Shocking Decisions

[North London Bee]

Given Monday's shocker I would like to have an informal poll of as many recent decisions as possible where either we were robbed or else had the luck on our side.

Perhaps this will help decide once and for all whether we are a lucky team or whether we are generally dumped on by referees.

WE WUZ ROBBED

- Notts County penalty

- Notts County , Mr Biggar

- Dearden, phantom whistler at Brizzle Rovers





WE WUZ LUCKY

- Pillock air shot penalty v Barnsley

- Newman having Huddersfield sending off rescinded




Over to you all...

 

[Owlsmoor_Bee]

WE WUZ LUCKY

Super Market Trolley's goal for Doncaster - although I grant you it didn't affect the final result.

 

[bees66]

Sir Gary of Bliss scoring against Fulscum at The Cottage but using his arm on purpose prior to the goal:bound::banana::bound::thetruth:

 

[North London Bee]

WE WUZ ROBBED

- 98th minute equaliser by Sheff Wed when ref got his timing wrong in Great Escape season

 

[bees66]

Kevin Phillips goal against us in The FA Cup against Soton...

 

[bees66]

Newcastle away where their player scored from the half way line

 

[ninebelowzero]

the ten man pile up the ball forced over the line by joe allon ,free kick given against us .the team i forgot but it was in the season we went down in div 1

 

[Les Beeavinu]

One that sticks in my mind was the penalty given for hand ball by Billy Manuel away at Watford in 1993. Similar to Glenn Poole but far more crucial in terms of the impact on the season.

 

[North London Bee]

the ten man pile up the ball forced over the line by joe allon ,free kick given against us .the team i forgot but it was in the season we went down in div 1

0-1 v Cambridge United

 

[Bungy Bee]

How about that one v Hull a few years ago...FA cup game...( not there myself) their striker fouled our keeper to score the winner...

 

[difford]

WE WUZ ROBBED

Alf Grey
v Sheffield United 79/80

 

[SammmeBee]

The lino in the Norwich cup game who then retired after he showed a complete misunderstanding of the offside rule.........several times.....

 

[Matty D]

WE WUZ LUCKY

- Newman having Huddersfield sending off rescinded

Hard to tell for sure only seeing it once at full speed but although he did basically land with his studs on the face of their bloke who was laid out on the floor I was convinced at the time that Newman wasn't aware it was going to happen. Looked to me like he was concentrating on blocking the shot that was coming in from the other player and turning his body as he jumped.

Nasty though the injury was I wasn't that surprised it was overturned.

 

[stedders]

In the early 70s I saw us win at Plymouth with a "goal" from Alan Murray (I think); problem is it was the opposite of the Trolley "goal"; the ball didn't go in the net but bounced back through a hole in the net.

It was the only goal of the game and the locals were not impressed!

 

[Westlad]

Kevin Phillips goal against us in The FA Cup against Soton...

Crouch's goal in the replay was offside too

 

[Jimbee]

I was in Brook Road Upper for the Newman incident and it was an accident, unlike the decision to sign him.

 

[Banana]

WE WUZ ROBBED

Watford at home (featured on Sunday's The Big Match) when they scored from a corner whilst the phantom whistler stuck again.

 

[WisBee]

The lino in the Norwich cup game who then retired after he showed a complete misunderstanding of the offside rule.........several times.....

wasn't he a local bloke, Lowestoft seems to ring a bell.........cheating homer........

 

[North London Bee]

Hard to tell for sure only seeing it once at full speed but although he did basically land with his studs on the face of their bloke who was laid out on the floor I was convinced at the time that Newman wasn't aware it was going to happen. Looked to me like he was concentrating on blocking the shot that was coming in from the other player and turning his body as he jumped.

Nasty though the injury was I wasn't that surprised it was overturned.

yes, totally agreed, but it WAS Newman........

 

[North London Bee]

WE WUZ LUCKY

Garry Moore's header past Gordon Phillips for Southend that went through a hole in the net and was disallowed.

