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Dean Windass recons it was a penalty and couldn't see what the fuss was all about. I saw his autobiography in a bookshop and looked-up the Oxford section. Barmy. Mind you his goal in the match really made his career even though it was a fairly avarage header from a corner."Peterorange" wrote:Ouch."wightyellow" wrote: How about that disgusting penalty given to Chelsea in the FA cup. Still haunts me now, Kevin Francis made the only clean tackle in his life...
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A Chelsea supporting colleague at the time was adamant that it was a pen (well he would, wouldn't he?) so I watched it again (and again and again) in the end I had to grudgingly agree that it probably was although I've seen many harder fouls not given"tomoufc" wrote:Dean Windass recons it was a penalty and couldn't see what the fuss was all about. I saw his autobiography in a bookshop and looked-up the Oxford section. Barmy. Mind you his goal in the match really made his career even though it was a fairly avarage header from a corner."Peterorange" wrote:Ouch."wightyellow" wrote: How about that disgusting penalty given to Chelsea in the FA cup. Still haunts me now, Kevin Francis made the only clean tackle in his life...
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Absolote bobbins! Watch the ball, it goes in the absoloute other direction! Never in a million years was that a foul. The lad bought, paid for and has a reciept."A-Ro" wrote:A Chelsea supporting colleague at the time was adamant that it was a pen (well he would, wouldn't he?) so I watched it again (and again and again) in the end I had to grudgingly agree that it probably was although I've seen many harder fouls not given"tomoufc" wrote:Dean Windass recons it was a penalty and couldn't see what the fuss was all about. I saw his autobiography in a bookshop and looked-up the Oxford section. Barmy. Mind you his goal in the match really made his career even though it was a fairly avarage header from a corner."Peterorange" wrote: Ouch.
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Yep, just watched it again and there are still grounds for giving a pen. There are many reasons why he shouldn't have but this was not a complete howler by the ref."wightyellow" wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulzdCvNz ... re=related
At worst it was a 60-40 in big KF's favour.
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"A-Ro" wrote:Yep, just watched it again and there are still grounds for giving a pen. There are many reasons why he shouldn't have but this was not a complete howler by the ref."wightyellow" wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulzdCvNz ... re=related
At worst it was a 60-40 in big KF's favour.
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It remains the poorest and most unfounded decision I have ever known in football, and still makes me physically ill to watch. The "grounds for giving it" unfortunately are - living in west London and supporting your local team. One guy falling over doth not a penalty make."A-Ro" wrote:Yep, just watched it again and there are still grounds for giving a pen. There are many reasons why he shouldn't have but this was not a complete howler by the ref."wightyellow" wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulzdCvNz ... re=related
At worst it was a 60-40 in big KF's favour.
Give that one - and you'd have to give a minimum of eight every game. It was a horror and quite rightly will be Mike Read's legacy.
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Not that it matters at all now, but not a penalty. Clearly a wrong decision, although not the worst judgment call ever.
Interesting how critical the commentators were - is this because the decision was so clearly wrong, because Oxford were 'valiant minnows', or because we now live in more 'politically correct' times?
Interesting how critical the commentators were - is this because the decision was so clearly wrong, because Oxford were 'valiant minnows', or because we now live in more 'politically correct' times?
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I still don't think I have come close the rage I felt against Frank Le Boeuf celebrating in front of the London Road."Peterorange" wrote:Ouch."wightyellow" wrote: How about that disgusting penalty given to Chelsea in the FA cup. Still haunts me now, Kevin Francis made the only clean tackle in his life...