I stand to be corrected on this ( can anybody else at the match confirm?) but I believe all Argyle players were in our half waiting for Cambridge to kick-off after the “goal”, and the lengthy celebrations.
Several Cambridge players were arguing with the linesman - when Sarginson walked back from the half- way line towards those Cambridge players and the Lino, on the Lyndhurst side.
So I’m not sure how much more of a “goal” it could possibly be, before being disallowed.
That’s from my memory- can anybody else confirm that that’s what they saw ?
Unfortunately, despite the absolute certainty that the officials allowed themselves to be strong armed into revoking their initial decision, the rules say that until the ball is back in play decisions can be overturned.
He's done it before when a team bullied him into changing his original decision to award a goal (Carlisle v Harrogate), and I suspect he'll do it again if a team intimidates him.
His refereeing career is littered with games that have descended into brawls, including one occasion at Swindon when some meathead climbed onto the pitch and clocked the Orient keeper one during a melee between the players.
The saddest thing is, when I saw he'd be ref, I knew we'd be talking about him four days after the game.
Next time he's put in charge of a game at Home Park I'm tempted to just give my ticket money to a charitable cause rather than have another weekend's supposed entertainment wrecked.