Summary
THE assistant referee who disallowed Kilmarnock's equaliser against Celtic on Sunday admitted yesterday he was wrong and said television replay facilities at matches would greatly reduce the frequency of such mistakes.
Frank Cole, the assistant referee who denied Steven Naismith a legitimate goal against Celtic at Rugby Park, said that television footage had shown he had made a wrong call and argued that action replays of controversial incidents such as disputed goals would make match officials' jobs much easier.See the full content of this document
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Offside Call Was Wrong, Admits Cole Setanta Offer to Provide Video Replay Facilities but It Would Cost Gbp4.5m
Setanta Sports, the television broadcaster, later said it could provide such facilities at all Bank of Scotland Premierleague matches but insisted that the football authorities would have to pay for the costs of...
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