There has been widespread outrage as one referee awards a ridiculous penalty that knocks the underdogs out of the FA Cup.
Isthmian League Premier Division side Carshalton Athletic were sent out of the oldest national football competition in the world last weekend thanks to a shocking decision to give visitors Ebbsfleet United a spot kick.
After taking the lead through Daniel Bassett on the 7th minute, the hosts looked like they were about to make a cup upset against the National League South side.
Carshalton were 1nil up in their Fa Cup tie against Ebbsfleet at the weekend when the Ref awarded this penalty against them! They went on to lose 2-1 What?!! How!? What?!
Ridiculous decision!!
Honestly think the game should be replayed!!!! @CarshaltonA_FC 👍#Justice4Carshalton pic.twitter.com/xV0EeVvOHv— ⚽🅣🅞🅟🅢🅒🅞🅤🅣⚽️ (@toptargets) September 21, 2021
However, nine minutes later, referee Paul Johnson pointed to the spot after judging an Ebbsfleet player to have fallen inside the penalty area when in fact he has fallen over himself.
The official thought Luke Read had fouled the winger because he was handed a yellow card just seconds later.
As you can quite clearly see, the replays show that Read was nowhere near the Ebbsfleet man and the latter tripped.
After Rakish Bingham scored the rebound of the penalty, the Fleet went on to secure a victory with two minutes remaining, with many citing Johnson’s decision as the turning point.
Carshalton commented on the incident on their official website.
“The Robins’ FA journey was ended by a refereeing mistake. A penalty (and yellow card) were mistakenly given without players even making contact. It’s a bitter pill to swallow after such a gallant and brave performance.
“There are no hard feelings towards the referee or linesman. We are sure it was a genuine mistake, albeit a very damaging one.”
Ebbsfleet are now set to travel to Aylesbury United on Saturday the 2nd of October for the next round of the competition.
Fans reacted, some with outrage as the referee awards a ridiculous penalty which knocks the underdogs out of the FA Cup…
@mattcrabb11: I suspect that ref will be doing a game somewhere at conference south level this weekend too. #needssacking
@kennymccreadie9: FFS the referee should get fined and banned simply not good enough
@martinbaston: How has the Lino not seen it? He is bang in line! Both should be doing parks football that is awful
@tamz03748733: No way no fucking way is this real
@SteveR29128994: Crazy, refs had a brown envelope
@SteveBa99880334: What really surprised me is who the ref is. I think his name is Paul and he’s been at step 3 for a long time. Probably the best ref I’ve seen and a really nice bloke. However this decision is beyond belief. I’m surprised by the players reaction as well, hardly anyone said a word
@SatNavtheGooner: The whole clip is surreal and indeed showed the discipline of some of those players, so hats off to them in a really difficult situation
@massp79: The attacker should have been honest and told the red he didn’t get fouled. We keep on blaming the refs but players also have to take some responsibility and not cheat.
@MF_Power: That’s the most crooked decision I’ve ever seen. Wowzers
@beefyleboeuf: Refereeing is the only job I know that you get paid rather than sacked for being awful at. If I performed to that level at my job I’d be straight out the door
@Wigwam94: Wow. That’s an absolute shocker. The refs entirely invented something there. My local team is in the Conference & it’s lovely to see them playing again but I’d forgotten how terrible the refereeing is at lower levels. There’s a reason these refs aren’t in the league. Awful
@andyfooly: Id love to get a referees view on this, there is nothing blocking the view & there is daylight between the players. baffling.
@jords_i4: This ref had a bet on. There’s no other reason for this
@callumptaylor: Understand referees come under fire, but where on earth was the linesman watching to miss that in front of him?!
@ClarkeDdmthe1st: Both officials need sacking or teaching of the footballing rules because that is shocking!!
