{"id":537285,"date":"2019-11-27T06:22:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T11:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=537285"},"modified":"2019-11-27T06:22:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T11:22:50","slug":"ipswich-town-paul-lambert-referee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/11\/27\/ipswich-town-paul-lambert-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipswich Town Boss Paul Lambert Slams &#8216;Mickey Mouse Football&#8217; Referee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ipswich Town boss Paul Lambert furiously criticised referee Alan Young following a 0-0 draw with Wycombe Wanderers.<\/p>\n<h2>Lambert: That Wasn&#8217;t Acceptable<\/h2>\n<h3>Paul Lambert Slams &#8216;Mickey Mouse Football&#8217; Referee<\/h3>\n<p>League One&#8217;s top two met in a hotly-anticipated fixture at Portman Road that lived up to its expectations.<\/p>\n<p>However, the game was marred by a series of controversial decisions by referee Young.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues were denied an early penalty when the ball clearly struck Joe Jacobson&#8217;s hand, before Luke Chambers&#8217; headed finish was ruled out following a conversation between Young and assistant referee Aaron Farmer.<\/p>\n<p>Young awarded the visitors an 87th-minute penalty, although replays seemed to show the foul being committed outside the penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>Tomas Holy produced an excellent save to deny Jacobson from twelve yards.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking afterwards, a furious Lambert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/sport\/lambert-slams-ref-after-ipswich-draw-0-0-with-wycombe-1-6396168\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>:\u00a0&#8220;(Luke) Garbutt has put the ball in, Luke (Chambers) has got across the front post, got a header, it hits the Wycombe guy and goes in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How is (Kayden) Jackson offside?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And how can you turn around and say the comms weren&#8217;t working? What&#8217;s your flag for then?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re saying it&#8217;s offside. How can he be offside? Even if he&#8217;s in an offside position, their guy heads it in the net.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And why does the ball travel 50 yards to the halfway line before he flags it up? We&#8217;re ready to kick off again. Incredible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an own goal. And the tug for their penalty is outside the box. And there was a handball in our box when (Jon) Nolan had a shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Listen, everybody can have a bad game, I get that, but dear oh dear. This is a big football club to referee. If you want to referee this big football then you&#8217;ve got to have a bit of pedigree behind you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former Norwich City and Aston Villa boss went on to admit he will be complaining to the football authorities as a result of Young&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll probably phone Mike Jones tomorrow, the head of refereeing. I don&#8217;t normally do things like that, but that wasn&#8217;t acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s difficult to be a referee. It&#8217;s a difficult gig they&#8217;ve got. All you&#8217;re asking is for them to understand the game and make big calls at the right moments when there&#8217;s a massive crowd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ipswich Town head to Coventry City on Sunday 1 November in the Emirates FA Cup Second Round.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rysDc3zARYZFUOsyqxRp5g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1181071167\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rysDc3zARYZFUOsyqxRp5g',sig:'ImfTfYYY7TO5-Zh3Mdkme2bUjhAT2m9sc3S4mgZpYZs=',w:'594px',h:'407px',items:'1181071167',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ipswich Town boss Paul Lambert furiously criticised referee Alan Young following a 0-0 draw with Wycombe Wanderers. 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