6:00pm Saturday 20th September 2008
By Anthony Matthews
Aidy Boothroyd still couldn’t believe what he’d seen when he gave his thoughts on Reading’s first goal following this afternoon’s 2-2 draw with Reading at Vicarage Road.
Referee Stuart Attwell and his assistant Nigel Bannister somehow decided that John Eustace had scored an own goal from Stephen Hunt’s 13th-minute corner, even though the ball clearly crossed the goalline at least two yards the other side of the post.
“I’m a little bit bemused because I obviously want to praise the team for their work and courage in getting back into the game and at the same time it’s like a UFO’s landed and a mistake like that has cost you two points,” said the Watford manager.
“I’ve been to see the referee and in fairness to him he’s only going on what the linesman can tell him. If you’re working as a team with somebody and somebody comes in your ear and says ‘it’s a goal’, you give a goal, but how he’s come to that decision is beyond belief when you see it.”
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