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Fans baffled with Chippenham awarded very controversial penalty against Oxford City

Fans are still baffled with Chippenham Town awarded a very controversial penalty against Oxford City in the National League South.

The Hoops shared a clip of the penalty on their social media to highlight the refereeing decision, and many couldn’t believe what they had just seen.

A poor header back towards goal was met by a Chippenham attacker, who then proceeded to lob the ball over the oncoming goalkeeper.

However an Oxford City defender managed to make a heroic sliding clearance off the line to prevent a goal, taking the onrushing attacker flying in the air.

The away side were left perplexed when a penalty was suddenly awarded against them for a seemingly clean tackle.

Jordan Young subsequently converted the 98th-minute penalty to hand Oxford their second defeat on the spin in the non league’s second tier.

Oxford City boss Ross Jenkins was also critical of the decision on the club’s official YouTube channel.

He said: “Yeah it wasn’t just out angle, it was the whole stadium’s angle. It was all sides of the stadium that saw it wasn’t a penalty.

“It was an error from us to head it backwards, we accept that, but then we’ve done so well to recover and clear it off the line.

“You can clearly see our player has nicked the ball first and their players followed through and gone over the top of him.

“I’m not quite sure what the referee saw, but it’s not good enough because it’s cost us points tonight… it’s really disappointing and a big error on the ref’s part.”

Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey even weighed in on the debate.

He wrote: “Imo (in my opinion) no one would have complained if the referee had just played on.”

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As mentioned, fans were left rather baffled with Chippenham awarded a very controversial penalty against Oxford City…

@dazzibarnard: No pen, Great defending 👏🏼👏🏼

@MrNonLeague: Never

@kbushnell1975: If that is a penalty, I am a polar bear.

@StefanBrown4: How the hell is that a penalty 😅

@markbrit_: That’s a honking decision.

@TauntonTownSES: Never a pen

@anthonytdlloyd: If i was the manager I would of took the players off ridiculous decision

@NeilHolman1: Looks a pretty clear pen to me.

@s1_sonny: How could this ever be a penalty? Lol

@baden0101: You clearly see the ball moving as he makes contact with it, then the player collides with him as the ball is around a yard away. Shocking decision

@pacificpaddy: I’ve watched this over and over and have absolutely no idea how this is a penalty against @OxCityFC!

@Oufctv_: That’s shambolic refereeing. He clearly cleared off the line and the Chippenham player was behind him and fell over him. He got the ball very cleanly. Fucking atrocious

@mdevonport_1: Ref must’ve chucked his life savings on Chippenham to win, that is fucking shocking 🤣🤣

@DarrenThrussell: Never a penalty

@Chaz1874: Match fixing

@mdbz1975: Never a penalty. Great defending.

@jackrowlands123: That is fucking abysmal 😂😂 sums up the state of refereeing up and down the country.

@tictactucs: Never a pen, got ball first and cleared away

@ChrisTanfield1: Bit harsh to give a pen, he would’ve got the ball if the pitch weren’t shit.

@jimmywebb10: The state of refs 😂😂

@Bowds_1: Absolutely ridiculous 🤯

@BSturgess8: Shambles of a decision 🤯

@joeyc1986: Wow. One of the worst decisions I’ve seen

@MatthewDBruce: Holy moly. I’ve seen a lot of bad refereeing decisions this season, but this has to be the worst

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