Let the Referees, and Not the Players or Managers, Officiate ; Fan's View by Matthew Withers

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › August 18, 2009

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Sportsmanship? Neil Warnock is one of the games colourful characters and I'm sure there is a part of him that actually enjoys being berated at pretty much every away ground within the football league but for me he once again crossed the line with his verbal attack on Gary Johnson and his players at the end of this game.

As TV footage has shown and as I thought at the time, Palace forward Freddie Sears effort in the 33rd minute did cross the line but referee Rob Shoebridge didn't see it and neither seemingly did his assistants and yet the Palace manager blamed City for the goal not being given.

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Let the Referees, and Not the Players or Managers, Officiate ; Fan's View by Matthew Withers

Warnock says that he felt sorry for the referee because he didn''t get any help and that Gary Johnson and his players could have shown more sportsmanship be...

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