Football: Manager hits out at refs (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Football: Manager hits out at refs

9:16am Friday 17th February 2006 in

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FURIOUS Kendal manager Tony Hesketh has hit out at inconsistent standards among referees, writes Dennis Aris.

He says poor decisions have:- n Robbed him of the services of captain Lee Ashcroft for three matches, including the key clash with league leaders Mossley.

n Caused the unnecessary cancellation of Saturday's home match with Warrington Town.

n Resulted in the club receiving an unwarranted order to appear before the FA to answer a charge of ill-discipline.

Town were doubly hit last weekend when they learned on Friday that their appeal against Ashcroft's red-card had been rejected and that he would be banned immediately for three games.

Then an hour before Saturday's kick-off the Warrington match was ruled out by referee Mr Lee Metcalfe in what Hesketh described as: "a farcical decision."

There's more...click on Sports - Football for Dennis's full report...