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Ince fury at match official

18 Dec 2006 - 12:28:03

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Furious Macclesfield Town boss Paul Ince slammed the performance of referee Tony Bates after Saturday's 3-3 draw with Accrington Stanley.

Ince was angry that the official awarded a foul against Kevin McIntyre which led to Stanley's second goal and pulled no punches after the final whistle.

"It was an absolutely diabolical decision. Players and managers get punished when they do something wrong and it should be the same for referees," he said.

Macc number two Ray Mathias joined in the criticism, saying: "Kevin McIntyre couldn't have made a cleaner tackle. Everyone in the ground could see it apart from the referee.

"We're terribly disappointed and frustrated that we let this one slip, our defending for their last two goals was not up to standard.

"But we're definitely on target to get out of trouble and we'll keep going."