Derby penalty a dive?

[JOLovegrove]

I have seen a lot of misjudged threads on here over the last day, but for me, this tops the lot.

 

[dazzer6666]

The swallow dive/landing after the contact made it look a bit like a dive from side-on in the WSL (directly level) but if someone watching it on TV, with multiple replays and super slo-mo thinks it was a dive then they are sadly misguided. 100% stonewall, no complaints.

 

[John Bumlick]

Perhaps he was referring to Upson diving into the challenge?

 

[lawros left foot]

That was as clear a penalty as the one for Bournemouth wasn't

 

[bassking]

stonewall jackson im affraid

 

[edna krabappel]

Arguably the penaltiest penalty in history.

 

[albionite]

Easy a penalty, pretty sure we should of had a free kick in their end before that counter attack won them a penalty,but the ref (Derbyfan) waved play on.

 

[Miami Seagull]

a dreadful and utterly unnecessary tackle...

 

[fleet]

Watching live - penalty all day for me

 

[Acker79]

The guy in front of me jumped up and blocked my view. But there was someone near me who was convinced it was not a penalty, to the point every single time there was a challenge he sarcastically asked if the ref would give a penalty for it, even when it was in the other half of the pitch. Really annoying.

Anyhoo, I've since seen it on TV and as others have said, it was a definite penalty.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Youtube video anyone?

 

[Acker79]

Youtube video anyone?

 

[Frutos]

As the match report in the Telegraph read, had the tackle been much later it would have been a penalty next season.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Penalty every day of the week, including weekends and Bank Holidays!

 

[brightonmark1234]

Just spoken to a neighbor who watched the game on sky, he's convinced their penalty was a dive. Not seen it myself, what do you think?

it was a penalty all day long

 

[The Camel]

Pretty lucky not to get a yellow.

 

[Milano]

From a seasoned, experienced pro who has played at the highest level it was a shocking challenge, unnecessary and cost us the match IMO. Had it been Greer I would have shrugged and quietly sworn, very disapointed with Upson though. I suppose pressure gets to them all.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Upson was so late on the tackle, he almost arrived in the second half

 

[Ramalanadingdong]

It would have been a penalty in 1884, let alone with today's rules...

We came into being in 1884.

 

[edna krabappel]

We came into being in 1884.

Founder members of the Football League, no?

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