Nice one Nigel Bannister

[Rich Pullen]

Marcus Hahnemann....

I think everybody would be happy to replay it but then where does it stop?

"We should have had a penalty in the game so do we have to replay the game now as we could have scored from the penalty.

"If the referee makes a mistake do we now need to replay a game?"

Surely there's a big difference between what happened to Watford and a standard decision that could go either way?

I still don't want video technology though

[donkey]

Plymouth, Bournemouth, who gives a fuck?

They're both by the sea and end in mouth............

Like a blow job on the beach?

[Scot Munroe]

everytime i see this incident it still baffles me how the linesman and the referee gave it. the ball did not go anywhere near the dead ball line.

[michael]

Bump.

I still can't believe this goal.

This is why 25 year old men should not be allowed to referee a football match.

Collina was good because he was old.

[Rich Pullen]

Bump.

I still can't believe this goal.

This is why 25 year old men should not be allowed to referee a football match.

Collina was good because he was old.

He's escaping punishment though isn't he... Boothroyd didn't blame him - it's that dastardly Nigel Bannister's fault.

[wheretherealredsare]

He's escaping punishment though isn't he... Boothroyd didn't blame him - it's that dastardly Nigel Bannister's fault.

I wonder if, when he realised his error, he said ...
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Well. I'll go to the foot of our stairs!

[tans]

i would have thought the ref would have been keeping up with play yes?

[michael]

The ref is young for an official isn't he?

If he's anything like me then he has lapses of concentration and gets bored quickly.

[wheretherealredsare]

And now Boothroyd is being charged with abusive and/or insulting words. Lucky it's not GBH instead.

http://msn.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_4193599,00.html

FA CHARGE FOR BOOTHROYD
Posted 25/09/08 14:09EmailPrintSave



The Football Association have charged Watford manager Adrian Boothroyd with abusive and/or insulting words towards referee Stuart Attwell during Saturday's Coca-Cola Championship match against Reading.


Boothroyd was sent from the technical area during the match, notorious for the award of a 13th-minute goal to the Royals when linesman Nigel Bannister farcically flagged for a goal instead of a corner.


Despite not a single Reading player appealing for the 'goal' 25-year-old referee Attwell awarded the goal.


Boothroyd admitted after the game, which finished 2-2: "I've never seen anything like it. It's like a UFO landing, a mistake like that.


"I've been to see the referee and in fairness he's only going on what the linesman says. He's working in a team and if someone comes in his ear telling him it's a goal then I suppose he's got to give it.


"I thought it was a goal-kick. What do you say to that? It was a strange sort of feeling because I was trying to calm my team down and get them going but all I could think was 'what was that for?'."


Boothroyd has until October 10 to respond to the charge.

[tans]

This all seems a bit one sided...