REFEREE SENDS OFF WRONG PLAYER IN LEAGUE ONE MATCH
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Referee Tom Nield sent off a player during Tuesday’s English League One match between Bolton and Forest Green.
Wanderers were a goal up after just six minutes thanks to Bolton’s No 10 Dion Charles tucking away a Gethin Jones cross. However, he was shown red card in the 28th minute by the referee.
Charles, understandably, was left utterly bemused by the sending off while the majority of the Bolton University Stadium were left confused as to what had happened until replays of an off-the-ball tussle painted a clear picture.
Moments before Charles’ sending off, his team-mate Elias Kachunga, who wears No 24, was caught by the cameras appearing to throw a punch at Rovers defender Brandon Cooper.
Play stopped soon after which allowed Nield to discuss with his linesman what they had – or hadn’t – saw.
Comically, the League One official identified Charles as the guilty party, who was drinking some water by the side of the pitch when he was given his marching orders.
The club’s twitter account posted; “Dion Charles has been sent off. Some confusion around the ground, we’re not sure what’s happened there!?”
Bolton manager Ian Evatt was left utterly stunned by the decision.
He said: “We cannot deny that Elias has let everybody down, showing that lack of discipline is not acceptable and he’s apologised to the group.
“For the linesman to spot it is a good spot but then to get a player involved and sent off who was 15 yards away from the incident is baffling.
“There is enough finance in the game for us to be able to have VAR for every division in the English pyramid. This is equally important to us as it is to any Premier League team.”
Despite being a man down for over an hour, the 10 men of Bolton held on to stay three points behind fourth-placed Derby, who scored twice in the final three minutes to beat Port Vale 2-1.
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