Sean, Argyle and Mr Sarginson do have a history, which goes back several years to a home match against Leyton orient in league 2, under Derek Adams.
The issue with Mr Sarginson is of competence . He has a history of ceding his authority to players and letting players “ref” games. I remember Liam Kelly was in the refs ear for much of the last 10 minutes as orient clambered to get a winner - which they eventually secured. When Liam Kelly pushed over one of our young ball-boys in a rush to take a corner , sarginson took no action and later claimed not to see it - although it was claimed later that video footage seemed to suggest that sarginson appeared to be looking towards the incident when it happened. Kelly later got a lengthy ban, for his actions. Highlights should be somewhere on the internet, have a look yourself- see what you think.
As far as Tuesdays game goes it seemed fairly clear from the actions of the referee and linesman that the goal had been given until the Cambridge players intervened. I could clearly see the group of 3 or Cambridge players “high giving” each other after Sargison changed his mind- so it was clear to them, as it was also clear to me from my seat in the Lyndhurst that their interventions had lead to Sargison changing his mind.
I think for me the main issue is one of authority- everybody knows the ref doesn’t change their mind- particularly after a gap of several minutes , don’t they ? If they do start changing their minds then where is this going to end ?
Speaking personally I would rather see the ref as an authoritarian figure , as he is in the game of rugby- where the players have deference for his decisions- and if they don’t the play gets moved 20 yards forward.Perhaps we should move towards that in football ? I certainly don’t like seeing the spectacle of players surrounding the ref.
As for the alleged Wilson incident I didn’t see it- and like most people I suspect, only saw the fall out after,It’s not on video is it ? So it’s only hearsay, if that’s the case. Wilson is hard but fair- and not a dirty player, so I would like to know what went on to cause the alleged incident.
This threads not really about the match, it’s about Chris Sarginson- and like most people I don’t think he’s a very good referee. Having said that I have to say Argyle were a bit naive- and knowing his reputation we should have targeted him in the same way Cambridge did.
Ps. I like your teams defence- but think your going to need a few more reinforcements up front, to help your winger ?Tracey out.
Good luck for the rest of the season.