Tonight's Officials
 

Over the years, we have become accustomed to some poor officiating, but tonight we were treated to the unbelieveable sight of the officials legging it off the pitch - whilst the bemused players were left to assume the match had ended.

You know when you've had a shocker - but surely tonight's ref takes the title?

A strong referee was required - but he allowed things to get out of hand in the first half where 7 minutes of added time was played - yet there wasn't an injury of any note.

Stevenage were allowed to "spoil" the play at every opportunity - yet the irony is that in a match which can hardly be described as dirty - we end up with two red cards.

A disappointing end to a season that has given us so much joy and good football. Well done to all who played their part and thanks for a great season. Keep the faith!

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We played some pretty filthy football and the chat back to the ref was unacceptable behaviour, we deserved every card we got and I don't blame the ref for legging it, must have been a pretty intimidating atmosphere and Coley obviously wanted a few words. :(

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^ Wrong. We did nothing we wouldn't do on a saturday afternoon. I am a referee, I have had people threaten to burn my house down and I wouldn't have been intimidated by that today. He was his own worst enemy, didn't get to grips with their number 4 or their so called injuries. Absolute disgrace.

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Nope not having it.... they played filthy football. It was disgusting, theres only so many elbows ect you can take. Fair play to Stevenage they had a plan and stuck to it. Place every man behind ball. Be first to 50/50s.

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It wasn't intimidating at all, it had become quite subdued by then.

I used to be a referee at senior level and never ever have I seen anything so bizarre and shameful as his exit from the pitch. There is no way in the world he should have left 21 players on the pitch and dissapeared. His job ends when all players have left the pitch.

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What about our so called injuries and some very blatant theatrics? You really can't defend that! Either way, we are going nowhere and it's probably for the best looking at that pitch. I hope Coley stays but would think it unlikely. Anyhoo it's cricket season now!

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20 players actually ;).

100% agree with you Dave. Shambolic performance by the referee.

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You've got to ask yourself why our players has so much cause to question some of the decisions. I was watching on a dodgy Internet connection from abroad - but there was no consistency in any of the refs decisions. For example - was Jacobson's challenge any worse than the lunge by Charles in the first half?

I would agree with you if ill discipline warranted the appropriate card - but frustration grows the longer the referee takes no action. Make no mistake - we are neither a physical or a dirty side - yet the card count after this game may lead a neutral observer to think otherwise.

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i aint having it, the game was a non-event due to completely useless officials who allowed satanage to get away wi absolute murder, everyone knows yeh shouldn't answer back, n if yeh can't understand after what they got away wi, why players get frustrated summat aint right. the ending was the most bizarre ive ever seen at any game in my lifetime, was probably in a hurry to drive the satanage coaches home.:mad:

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Yes they won all the fifty fiftys and all the headers, a disapointing couple of games against Stevenage. I went down the coppice end for a change and the sun was blinding
Why water the pitch at half time when there was laying water . good luck for next season

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20 of course. :D

Regardless of his performance he should never have left the pitch like that. I've been threatened with allsorts on a football pitch, I even survived being on the line at Great Harwood with a certain Eric Whalley giving me the benefit of his wisdom for 90 minutes :rolleyes:. The ending was surreal

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I don't think the Ref has done himself any favours tonight . He was dreadful !

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Not sure what Sky said about the ending. However I hope the FA review that game. I'm not being biased the full Stevenage side was full of thugs. We played into there hands they wound us up.

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The referee's performance wasn't brilliant by any stretch. But to be fair he did add 7 minutes on in the 1st half, which is very unusual. He was left with little choice but to send Jacobson off. The linesman and the Stevenage players saw to it that McConville followed immediately, but his behaviour was petulant to say the least.

The referee's final act of running of the pitch and leaving 20 players with no idea as to his final decision was shameful, and on that may end his refereeing career.

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To me his performance would have been irrelevant to the Football League. His last decision though should ensure he never referees in the football league again