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Tue 7th NOV 2023
By: aaa Date: October 30, 2023, 11:06 am
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Reading FC (First Team) v Bristol Rovers (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Herczeg, Adam
Assistant Referee: Hickman, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Farrell, Conor
Fourth Official: Kelly, Paul
Shrewsbury Town FC (First Team) v Bolton Wanderers FC (First
Team)
Football League 1
Referee: [s]Allison, Sam[/s] Reeves, Tom
Assistant Referee: Wild, Richard
Assistant Referee: Fitch-Jackson, Carl
Fourth Official: Wright, Peter
Wigan Athletic FC (First Team) v Peterborough United FC (First
Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Yates, Ollie
Assistant Referee: Clayton, Simon
Assistant Referee: Gray, Alex
Fourth Official: Raper, Lewis
Colchester United FC (First Team) v Swindon Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Nield, Tom
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Assistant Referee: Pottage, Mark
Fourth Official: Middleton, Daniel
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Re: Tue 7th NOV 2023
By: elbee94 Date: November 8, 2023, 3:10 am
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I didn’t see the full 90 from Tom Nield but seemed to manage the
game well mostly, other than 2 fairly big decisions, I think he
got both wrong.
The first was Colchester winning the ball back in the penalty
area off a Swindon player, who went down with a “head injury”,
with no contact that I or the Colchester or Swindon commentators
could see. As Colchester crossed it in to a wide open striker
who volleyed home, Tom blew the whistle as the cross was put in.
It’s another example of players taking advantage of the head
injury rule, really difficult for referees and the FA need to
adapt this in some way, even if it’s retrospective punishment
for clear faking of injury. We actually scored as the player was
just allowed to come back on, so a bit of karma perhaps!
The second was Swindon’s goalkeeper having a long kick out of
his hands blocked very closely, it then hit a Swindon defender’s
foot and the goalkeeper picked it back up again. Firstly, I
think it was a foul by our player being so close and secondly,
it was accidental contact by the Swindon defender so I wouldn’t
have said backpass anyway. This one was a pretty bad decision in
my view. Thankfully it amounted to nothing anyway.
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