FA CUP 2QR REPLAY RESULTS
Hadley (9) 1–2 Enfield Town (7)
Jersey Bulls (9) 3–2 Sutton Common Rovers (8)
Southport (6) 1–0 Chorley (6)
F.C. United of Manchester (7) 0–2 Blyth Spartans (6)
Chester (6) 1–0 Darlington (6)
Spennymoor Town (6) 1–0 AFC Fylde (6)
Kettering Town (6) 2–0 Spalding United (8)
Needham Market (7) 2–3 East Thurrock United (7)
Stowmarket Town (8) 0–1 AFC Sudbury (8)
St Albans City (6) 2–0 Concord Rangers (6)
Leiston (7) 3–1 Kings Langley (7)
Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0–1 Ware (8)
Horsham (7) 1–0 Kingstonian (7)
Farnborough (7) 0–1 Metropolitan Police (7)
Corinthian Casuals (7) 3–0 Leatherhead (7)
Chippenham Town (6) 1–0 Poole Town (7)
Hereford (6) 4–0 Lymington Town (8)
SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND RESULTS:
Chorley (6) 2–2 Southport (6)
York City (6) 3–0 Hebburn Town (8)
Marine (8) 3–0 Warrington Town (7)
Atherton Collieries (7) 3-1 Witton Albion (7)
Squires Gate (9) 2–3 Pontefract Collieries (8)
Gateshead (6) 6-2 Bradford (Park Avenue) (6)
Blyth Spartans (6) 1-1 F.C. United of Manchester (7)
Colne (8) 0-1 Guiseley (6)
Darlington (6) 0-0 Chester (6)
Curzon Ashton (6) 4-0 Stockton Town (8)
AFC Fylde (6) 1-1 Spennymoor Town (6)
City Of Liverpool (8) 3-0 Farsley Celtic (6)
Morpeth Town (7) 4-1 Lancaster City (7)
Mossley (8) 1-2 Radcliffe (7)
Prescot Cables (8) 0-3 Whitby Town (7)
Runcorn Linnets (8) 3-1 Bamber Bridge (7)
Marske United (8) 3-0 South Shields (7)
Leamington (6) 3–1 Stone Old Alleynians (9)
Belper Town (8) 0-5 Tamworth (7)
Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 6-0 Worksop Town (8)
Brackley Town (6) 4-2 Coalville Town (7)
Sporting Khalsa (8) 1-3 Kidderminster Harriers (6)
Buxton (7) 4-0 Rushall Olympic (7)
Boston United (6) 6-0 Corby Town (8)
Nantwich Town (7) 1-2 Banbury United (7)
AFC Telford United (6) 1-2 Stamford (8)
Spalding United (8) 1-1 Kettering Town (6)
Hanley Town (9) 2–1 Chasetown (8)
Bedworth United (8) 1-3 Long Eaton United (9)
Halesowen Town (8) 1-3 Handsworth (9)
Cleethorpes Town (8) 1-0 Alfreton Town (6)
Mickleover (7) 1–3 Basford United (7)
Stratford Town (7) 4-0 Nuneaton Borough (7)
Braintree Town (6) 1-2 Billericay Town (6)
Hornchurch (7) 4-1 Walthamstow (9)
Bishop’s Stortford (7) 0-2 Bowers & Pitsea (7)
Barking (8) 1-3 AFC Dunstable (8)
Norwich United (9) 3-2 Mildenhall Town (9)
East Thurrock United (7) 2-2 Needham Market (7)
AFC Sudbury (8) 0-0 Stowmarket Town (8)
Wingate & Finchley (7) 3-0 Baldock Town (9)
Concord Rangers (6) 0–0 St Albans City (6)
Chelmsford City (6) 2–1 Little Oakley (9)
Kings Langley (7) 1–1 Leiston (7)
Ware (8) 2–2 Hemel Hempstead Town (6)
Bedford Town (8) 1–3 Welwyn Garden City (8)
Enfield Town (7) 1–1 Hadley (9)
Hitchin Town (7) 0–3 Cheshunt (7)
Great Wakering Rovers (8) 3–5 Peterborough Sports (7)
Ashford Town (8) 2–7 Folkestone Invicta (7)
Abbey Rangers (9) 0–2 Marlow (8)
Chertsey Town (8) 1–0 Chesham United (7)
Carshalton Athletic (7) 1–2 Ebbsfleet United (6)
Chichester City (8) 1–3 Maidstone United (6)
