The ref's the star
Last night in Ely's 3-1 defeat to Dereham Town the ref was really the star performer with a series of strange decisions. First of all was Ely's goal. It wasn't clear who scored it and in fact it didn't even appear to cross the line, but the goal was given and we were glad for the Ely lead. Obviously a few minutes later the ref saw the error of his ways and decided to give Dereham a penalty with an imaginary hand ball in the box. So at half time it was 1-1 with neither of the goals being deserved.
The second half started off with Ely somehow contriving to concede a corner from the kick off and a headed goal going in for Dereham. This was probably the only deserved goal of the game and was certainly the only one the ref wasn't involved in. It did however underline that although the ref made himself be the pantomine villain there were plenty of attitude problems in the Ely squad and players who were performing under par.
The third goal for Dereham was due to a strange decision by the ref. After several of the Ely players complained about an elbow in the face for Wozzer, the ref decided to deal with the dissent by giving Dereham a free kick just outside the Ely box even though the ball had been cleared. If anyone knows if this is legitimate in the rules of the game let me know, as nobody I know has ever heard of this happening before.
So that was it, Ely fought on, but a few minutes later Chadwick got sent off for a second silly booking and it finished 3-1.
They were 2 difficult teams for the officials to handle, but some of the decisions were extremely questionable.
The second half started off with Ely somehow contriving to concede a corner from the kick off and a headed goal going in for Dereham. This was probably the only deserved goal of the game and was certainly the only one the ref wasn't involved in. It did however underline that although the ref made himself be the pantomine villain there were plenty of attitude problems in the Ely squad and players who were performing under par.
The third goal for Dereham was due to a strange decision by the ref. After several of the Ely players complained about an elbow in the face for Wozzer, the ref decided to deal with the dissent by giving Dereham a free kick just outside the Ely box even though the ball had been cleared. If anyone knows if this is legitimate in the rules of the game let me know, as nobody I know has ever heard of this happening before.
So that was it, Ely fought on, but a few minutes later Chadwick got sent off for a second silly booking and it finished 3-1.
They were 2 difficult teams for the officials to handle, but some of the decisions were extremely questionable.
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