East Kilbride Thistle boss Aaron Connolly has blasted the performance from referee Euan Pow in a “chaotic” clash – which saw the Jags have FOUR players sent off in the final 20 minutes of their defeat at Lugar.Connolly’s side travelled to Ayrshire for their first match of 2024 in high spirits off the back of a six-game unbeaten run in the West of Scotland Fourth Division, and their fine run looked set to continue after Mitchell Rooney’s strike had them 1-0 up.However, the Showpark side were left shell-shocked as whistler Pow dished out red cards to Lewis Gray for a second bookable offence, Michael Blues and Campbell Tough for dissent and then goalkeeper Kai McQuarrie got his marching orders for remonstrating with his own team-mates.A further sending off for EK would have seen the game abandoned and forfeited under the laws of the game.Lugar went on to run out 3-1 winners with three late goals and Connolly admits the way the game ended left him sick to his stomach.He said: “I need to preface this by saying that referees have the toughest job on a football pitch and I don’t think they get enough support around them.
At our level, they are there on their own being asked to manage 30/40 people.“But our feeling on Saturday is that the referee has ruined a good game of football with some naive and poor officiating, which is disappointing.“It just descended into a chaotic 20 minutes that I’ll probably never see again as long as I’m involved in football.“He lost control of the fixture.“The first incident saw Lewis sent off and at that point Michael Blues questioned that decision, which saw him sent off for dissent.“It was harsh and I don’t think Michael’s language was any different to what we heard during the game previously
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