Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club News

• Nickname:Caley Thistle
• Founded:1994
• Manager:Craig Brewster

• Ground:Caledonian Stadium
• Capacity:6,500

McGuire furious at derby loss

01 Apr 2008 - 07:39:20

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle defender Phil McGuire could face the wrath of the Scottish FA after blasting referee Dougie McDonald for his display in the 4-3 derby loss to Aberdeen.

McGuire felt that Mr McDonald was inconsistent throughout the game, while he also controversially sent off Russell Duncan at half-time and Grant Munro after the final whistle.

"I know how lucky Aberdeen are when you see Jimmy Calderwood embracing the linesman after the winning goal is scored," McGuire told the Press & Journal.

"It is absolutely shocking and I have never seen anything like that before. I've never seen an opposing manager embrace an official.

"I will probably get in trouble for saying this, but that's life. Referees make their decisions and we have to get on with it, but I feel we were hard done by and didn't deserve to lose the game.

"The referee let some things go and clamped down on other things and I think we need to have an idea of where we stand."