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Bees fury at match official

22 Jan 2007 - 11:49:42

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Barnet manager Paul Fairclough slammed referee Andrew Marriner after his plucky nine-man Bees eventually succumbed to a 3-1 defeat to MK Dons on Saturday.

Dean Sinclair and Ian Hendon were given their marching orders in a controversial first half at the National Hockey Stadium and afterwards Fairclough criticised the performance of the match official.

He said: "I'm very disappointed with the performance of the referee.

"Dean Sinclair is not a nasty player, he just loves playing football - we have to drag him off the training pitch.

"It wasn't a nasty foul but the referee has reacted to it and decided there was enough in it to send him off. It changed the whole game.

"I can't comment on Ian's sending-off because it was on the other side of the pitch so I'll have to review the video, but Ian said he did nothing wrong.

"And the penalty he awarded them was laughable. Dean and Ian are in bits, they're distraught.

"But I've always known the team have got that warrior-like performance in them and their efforts were Herculean after that with nine men."