Wrexham fans were left angered by the officials’ decision to give an offside from a throw-in in their 1-0 defeat at Newport County.
Pushing for an equaliser with 10 men in the last seconds of a game, Wrexham’s Ben Tozer threw the ball, but the linesman ended up giving offside from a throw in.
This came in with practically the last chance of the game with it being the 94th minute, and you can hear the commentator on iFollow say ball is thrown long, and ‘helped on, from an offside position, but it’s a throw in so it can’t be’.
Pushing for an equaliser with 10 men in the last seconds of a game, and you get this type of decision. Officiating in the EFL is absolutely humming😂 pic.twitter.com/9YnM0bgQQr
— Liam Geraghty (@Liamgeraghty_) January 21, 2024
Wrexham missed an opportunity to go top of the League Two standing having lost this fixture.
They saw Will Boyle sent off after 18 minutes for a lunge on Shane McLoughlin, before Seb Palmer-Houlden put the Exiles ahead at a packed out Rodney Parade.
The hosts had plenty of chances to extend their lead but poor finishing and great goalkeeping by Arthur Okonkwo kept Wrexham in it.
Newport’s deserved with sent them up to 13th in the table while Wrexham stay 2nd and two points behind leaders Stockport County, who saw their game at Notts County called off due to a frozen pitch.
Newport boss Graham Coughlan said post-match: “The atmosphere was noisy, and it was intense. It was really enjoyable for our players and fans, who have gone home happy.
“The atmosphere was always going to be a tester and we stood up to it and kept our discipline. The place was bouncing and I was really pleased the group kept their composure.
“Today was all about a derby game and about winning, no matter how you get over the line.
“We were really good in periods – more than a match for them and probably better than them.
“I just hope the sending-off doesn’t overshadow how good we were and how disciplined we were.”
Wrexham’s Phil Parkinson means stated that the sending off was the key moment of the match.
“Going down to 10 men after 18 minutes, it was difficult. We gave ourselves a mountain to climb and we couldn’t get any quality or rhythm in our play.
“It’s one of those challenges where he’s won the ball and caught the player on the follow-through.
“It’s a genuine tackle to win the ball and he’s caught him high. The linesman said the point of contact was dangerous and it’s a straight red.
“A lot was against us, in terms of the sending-off and losing four players to injury during the week. It’s a big disruption and the mountain was just too high for us to climb.
“Fair play to them, they used the conditions well and pressed right on to us. And we never really got a foothold in the game or implemented what we wanted to at half-time to get back into the game.
“It hurts when it’s a local derby and our fans have come down in their numbers and given us great support. But we’ve got nine days before our next game now and we’ll have to dust ourselves down and come back stronger.”
As mentioned, Wrexham fans were angered by the officials’ decision to give an offside from a throw-in in their defeat at Newport, this is what Twitter users are saying…
@SamuelRW03: Hahahahaha that’s awful
@shez_1987: Wow, that’s bad. Liner obviously said “offside” over the mic and the ref also doesn’t click that it can’t be 🤦🏻♂️
@mgsevs: So many officials on TV these days moan about fans and players constantly stating they know nothing bc they’ve never played the game. It’s about the laws not the context… Well these guys clearly don’t even know the laws #robbingaliving
@cathelizabeth: Who was offside ? (Not offside ) 🙈
@davemcardle: I’m confused. What’s he blown for?
@DannyLannon: I’m not sure what’s worse, the fact it’s a throw in or how he’s come to the conclusion anyone was ‘offside’ anyway?
@werekickingoff: That is really poor!
@_honez: Agreed. Our 10 man performance was bad, but this – this – is just woeful. How can officials be so absolutely crap to award offside from a throw? Incredibly poor. Surely #WxmAFC should put in an official complaint. The bloke deserves an official bollocking at least. Ofnadwy.
@CallumOBrien2: Thats actually mental ??
@keevs_89: Hahaha that’s fucking diabolical.
@patrickpops: it’s not even the first time this season we’ve been given offside from a throw in, how these people are linos i’ll never know. They hardly ever make their own decision and when they do it’s wrong.
@LukeTysonGyp: How can you have 4 officials and not one realise, it’s such a basic error.
@joshwilliamsDNO: That liner had the worst game I’ve ever seen a liner have. Dreadful.
@BcfcBrad1903: Said it for months, every Premier League manager should be made to take a League 2 game. They’d soon stop their whining.
@Keithyoungwxm: Iv watched this so many times iv lost count, wtf is he seeing 🧐
@craigyjones17: Wonderful offside decision by assistant Sam Ogles 🤦🏻♂️
@beardywxm: That’s the second time this season this has happened to us.
@danwills79: Poor from the first whistle
@PheenytheBelsh: The officials were that bad in the Wrexham game today that they gave offside from a throw…
@semprepippolino: 🤬🤬🤬 wtf?
@andythewxmfan: That was just the cherry on top of a number of very bad decisions
@RichWXM: Do they ever get held to account for blatant mistakes like this?
@CharlieFarnsba9: You can’t even be offside direct from a throw-in!
@mancityneil: The state of refereeing is really at an all time low.
@wixey998: This officiating is embarrassing! Can’t be offside from a throw in… when will the refs be properly trained ffs
@JamieSewell6: The worst officials I’ve ever seen, agree with the red however this offside decision is absolutely ridiculous
@Christianjw92: How do EFL referees not even know the rules?
@ChrisLukeJones: Hahahahah that’s vintage football league
@BallackSrfc: Please tell me another profession that you can literally f*ck up the absolute basics, not know the laws and still keep your job.
@racecourserambl: @FA_PGMOL explain this please? Because it’s inexcusable. Offside from a throw in 🫣
@Andy_midd84: And we think the officiating in the prem is bad 🤣🤣
@marparwxm: @EFL the officiating is horrendous
@capaled: How was this offside 😂😂
@Paskins_tache: @FA_PGMOL off side from a throw in now lads?? When did you change the rules??
@curtis_harper: Jesus that is awful 🤦🏻♂️😂
@squire_aaron: It gets worse every time I watch it
@higginswxm93: Offside apparently 😂
@78Spirit: Offside? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
https://t.co/npbed19gWZ pic.twitter.com/u8kr3oqtqW
— andy ball (@andythewxmfan) January 21, 2024
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