Saturday, 27 March 2010

Clarke fumes at referee

London Town manager Ian Clarke has vented his anger on the referee after seeing his side surrender their 4-0 lead to lose 5-4 at FC London.

Clarke was unhappy that the referee gave FCL a penalty after Craig Palmer went down in the box when Town were still leading 4-0.

"The referee is disgraceful," Clarke said. "How can he not see that the boy (Palmer) clearly threw himself to the ground?"

He also had complaints about FCL's second penalty which led to keeper Marco Schuipers being sent off after he hauled down Craig Cinoli, saying it was "harsh."

"It's not Marco's fault, Shane (Macdonald) should have stayed with him. But in the end, the sending off was a bit harsh on the lad."