 

[Brain-dead Bee]

ROBBED

Ref ordering re-take of penalty our keeper had saved at home to Sheff U in a midweek game 1980-ish (game where Doug Allder got sent off)

Penalty at Watford in our only 'Championship' season of recent times (think it was Keith Millen, not Billy Manuel, penalised) - fairly similar to the Notts Co decision on Monday

Extra time added v Notts Cty in that Championship season

Matt Somner being sent off in an early season midweek game, I think in Martin Allen's first full season (got the ball and couldn't avoid following through)

LUCKY

Both pens v Barnet last season

Willock getting a pen for an air-shot

Rankin getting a pen and an opponent sent off (Port Vale) for what didn't look a foul

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Penalty at Watford in our only 'Championship' season of recent times (think it was Keith Millen, not Billy Manuel, penalised) - fairly similar to the Notts Co decision on Monday

I reckon it was Billy Manual - only one way to settle this .........

 

[Brain-dead Bee]

I reckon it was Billy Manual - only one way to settle this .........

I'd phone a friend if I had one

 

[Les Beeavinu]

I'd phone a friend if I had one

How about I be your friend, you phone me and I'll tell you that you're wrong.

 

[North London Bee]

How about I be your friend, you phone me and I'll tell you that you're wrong.

I was there and it was Pit Bull !!

 

[bees66]

I was there and it was Pit Bull !!

yep it was Billy

 

[Wise old Bee]

WE WUZ LUCKY

Garry Moore's header past Gordon Phillips for Southend that went through a hole in the net and was disallowed.

Especially when Pat Terry equalised later. Kevin Phillips also had one disallowed at Southampton which wasn't offside, evened up their dodgy one in the first half.

 

[Westlad]

WE WUZ LUCKY

DJ v Huddersfield diving to get their keeper sent off in his last league game with us.

 

[Mr Tree]

WE WUZ ROBBED

not that i saw it, but Darren Powell away to Peterborough. Didn't the keeper kick the ball against him, but it got disallowed for a foul (which the ref only gave cos he wasn't looking and assumed there must have been a foul...)

 

[Jimbee]

Ridiculous category.

 

[Markybee]

How about that one v Hull a few years ago...FA cup game...( not there myself) their striker fouled our keeper to score the winner...

I was. It was the same day Colchester beat Leeds. 1970, 5th round, I think. My first experience of football injustice.

 

[coalman]

lucky - own goal at home v brighton (i think) c. 1993. ball gets crossed in, no bees attackers at all anywhere near, defender tries to clear it end up kneeing into top corner.

ps the watford "handball" was millen.

 

[Jimbee]

Glen Thomas.

 

[North London Bee]

lucky - own goal at home v brighton (i think) c. 1993. ball gets crossed in, no bees attackers at all anywhere near, defender tries to clear it end up kneeing into top corner.

ps the watford "handball" was millen.

I was talking about lucky and unlucky refereeing decisions rather than lucky pieces of play and, believe me, the Watford handball was Billy Manuel, it has haunted me for 15 years !!

 

[coalman]

yes i realised that after i posted it. it was a shocking decision by the brighton defender though......

i still think it was millen though. it has also haunted me for a similar time but let's not go to war over it.

 

[Brentford Bob]

I was also "there" and I can confirm it was Billy Manuel.

 

[rebus]

Correct. The Glen Thomas own goal was 1998 as well.

 

[coalman]

i'll get my coat :homer:

 

[macsalisbee]

a v Plymouth 72/73-Allan Murray hit a beauty-it hit the stanchion and rolled down,running out the back of the net. Ref gave the goal despite the ball being behind the goal and the Plymouth fans going mad. What fun we had walking to our car at the bottom of the hill!

 

[macsalisbee]

A shocker was Andy Cole scoring when about 5 yards offside v Brizzle c

 

[bees66]

a v Plymouth 72/73-Allan Murray hit a beauty-it hit the stanchion and rolled down,running out the back of the net. Ref gave the goal despite the ball being behind the goal and the Plymouth fans going mad. What fun we had walking to our car at the bottom of the hill!

I was at that game, my dad wrote to The Big Match in which Brian Moore spoke about it and showed it

 

[KGB]

The Hull away game was a blatant foul by Chris Chilton (I think) on Gordon Phillips & came after Brian Turner had hit the post which would have made the score 2-0 & probably won us the game.

Does anyone remember Asa Hartford blatantly handling the ball in the last few minutes of the game at the Brook Road end?