Further punishment is a possibility for red-carded Scunthorpe United manager Brian Laws
BOSS Brian Laws says he is unsure whether or not he will receive further punishment from the Football Association after being banished from the dugout at Yeovil Town on Saturday.
Laws watched the second half of Scunthorpe United’s game against the Glovers sat next to vice-chairman Rex Garton in the directors’ box at Huish Park.
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Brian Laws, the Scunthorpe United manager, was sent to the stands during his side's 3-0 loss at Yeovil Town.
He was ordered to sit in the stands by referee Dean Whitestone as the teams came out at the start of the second half as punishment for his reaction to what the Iron thought was a clear, professional foul on Akpo Sodje in stoppage time at the end of the first 45 minutes.
Laws later labelled Whitestone’s failure to award Scunthorpe a free-kick as ‘astonishing’ and that he thought the Northampton official was ‘losing the plot’.
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“I wasn’t screaming or shouting, though I was asking very strongly what was going on,” he said.
“I'm still not really sure what went on. If you're going to send me off, surely you do it there and then?
“He (Whitestone) allowed me to go into the dressing room with the players and talk to them about my plans for the second half and then just as we were coming back down the tunnel, he pulled me to one side.
“He said I needed to go to the stand, which was a bit delayed.
“He said he felt there was too much going on at the time to do it then, but if there’s a decision to make, you should make it there and then.”
Whether any further action is taken, most likely to be in the form of a fine for Laws, will depend on what the referee’s report said about the incident.
The Iron boss though stressed that his protestations were out of character which in turn highlighted the importance of the incident.
“I don't know whether there will be any further punishment. It wouldn't surprise me,” conceded Laws, who accepted that the Iron, who lost the match 3-0, had been beaten by a much better team.
“It's been a long, long time since I've been in a heated debate with a referee or a fourth official.
“That tells you it must have been over something very, very serious.”
3 Comments
by ironite
Monday, February 18 2013, 1:32PM
“I don't particularly like players, fans and manager's choosing to hide behind marginal refereeing decisions to conceal the fact that you lost to the better team, it happens far too often and really sours the whole of football for me. Laws' being big enough to say that the bad decisions didn't make any difference to the result should be praised, what also irritates is how untouchable/bulletproof referees are nowadays. Common sense would suggest that if in hindsight, the Manager was right to protest against a decision, surely any kind of punishment for the exercising of this frustration is grossly unfair. Therefore it would be a travesty of Laws got some kind of touchline ban.”
by xcahoot
Monday, February 18 2013, 12:40PM
“I didn,t go to the game , but I have played & paused the tape countless times.
It is a stone wall sending off.
Further more the penalty awarded against Kennedy is a travesty.
The Tackle was perfect , Kennedy gets the ball & doesn,t touch the player Foley!
Laws`y is quite right though to say we were second best on the day .
I think BL has to take it on the chin that bringing on Mike Grella was a mistake .
I doubt many will agree with me but I feel sorry for Grella. He was head hunted to do a particular job, by Knill .Worse still he cannot adapt his play to fit in here. He is not aggressive enough .Like BL said on Radio Humberside we are not Barcelona.I hate to single out someone & criticise them especially when they are working hard but the kid is a square peg in a round hole
Lethargic is an understatement .”
by Deereyme
Monday, February 18 2013, 11:15AM
“What were we saying about him being a changed man? Kiss of death that! Didn't see the incident but I've got no beef with a manager who isn't afraid to remonstrate if he thinks something is clearly wrong. Shows he cares, unlike squirrel boy who would have just harrumphed and folded his arms. Again. Go on Laws, tell 'em what for!”