Most people were prepared to believe the referee's version because of Ashley's petulance. El Presidente and I were at Wigan, where we couldn't see why he'd been sent off. Watching the video of it, it confirmed my theory that Barnes clipped the back of the referee's heel, which caused him to...
There were detractors at Withdean too. I remember some battles royal on Nsc with Mr Burns, and a couple of others who said he wasn't good enough for League One.