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Sunny Gill - Solihull Moors vs Boston United
DIR By: elbee94
Date: April 19, 2026, 9:12 am
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Sunny Gill’s first game of the season, i’m sure he wanted a
quiet, unassuming return but that was not the case.
In the second half, with the game at 0-0 (not that this is the
key point but the game went on to finish 3-0 to Boston),
Solihull’s Conor Wilkinson sent off for what one of Sunny’s
assistants believed was a racially offensive comment directed at
Sunny. This led to around a 10 minute delay by the sounds of it,
to go through the necessary protocols.
Both managers and both sets of players have come out in support
of the player, believing that the assistant misheard or
misunderstood the comment that was made - naturally, I have no
idea what was or wasn’t said and I can only hope that the
correct verdict is reached by the FA and if necessary, a
suitable punishment is issued. Hopefully this was just a
misunderstanding by the official and can be cleared up in the
near future.
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Re: Sunny Gill - Solihull Moors vs Boston United
DIR By: HChip
Date: April 20, 2026, 4:22 pm
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The Football Association is set to investigate an alleged
discriminatory remark made towards referee Sunny Singh Gill
during Solihull Moors' National League game with Boston United
on Saturday.
Gill took both teams off the field shortly after Solihull's
Conor Wilkinson was shown a straight red card in the 66th
minute.
An FA spokesperson said: "We are aware of an alleged incident of
discrimination towards the referee during the National League
match between Solihull Moors and Boston United.
"We are taking this matter very seriously and will review the
details of the match official's report before taking the
appropriate action."
A spokesperson for refereeing body PGMOL added: "We are offering
our full support to the referee following an alleged
discriminatory comment directed towards him during the National
League match between Solihull Moors and Boston United.
"The referee will submit his match report and we will work
closely with the FA on this extremely important and concerning
matter."
Play was halted for around 20 minutes, with the score at 0-0,
before the teams re-emerged to finish the match. Boston scored
three times in the final 23 minutes to win 3-0.
Solihull Moors manager Chris Millington's post-match interview
implied it was one of his team's players who had been accused of
making the comment.
Speaking to the club's social media, he said: "There's been an
accusation made against a player who isn't ever going to be
guilty of that type of behaviour, and who definitely isn't based
on the weight of evidence supplied by our players and the
opposition players, who all tell a very different story to the
one that the referee believed to be true."
Boston boss Paul Hurst, meanwhile, also suggested the incident
may have been a case of a remark being misheard.
"The assistant has heard [a player] say a word and I think he
has come up with the wrong word," Hurst told the Non-League
Paper. "I don't believe that was said and that's from numerous
people out there."
From the BBC.
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