Apparently the referees’ body, the PGMOL, has now investigated the matter and found that Madden did nothing wrong and that neither he nor any member of his team of officials made the 75-minute claim to the managers.
So either both managers are lying or the referee is lying. Well I know who I believe, although a heavy Scottish accent can be difficult at times.
The referees investigating themselves reminds me of what's happening in Government these days, as has the outcome.
I suppose if they had admitted it, they'd have a problem.
I don't have enough fingers to count the number of times that managers after games have claimed that I said something that I simply didn't. They either made it up completely, or took something that I had said completely out of context.
Really. The managers, a happy winner and a disappointed loser, both made up the same detailed story in separate interviews about something you didn't mention at all?
Good try, but it looks like a cover up to me.
Managers collude to discredit the referee. Trust me, it happens.
I agree , here we have one manager who was upset at losing a game he expected to win and a home manager who has lots of history with referees , a quick internet search shows he has had touchline bans in each of the past 3 years and I haven’t looked further , so in the circumstances I think it right to back the referee unless there was evidence to the contrary.
His touchline bans relate to outspoken criticism of decisions and poor choice of language, not dishonesty. McKenna is the most respectful manager I have come across since Bobby Robson and however disappointed he might have been he would not have fabricated such a story.
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