altrincham player was hard done by. The ball hit him at the join of his chest and shoulder, with a bit more chest than shoulder being involved. The linesman/assistant referee was much too heavily influenced by our vociferous fans in the adjacent seats ; he paused, then waved his flag vigorously. Band was , understandably , furious. Unfortunately he then unleashed a vituperative stream at the liner (TM was closer than I was and heard the unpleasant details) so he had to be booked at the very least, and - as we know - he walked. Fortunately this regrettable incident had no significant bearing on the result, but it's a shame that the Altrincham player was provoked by such a bad decision.