Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 6, 2019 13:56:38 GMT
Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman wants the Football Association to review a bottle-throwing incident that led to goalkeeper Dimitar Evtimov being sent off against Blackpool.
After the object was thrown at him by one of the 1,800 Blackpool fans behind his goal, Evtimov lobbed the bottle back into the crowd back-handed.
He was then shown a red card, but Coleman was livid at the punishment.
"The FA have got to step in," the Stanley boss told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"If it's thrown back violently, then it might be a criminal offence. But he doesn't throw it back violently. He loops it back.
"The ref's got to show a bit of common sense. He didn't see it. He was going on the say-so of the linesman."
Blackpool manager Terry McPhillips said after the game that he thought the sending off was "harsh".
He continued: "I saw their keeper chuck an object into the crowd but it shouldn't have been on the pitch in the first place. However, the referee has to go by the rules of the game."
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After the object was thrown at him by one of the 1,800 Blackpool fans behind his goal, Evtimov lobbed the bottle back into the crowd back-handed.
He was then shown a red card, but Coleman was livid at the punishment.
"The FA have got to step in," the Stanley boss told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"If it's thrown back violently, then it might be a criminal offence. But he doesn't throw it back violently. He loops it back.
"The ref's got to show a bit of common sense. He didn't see it. He was going on the say-so of the linesman."
Blackpool manager Terry McPhillips said after the game that he thought the sending off was "harsh".
He continued: "I saw their keeper chuck an object into the crowd but it shouldn't have been on the pitch in the first place. However, the referee has to go by the rules of the game."
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47469972