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[gazwarrington]

Heathcote furious at ref (could hear his rant in the bar !!)
Bushell apparantly booked for arguing at the end

oh, Stafford fans "easy clapped" .. Tinpot at 1-0 ! and Stafford have never lost a game they have been winning at half time this season.

We have been truly awful.

[Butty]

from what bbc stoke say, we came out of the blocks like a rocket in the second half, but the commentator keeps on saying altrinGham, and emphisising the non existent g

[Butty]

o yeh is that our ged murphy playing 4 stafford?

[Butty]

damn rosey's off

[gazwarrington]

Tried to kill Murphy apparently. terrible two footed challenge.

[gazwarrington]

One of those days where EVERY club near us wins and we lose !

[DarrenH]

Is that a record ?? 10 minutes of injury time.
A little bemused how it ended up 0-1 when we had 10 corners to their 1 and 15 attempts on goal.
Also the BBC stats say that we committed 16 fouls to their 28 so how come we had 2 booked and one sent off !!!

[gazwarrington]

majo stretchered off at the end so they may be missing him for a few games ? 50/50 challenge with coburn nothing that bad.

Rose a disrgaceful challenge, although only on Murphy who thought he'd try for Stafford  

Gave it a good go second half and even though stafford had excellent chances the goal came after a  after a freekick against Senior for not wearing his boot so something to complain about !!!!!

I expect a load of Stafford fans to appear from nowehere with basic posts

Note: Majo is ok and fine. Smiling in dressing room, etc ...

[Jimmy Hill]

Gave it a good go second half and even though stafford had excellent chances the goal came after a  after a freekick against Senior for not wearing his boot so something to complain about !!!!!

I'm afraid the referee's decision regarding Senior and his boot was spot on.

[gazwarrington]

Didn't he make Senior leave the pitch though where as a when Murphy lost his boot he was allowedto replace it during the game ?

[bighairedmike]

ged murphy carried on running after the ball with no boot on and the ref did nothing. then when he realised just told him 2 put it bak on and even picked up the boot and gave it to him. then pointed at the floor and waited for him to put it on. then when seniors boot came off and senior carried on the ref gave a freekick and made senior stay off the pitch.
tbh the ref was appaling, no consistency and extremely late in blowing for everything. regarding the madjo incident it look from where i was that stuart should have come off worst then he jus got up and carried on. ref did nothing even though madjo was injured and let play carry on. it was only when stewart thru the ball out of play that the ref took real notice. and of the ten minutes injury time only two of it were played. there should have been four but the injury to madjo took up the extra 8 and then the two minutes that should have been played weren't

[AltyTunnelSteward]

Sorry to repeat my post from another thread but I thought this might help?


There is a law which relates to players equipment. This states that a player must be wearing Boots, Shirt, Shorts, Socks and Shinguards and that these items must be in good condition and not be a cause real or potential of injury to the player or an opponent.

There is also a law which states it to be an offence to indulge in conduct likely to endanger oneself or an opponent.

It seems that Chris lost his boot initially up by the Corner Flag in front of the Offices and was at that time instructed to put it back on. However he didn't do this immediately, instead continuing to play. Unfortunately the next time he was involved in play was in front of both the Referee and the Dug-outs hence the free kick and Chris having to leave the field of play to replace his boot. Having left the field of play he then has to wait until the referee allows him back on before he can rejoin play.

I discussed this last night with a Refereeing colleague who also happens to be an instructor and, like me, an examiner and it seems to us both that there was a transgression of both the areas of Law referred to at the top of my reply.

In law therefore the Referee was correct to do this but incorrect in not cautioning Chris.

Hope this helps

Phil
 

[Red N White Dynamite]

To be fair, I don't think anyone is questioning the law itself or its validity. The main point of contention seems to be the failure of the referee to take the same action against both players. It would seem harsh, would you not agree, to penalise one player and not another?

Either way, what's done is done and we must move on to Saturday and yet another cup final (isn't every game a cup final these days?) against Exeter.

[AltyTunnelSteward]

I suspect that the difference is that the Stafford player, having lost his boot, put it back on at the first opportunity he had whereas Chris reportedly didn't.

Therefore the Stafford Player had committed an offence briefly and inadvertantly whereas Chris, through enthusiasm to help the team no doubt, had deliberately contravened the Law

[bighairedmike]

as i sed in ma previous post it seemed as tho ged murphy carried on playing and only put his boot back on when the ref retrieved it for him (after he had already been told to put it back on). no free kick given and the ref waited till his boot was back on (and this was done in middle of the pitch) instead of sending him 2 da sidelines to put it back on