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

Football: Manager hits out at refs

9:16am Friday 17th February 2006 in Sport By Dennis Aris

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."

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