Cambuslang Rangers boss blames ref for defeat after giving 'baffling' penalty

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Furious Cambuslang Rangers boss Paul McColl says referee Stuart Broadfoot cost them the game as they lost 5-2 at home to Johnstone Burgh.McColl says the West of Scotland First Division clash was poised at 2-2 when the whistler awarded Burgh a penalty that left the Camby gaffer ‘baffled’, and called on the West of Scotland League to reinstate assistant referees.The Cambuslang gaffer, who also queries why he was booked during the game, says his side had played well until the 70th-minute incident, but it left them up against it.He said: “He cost us the game.

I’m single-handedly blaming him.“People will look at the score and think we’ve been battered, but not at all.“For 72 minutes or whatever it was, we were playing really well, had missed a few chances, and he then gives them a penalty for nothing.“It was outside the box, and he totally killed us.

I don’t know why he’s given it, it’s just baffling.“These guys need to think about what they’re doing, how much impact goes on a game when they give penalties for nothing.“We played really well.

I’m really disappointed for the players, because they put a lot of effort in, and the ref gives a penalty against us for nothing.“It’s too often that it’s happening, and not just to us, but there are no linesmen now, and I think we need to ask for that to come back in.“He’s not the standard that should be refereeing these games – I’ve seen better standards when I played in the amateurs for years, and that wasn’t great.“We had to take a couple of boys off because they were on bookings for nothing – one tackle – and it was just a guessing game, which one you took off.”McColl added: “He was abysmal.