It can be particularly frustrating, when referees’ decisions seem arbitrary or biased. We know that they rely on their positioning to make calls, but if their view is obstructed, they might not see an infraction clearly. We can only assume that that was the case in the 55th minute of this important cup match because the referee was the only one in the ground who didn’t see that the home team player was clearly offside when our opponents took the lead. To compound matters, he yellow-carded our centre-half for his complaint at the decision, and gave him a second yellow 25 minutes later for an inelegant tackle on the edge of the box.
That sending off took the sting out of, what was, an evenly contested game up to then, as the home team scored their 2nd and 3rd goals in the final 10 minutes.
Glasnevin’s first real effort on goal in the 30th minute yielded the first goal of this cup match. But it only took Pat Meghen 6 minutes to put us on level terms with a beautiful strike from 25 yards. Then, 3 minutes after the re-start, Frankie Nolan hit the back of the net, sending us on our way to the second round. Though we had some important defending to do in the closing minutes to hold onto our 2-1 lead (see pic.)!
Roll on Dublin Hospitals FC on 12th October!
It only took Tom Wrynne five minutes to put us ahead. Then, his 2nd goal on the hour mark was followed by a Joey Byrne goal five minutes later (pic.) to give us a comfortable 3-0 lead. But with just 10 minutes remaining, the home team clawed one back, followed by a second in the 88th minute! However, despite them hitting the bar five minutes into added time, it ended 3-2 and we are now due to play Galty Celtic (AUL Div. 1) in Brickfields Astro in the next round on Fri. 13th or Sat. 14th October: but with Rep. of Ireland playing on Fri. 13th, it can’t be that day now!
It can be particularly frustrating, when referees’ decisions seem arbitrary or biased. We know that they rely on their positioning to make calls, but if their view is obstructed, they might not see an infraction clearly. We can only assume that that was the case in the 55th minute of this important cup match because the referee was the only one in the ground who didn’t see that the home team player was clearly offside when our opponents took the lead. To compound matters, he yellow-carded our centre-half for his complaint at the decision, and gave him a second yellow 25 minutes later for an inelegant tackle on the edge of the box.
