Our penalty

This could be a slightly controversial view, but I found it strange that we were awarded a penalty earlier.

It was a foul on Scowen, no doubt about it.

But Scowen was initially fouled on what looked like a yard outside the area. I think the referee attempted to give Scowen the benefit of the doubt as he'd somehow managed to bounce back to his feet, before he was hacked down again, inside the area.

Now although the referee didn't signal for an advantage, I thought he would have pulled it back for the earlier foul which happened outside the area and eventually led to the penalty. I reckon anywhere else on the pitch he would have done.

Nevertheless, a penalty was awarded, and we won the game.

Rotten luck for what was an otherwise fine defensive display from Burton, something I predicted pre match.

 

I had a good view form ESU and thought it was a blatant dive myself. The one bit of Scowen's game I don't enjoy.

 

wasn't it Crowley that won the penalty?

 

Scowen dived twice

 

The first foul appeared to be in the area, which the ref seemed to ignore, until the second challenge took place. Looked a stone wall penalty from ESL.

 

Must admit I was a million miles away from it in the Ponte but they both looked like fouls from there.

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First one was definitely a foul. Second one was definitely a dive.

 

Nailed on pen with 15 to go when Mawson was fouled, not given.

 

Scowen was fouled inside the box. Definitely a penalty, but the referee didn't give it. He then attempted to carry on and stumbled/dove and the referee gave it.

I was sat fairly close, and I've seen it again on TV since.

 

We should have had another when Watkins was shoved to the ground about 10 Mina after.

 

Doesn't really look that way on TV, although I know what you mean about Scowen going down easily. He did it at Guiseley and it was quote embarrasing. Today though he got clipped initially, but stumbled and carried on when he could have gone down, and then got bundled over. Looking at the referee's reaction, had it been outside the box you would have got the impression that he had played advantage from the initial foul and then brought it back, but refs obviously don't do that in the box.

We could have had two more penalties for blatant pushes in the box too, one in each half. The one in the second half was quite ridiculous.

 

I was sitting absolutely level with the incident, and that was my view.

 

The first one was a clear foul in the area & wasn't given.

The 2nd was a dive & was given as a pen.

Either way the right decision was made even if it wasn't for the right incident so no harm done