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:lolol: We've all been there chap. I do agree that justice was eventually done at Stoke btw (justice through incompetence). As an aside, I've just finished reading Howard Webb's autobiography, and it gives a really interesting insight into refereeing. Madley will have been de-briefed after that...

Not so sure of that. If the penalty is scored directly, then it doesn't make any odds if players from either team have encroached as it hasn't affected the outcome. Shirley the encroachment issue only really becomes relevant if the penalty is saved or hits a post and stays in play. If an...

Yeah I acknowledged it was a soft pen anyway, but it was compounded by the ref not following the rules for the penalty itself. Luckily it meant we got away with it so I'm certainly not complaining, as you could say that it evened itself out there thanks to their rank incompetence. But refs are...

There were indeed. And if an encroacher had stuck away the rebound, then no goal. But as an encroaching defender stopped a goal being scored, I think thats grounds for a retake. Anyway, they ballsed it up. Thats the main thing :thumbsup:

It isn't, because *usually* the penalty is scored, so it doesn't really matter. However, in this instance, Dunk stopped a certain goal being scored on the rebound. No WAY would he have got there in time to do that, had he not encroached before the pen was struck. A rule is a rule, and had that...

Still should've been a retake for encroachment anyway. But we deserved a bit of luck on that performance.