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[DarrenH]

Has anyone else seen this in todays Daily Mirror ?

"But on a foul night at a football outpost, the dignity and courage of the decision he made entitles him to the thanks of a sport that sometimes struggles to peer in the mirror without blushing in shame. Gray, 52, is manager of Conference side Woking. Last Wednesday, he took his young team to the New Recreation Ground in Essex for a league match against Grays Athletic. He was only appointed in May. It's his first job since the Grays chairman, who still runs the club, fired him by phone after 14 games in charge last autumn.
Gray could have been forgiven if he'd gone into the game with revenge in his heart. What he did proved he's not that kind of man.
It was goalless with only five minutes to go when Woking defender Matt Ruby went down injured in his own half.
A Grays player booted the ball into touch so he could be treated. When Ruby recovered, the ball was returned to play and Woking's Matt Pattison passed it back to Grays' keeper Ross Flitney. Except the ball was caught by the wind and the pass turned into a lob. Flitney was stranded and Woking were 1-0 up and looking at their first win of the season. A couple of the Woking players celebrated. But Frank Gray didn't celebrate. He walked on to the pitch and made for his captain, Tom Hutchinson. A linesman tried to usher Gray away but he kept walking. He was told he could be sent off. He still kept walking. He told Hutchinson what had to be done. Hutchinson relayed the message to the rest of the team. Some of them were crestfallen. Grays took the kickoff and when striker Ben Watson took the next touch, the Woking players stood still.
When Watson got to the goal, the Woking keeper Nick Gindre put his head in his hands and stepped aside, too. The game finished 1-1.

How many managers do you think would have done this ?

How would you have felt if GH had done it ?

Is this guy a hero or a chump ?

[Butty]

this guy is one of the true heroes of the game, many people would have played on as normal and let this happen, but it takes a man with true balls to come out and tell his team to let in a goal and he is one of the few managers who plays the game in its proper spirit instead of corrupting the game further

[Jacobs]

Could Woking not have done this when bushell and scott broke down in the build up to there first goal last year

Only joking a fantastic gesture

[teasybeaver]

Hope it doesn't bite them in the arse come the end of the season.

Nice gesture, we can't afford to be so kind though, even if it is Grays and they are most Alty fans 2nd conf club!

[DarrenH]

Yeah would be a crying shame if such an honourable gesture ended up with them missing out on something for the sake of 2 points.