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Alan Young - Stevenage v MK Dons - FA Cup R1 Replay
DIR By: UmpireIan49
Date: November 16, 2021, 6:20 pm
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On a mild, drizzly evening, I ventured out of London to take in
a First Round replay in the new town of Stevenage.
First time I’ve been to this ground and there was a nice,
friendly atmosphere and helpful staff. And what a game I
witnessed. Everyone loves a bit of late drama and we certainly
had that tonight.
The much maligned Alan Young was the referee and it’s the first
time I’ve seen him in action live, so I decided to form my own
opinion of his officiating.
He was kept very busy throughout the 120 minutes. Two early
cautions for MK Dons players for cynical fouls set the tone and
then a massive home penalty shout, which to be fair I didn’t get
a great view of, so can’t offer an opinion.
The half progressed along relatively serenely, MK Dons taking
the lead from a corner and then the game came to life when there
was a schmozzle in the centre circle and out came Alan Young’s
red card. With most of the players around him, it was hard to
see what it was for, the gesture he made to a questioning MK
Dons player as they came off at half time indicated violent
conduct for one of their players.
More yellow cards abounded (9 in all, 7 to MK Dons) in the
second half, along with a few penalty shouts for MK Dons, one of
which was a handball which can hardly be construed as deliberate
as the ball struck the Stevenage player from about a foot away.
Correct call not to award a penalty.
Mr. Young was being back chatted at most opportunities by the MK
Dons players and a couple were lucky not to see further action
for their dissent. The referee attempted to manage it which can
be counterproductive.
Stevenage equalised in the second half and so we went into extra
time. 121 minutes on the clock and a Stevenage player collected
a through ball, ran into the penalty area where he was quite
palpably brought down by a last ditch foul. In my opinion, he
was the last man and should have got a straight red, but Alan
Young decided it was a caution, and that was the player’s
second, so MK Dons were down to 9 men.
The crowd were on tenterhooks as the Stevenage player took the
penalty and it was slotted home to the joy of the home crowd.
Then a couple more minutes were played and Stevenage had edged
an exciting and feisty replay by 2-1.
After the drudgery of watching England batter San Marino
yesterday, this was football in the raw, blood and thunder and
full of incident for the entire game. As a neutral, it was
enthralling viewing.
Now onto Alan Young. He has had a bad press on this forum, but
in truth, I speak as I find and he wasn’t too bad. Not
outstandingly brilliant, but not dreadful either. Whereas he has
been accused of losing control before tonight, this time round
he kept control all the way through. Very good fitness and
positioning, though for the last minute penalty, he got the nod
from his better placed assistant.
And may I add, after his time keeping faux pas the other week,
no problem this time round. Cracking evening, and the FA Cup is
still the best competition in world sport.
#Post#: 39935--------------------------------------------------
Re: Alan Young - Stevenage v MK Dons - FA Cup R1 Replay
DIR By: jacksback
Date: November 18, 2021, 4:28 am
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Just seen back Josh Martin's red card for MK Dons at the end of
the first half. One of the softest I've ever seen and I wouldn't
even call it a foul.
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Re: Alan Young - Stevenage v MK Dons - FA Cup R1 Replay
DIR By: UmpireIan49
Date: November 18, 2021, 4:42 am
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At the time, from my seat in the stand, I wasn’t sure what the
red card was for. Having watched the replay from the camera on
the other side, the decision is more mystifying even with a
clear view. Very, very harsh red card.
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Re: Alan Young - Stevenage v MK Dons - FA Cup R1 Replay
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: November 18, 2021, 5:29 am
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How he made the NL is baffling with red cards bring brandished
for that kind of offence.
The issue with the constant back chatting could probably be
explained by the poor red card decision.
It’s quite common place for one rubbish decision to kick start
the constant yabbering by players to officials.
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Re: Alan Young - Stevenage v MK Dons - FA Cup R1 Replay
DIR By: nemesis
Date: November 18, 2021, 8:09 am
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--- Quote from: TheThingFromLewes link ---
>
> How he made the NL is baffling with red cards bring brandished
for that kind of offence.
>
> The issue with the constant back chatting could probably be
explained by the poor red card decision.
>
> It’s quite common place for one rubbish decision to kick start
the constant yabbering by players to officials.
>
--- End Quote ---
So this thread has developed from an assessment of adequacy for
Mr Young to identifying an indefensible red card which almost
certainly defined the outcome of this replay. Hey ho !
How he made the Football League is not really that baffling as I
saw him have a number of satisfactory, even good, matches in
non-league.
He's had a few disasters now on the League list but his position
as CEO of Bedfordshire FA should make him fireproof.
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