Home Match Day Thread +++ 16/03/2019 OUFC v Bradford City match day thread +++

[Robie]

Clears the ambiguity up, shouldn't have been disallowed for having Bradford players in the box since they didn't challenge for the ball, only question is where Ruffels touched it. Looks like the closest linesman thinks it was in the box, don't get why he was overruled but don't particularly care either.

If the lino thought that they should and would flag immediately. The view was better from the north stand. He controlled the ball with his left foot which was outside the area.

 

[Tomox]

Can count on one finger the times I've lost my s**t like that when we've scored in last minute at home...embarrassed myself and everyone around me...great night though,!

 

[West Oxon U’s]

“ We’ve got a pen. We’ve got a pen ! “

 

[West Oxon U’s]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1107020173222002689

Bowyer again.

 

[Northstandboy]

The aftermath though was ersatz VAR - we must fight for it to be kept out of the EFL.

But VAR would have allowed it?

 

[Shaun Rice]

I’m reading the rule a little differently. If an oppo player encroaches once left the penalty area then it is re taken. The issue is, the player was down and the other Bradford players took an age to leave rather than get back in position. If a player goes down injured in a box, whether legitimate or not then effectively they can stop play thus time wasting.
My take from the footage I have seen;
1. Never a penalty
2. Not a corner, player missed
3. Ball was not moving when goal kick taken, Eastwood placed it
4. Goal correct decision

Correct once a player or players have left the box they are not allowed back into it. But that rule is irrelevant here because that didn’t happen. The players were already in the box and hadn’t left it. That was one of the issues their manager said was an problem on radio Oxford.
When a player is down play can only be stopped by the referee. Therefore Eastwood was perfectly okay to take the goal kick. Actually a very good decision in the end because the player down was just time wasting, the players not getting out of the box we’re just time wasting.

 

[Shaun Rice]

Ain't you a little ray of sunshine!!!

Yeah and it means Robinson lasts another few week! Bloody ref why didn’t he disallow the goal ;-)

 

[Shaun Rice]

But VAR would have allowed it?

Only if the ref knew the rules.

 

[chuckbert]

The aftermath though was ersatz VAR - we must fight for it to be kept out of the EFL.

Bloody EU imposing their ersatz VAR on us.

 

[PottersRightBoot]

You weren’t at the game though were you? The 5 minutes limbo for the crowd was just like a VAR decision coming through. The fluidity of football and the joy it creates for spectators significantly snuffed out.

Iconic OUFC supporting moment nonetheless.

 

[Oxfordpete]

Oh s**t apparently there can’t be any players in the penalty area when a goal kick is taken, or it has to be retaken, and there were still some in the box when our goal kick was taken. So it should have been retaken, and the goal disallowed. Jesus.

I’m not totally sure, but then nor was the ref but is it not something along the lines of ‘players in the box interfering with play’ or similar, as I say I’m not totally sure

 

[stokeu]

“ We’ve got a pen. We’ve got a pen ! “

09:00 Josh touches the goal kick in the box methinks

 

[Oxfordpete]

Wycombe
Wimbledon
Walsall
Shewsbury
10 points from these games and we should be safe, but at least 8.
All teams near us

 

[FatOldSun]

“ We’ve got a pen. We’ve got a pen ! “

He needs singing lessons!

 

[Bigfella72]

Don’t think just because today we are safe lose against Coventry and we are back in the relegation fight hope we beat Coventry otherwise I can’t see it being good come may

We are still in a relegation fight whatever the result against Coventry?

 

[m]

Or, Wycombe would set up a little squatter’s camp with tents and a campfire in the corner of the area in the third minute of every game, and have a guaranteed goalless draw every time.

Ohhhh. How f*****g awesome would it have been for yesterday's extra time debacle to have taken place against Ainsworth's Wycombe?

(Honourable mentions to Westley and Evans of course)

 

[West Oxon U’s]

Wycombe Wanderers - Wycombe Wanderers

wycombewanderers.co.uk

www.wycombewanderers.co.uk

Ainsworth : “ I did not see that coming...” He then really bigs up the Oxford v Wycombe clash (it’s their next match)
on March 30th.

 

[West Oxon U’s]

 

[Steve McAvoy]

Very satisfying, recalling the reverse fixtures where City spent all the second half running the clock down, appealing endlessly for fouls, collapsing on the ground ‘needind’ treatment..And good to see Jack Payne on the pitch so that he had the chance to say a proper farewell.
Farewell Jack.

 

[FatOldSun]

This is when the officials should be allowed to explain their decisions after the match, rather than locking themselves away. Nobody other than them still knows what caused the ref to change his mind twice.
From highlights, unofficial videos and photos, my take on it is this:
1. Neither the ref nor linesman thought it was a corner or a penalty, else the linesman would have pointed to the corner flag or held his flag across his chest.
2. The goal kick was taken from inside the 6 yard box, and the ball was not moving, so no problem there.
3. There were players in the box when the goal kick was taken. While opposition players should not be in the box, a retake should only happen if they interfere with the goal kick. This didn't happen so no issues here.
4. The ball was a couple of inches inside the area when Ruffels first touched it. This should have resulted in a retake. However, at full speed, that would have been very difficult to spot, especially from the linesman's point of view. And, that split second was hardly likely to affect what subsequently happened.

From that, I can only conclude that the linesman was worried about the number of players in the box, and that the ref then spent a few minutes clarifying the rule with his assistants, to eventually give the correct decision on that particular point.