Howard Webb admits helping team win an FA Cup game
Referee laments his part in setting up Wolves goal
[Skip to 0.35 for the incident - apologies for the piss poor video quality]
Birmingham were knocked out of the FA Cup on Tuesday by Wolves, who received a little bit of help from referee Howard Webb in creating their second goal.
The Premier League and FIFA-listed official was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and managed to block a Radhi Jaidi pass, leading to a successful Wolves counter attack.
The ref, who has received stick from Sir Alex in the past for favouring Arsenal, has issued a statement admitting his fault:
“I am disappointed to have an influence on a goal like that. It is probably the lowest point of my professional refereeing career. I am disappointed and it is not what you want to be a part of at all. It is difficult because the ball comes at you with pace and you think you are in the best position, but then something like that happens and they break away and sod’s law says they go and score from it. You want the world to swallow you up at that moment. I have spoken to the management of Birmingham and they have been outstanding having accepted it and shown no animosity at all.”
Birmingham fans are obviously angry that their much-needed FA Cup run ended in such a fashion, but we think Webb deserves a pat on the back for his honesty and willingness to patch up his relationship with the midlands club.
1 response so far
Chris // January 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
It was just bad luck, you cant say it was his fault Birmingham lost the game, with the plays we have we should at least being scoring goals, which at the moment, were not.
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