To disallow that goal last night in my opinion was more than just incompetency, he saw something which didn’t even happen. It’s surely impossible for a ref to a get a decision so wrong and just chalk it down to a human error.
Butterfield was a a few yards away from their GK when he slapped the ball into his own net !
Just looking for the possible explanation with the least edge to it, for the sake of everyone’s sanity…
I’d suggest that because he didn’t have a clear view (ie. sight of the keeper was obscured by Butterfield’s back), when the keeper went down seeming to have been fouled then the referee had no option other than working on the balance of probability that he had. The lino might have been able to clarify, but perhaps he didn’t have a clear view either.
In the non-VAR leagues, who does the rule book favour in these situations?
