Understatement of the year from the commentator – “Well. I’ve seen them given” :blink: :blink: :blink:
Course he freakin has, coz he took his legs out from underneath him.
On the night itself, I remember being baffled that there weren’t that many appeals from either the Latics players or supporters coz i thought it was a shocking challenge at the time but very few round me were complaining.
When I got back home & saw that on TV I was just gobsmacked that he didn’t give it & all i can think was that he was unsighted
Apparently the next time they met, the referee apologised to Ray Mathias although in the interview I read I’m not sure whether that was for not giving the penalty, not spotting the handball or both