17 August 2009

Crystal Palace have reason to feel like they missed something

One week on from Rickie Lambert's swift £1m departure from Bristol Rovers to Southampton we have another gift from the gods in terms of web hits: A goal the referee didn't see and did not allow.

Not just a 'was the ball over the line dilemma', but the most blatant balls up we've had since the 'goal that never was' at Watford last season.

And it went in favour of Bristol City. At Ashton Gate. Against the fans' favourite villain, Palace manager Neil Warnock.

Magic.

Unless you are a Crystal Palace fan of course in which case you have my sympathies. For this is another stone wall reason why we should have goal-line technology or, at the very least, allow the fourth official twenty seconds to refer to the replay on his monitor, inform the referee what he can see and eliminate the majority of foul ups.

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