oxonred
First Team Squad
This has to be the worst referee I have seen for a long time. He did not take control in the first half when two or three Sheep players should have been booked and then Reidy was booked for a pretty inoccuous tackle. He missed Cox's stamp (luckily could easily have been a red), Roberts assault on Cohen was disgraceful and should have been a red. He then saw red and sent off Blackstock for accidentally chinning Keough, even Keogh said afterwards that he didn't think it was deliberate. The final ignomy was the bookings of Cox and Lansbury, for what, they stood five yards in front of Feilding, not facing him or attempting to impede him, just waving their arms about and get booked for it, in my opinion they actually did not commit any offence. I would admit that after Cox got booked then Lansbury was a bit daft for doing the same thing. Madley was totally out of his depth, but you also have to ask why the football league put such a young inexperienced ref in charge of what was always going to be a high octane game. Rant over.
