Matchday Thread: Bolton v Derby

[Andy_Faber]

Have now seen the Nelson rugby tackle. That's anther penalty we should have had.
1. Handball not given. Referee error.
2. Penalty awarded before Wash scored so ref got that right
3. Their penalty was a free kick outside the box, not a penalty. Referee error.
4. Handball shout with their player on all fours. Not a penalty. Ref got it right
5. No handball by JW so no red card. Another referee error
6. Nelson bundled over, penalty not given. Another ref error

Those were the 6 big calls he had to make. He got 4 wrong. All to our detriment.

I bow to your detective work and if the visuals are as you say, I agree. But in his defence, third division football deserves third division officiating

[MadAmster]

I bow to your detective work and if the visuals are as you say, I agree. But in his defence, third division football deserves third division officiating

I would say Burton and District League Division 5 deserves refs who understand the rules and apply them correctly. I did the KNVB refs course over here. Passed the written exam with 95%. Then there was a series of evening games in which all the candidate refs played and we all got to ref 15 minutes or so. We were then let loose but had a KNVB adjudicator at your first 3 games. Any errors were extensively covered at HT and FT. If you got a bad mark from a side you were again given an adjudicator for a game. There's no excuse for errors, especially on the big calls. For instance, for their penalty he was 4, maybe 5, yards away with a clear view. How he missed that the challenge was outside the box is a mystery.