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Originally Posted by tufc27
Why are you suggesting he should lose his place on the National List for that?
He had a decent game, and any Accy fan seriously having a go at him is just bitter. Up until the incident of the 2 red cards, it wasn't a dirty game, just very physical, with strong but fair challenges from both sides.
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His safety was never in any doubt. How many matches do you go to where the referee is booed off the pitch, how many league matches in England have you been to where the referee has been attacked ? This is not local park football this is a league ground where the pitch may look like the surface of the moon but the controls and handling of the games is no different to anywhere else. The referee would have had the same protection as anywhere else at the end of the game.
I was a Class 1 referee for a few years, I often defend referees. I thought his performance was poor, it wasn't made easier by the players, but that is all irrelevant and his exit was shameful.
It was also an insult to Accrington Stanley Football Club and it's fans if he thinks his safety was compromised. Do you really beleive it is the most dangerous ground in the football league for match officials. Major insult
