My adviser on football tells me that the referee who allowed the infamous "beach ball goal" against Liverpool has been disciplined: (this report is dated October 19th)
Mike Jones, the referee who incorrectly awarded Darren Bent's goal for Sunderland against Liverpool on Saturday, will not officiate in the Premier League this weekend.
Bent's shot struck a beach ball thrown from the visiting section at the Stadium of Light and deflected past the Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina.
Fifa's laws of the game state "the referee should stop, suspend or abandon the match because of outside interference of any kind", meaning the goal should have been ruled out and the match restarted with a drop ball.
Jones will take charge of the Championship game between Peterborough and Scunthorpe at London Road.
A little bit of justice, but Liverpool could lose out on Champions League involvement and, therefore, millions of pounds of revenue, because the referee and three other officials didn't seem to be aware of a basic rule of the game, known even to referees of Sunday park games.
And now look at this. The same referee presided over Hull v Burnley yesterday and is again in the firing line for his decisions:
Phil Brown (Hull's manager) was left fuming at Turf Moor after match official Mike Jones cost his side a vital three points this afternoon.The City manager, who was under increased scrutiny with many believing he has only two games with which to save his City career, was not helped by the inept officiating of Jones, with Brown citing four costly incorrect decisions.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
"Beach ball referee" strikes again
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Sunday, November 01, 2009
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