Phoenix Sports (8) 1–3 Redhill (9)
Broadfields United (9) 2–3 Hastings United (8)
Burgess Hill Town (8) 0–4 Dorking Wanderers (6)
Kingstonian (7) 1–1 Horsham (7)
Merstham (7) 4–1 Margate (7)
Hanwell Town (8) 0–2 Eastbourne Borough (6)
Sutton Common Rovers (8) 2–2 Jersey Bulls (9)
Beaconsfield Town (7) 3–5 Havant & Waterlooville (6)
Slough Town (6) 1–3 Whitehawk (8)
Dartford (6) 5–1 Hythe Town (8)
Metropolitan Police (7) 1–1 Farnborough (7)
Dulwich Hamlet (6) 0–1 Bedfont Sports (8)
Hayes & Yeading United (7) 5–0 Tonbridge Angels (6)
Walton Casuals (7) 0–3 Hampton & Richmond Borough (6)
Leatherhead (7) 0–0 Corinthian Casuals (7)
Welling United (6) 0–2 Harrow Borough (7)
Aylesbury United(8) 5–1 Bishop’s Cleeve (9)
Cirencester Town (8) 3–1 Hamworthy United (9)
Tiverton Town (7) 1–3 Sholing (8)
Basingstoke Town (8) 3–4 Wimborne Town (7)
Frome Town (8) 2–1 Oxford City (6)
Poole Town (7) 1–1 Chippenham Town (6)
Weston-super-Mare (7) 5–1 Taunton Town (7)
Shaftesbury (9) 0–1 Bath City (6)
Hungerford Town (6) 1–0 Truro City (7)
Yate Town (7) 2–0 Gosport Borough (7)
Lymington Town (8) 2–2 Hereford (6)
Longlevens (9) 1-3 Gloucester City (6)
FA CUP THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW
1 Radcliffe (7) v Morpeth Town (7)
2 Atherton Collieries (7) v Marine (8)
3 Pontefract Collieries (8) v Handsworth (9)
4 Marske United (8) v Chester (6)
5 City Of Liverpool (8) v Buxton (7)
6 Curzon Ashton (6) v Cleethorpes Town (8)
7 Runcorn Linnets (8) v Gateshead (6)
8 York City (6) v Whitby Town (7)
9 Guiseley (6) v Blyth Spartans (6)
10 Spennymoor Town (6) v Southport (6)
11 Ware (8) v Kidderminster Harriers (6)
12 Stamford (8) v Norwich United (9)
13 Boston United (6) v East Thurrock United (7)
14 Leamington (6) v Kettering Town (6)
15 Leiston (7) v Tamworth (7)
16 Stratford Town (7) v Long Eaton United (9)
17 AFC Sudbury (8) v Cheshunt (7)
18 Hanley Town (9) v Brackley Town (6)
19 AFC Dunstable (8) v Peterborough Sports (7)
20 Chelmsford City (6) v Enfield Town (7)
21 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) v Welwyn Garden City (8)
22 Basford United (7) v Banbury United (7)
23 Merstham (7) v Hereford (6)
24 Metropolitan Police (7) v St Albans City (6)
25 Hungerford Town (6) v Cirencester Town (8)
26 Maidstone United (6) v Dartford (6)
27 Folkestone Invicta (7) v Gloucester City (6)
28 Hayes & Yeading United (7) v Whitehawk (8)
29 Bedfont Sports (8) v Sholing (8)
30 Havant & Waterlooville (6) v Billericay Town (6)
31 Chippenham Town (6) v Hastings United (8)
32 Harrow Borough (7) v Marlow (8)
33 Jersey Bulls (9) v Chertsey Town (8)
34 Horsham (7) v Eastbourne Borough (6)
35 Hampton & Richmond Borough (6) v Wimborne Town (7)
36 Bowers & Pitsea (7) v Hornchurch (7)
37 Corinthian Casuals (7) v Wingate & Finchley (7)
38 Yate Town (7) v Redhill (9)
39 Aylesbury United(8) v Ebbsfleet United (6)
40 Dorking Wanderers (6) v Weston-super-Mare (7)
41 Bath City (6) v Frome Town (8)
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