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Newell rounds on women officials
It is bad enough with the incapable referees and linesmen we have but if you start bringing in women, you have big problems.
Mike Newell
Luton Town manager Mike Newell has launched a scathing attack on women officials following his team's home defeat against QPR.
Newell was furious that assistant referee Amy Rayner failed to award his side a penalty during the 3-2 loss.
He said: "She shouldn't be here. I know that sounds sexist but I am sexist.
"This is Championship football. This is not park football, so what are women doing here? It is tokenism - for the politically-correct idiots."
Newell was incensed that Rayner and referee Andy D'Urso failed to award his side a spot-kick when QPR defender Marcus Bignot tangled with Carlos Edwards in the penalty box.
"We have a problem in this country with political correctness," added Newell. "And bringing women into the game is not the way to improve refereeing and officialdom.
"It is absolutely beyond belief. When do we reach a stage when all officials are women because then we are in trouble?
"It is bad enough with the incapable referees and linesmen we have but if you start bringing in women, you have big problems."
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But Bignot, who used to manage a women's football team in Birmingham, was astounded by Newell's remarks.
He said: "Comments like those will stop female officials from trying to make their way in the game.
"Amy Rayner is a role model and full credit goes to her. What would he have said if it had been a male assistant referee making that decision?
"It's easy to blame officials and Mike Newell is entitled to his opinion but remarks like that do not help the game."
It is bad enough with the incapable referees and linesmen we have but if you start bringing in women, you have big problems.
Mike Newell
Luton Town manager Mike Newell has launched a scathing attack on women officials following his team's home defeat against QPR.
Newell was furious that assistant referee Amy Rayner failed to award his side a penalty during the 3-2 loss.
He said: "She shouldn't be here. I know that sounds sexist but I am sexist.
"This is Championship football. This is not park football, so what are women doing here? It is tokenism - for the politically-correct idiots."
Newell was incensed that Rayner and referee Andy D'Urso failed to award his side a spot-kick when QPR defender Marcus Bignot tangled with Carlos Edwards in the penalty box.
"We have a problem in this country with political correctness," added Newell. "And bringing women into the game is not the way to improve refereeing and officialdom.
"It is absolutely beyond belief. When do we reach a stage when all officials are women because then we are in trouble?
"It is bad enough with the incapable referees and linesmen we have but if you start bringing in women, you have big problems."
606 DEBATE: What do you think of Newell's comments?
But Bignot, who used to manage a women's football team in Birmingham, was astounded by Newell's remarks.
He said: "Comments like those will stop female officials from trying to make their way in the game.
"Amy Rayner is a role model and full credit goes to her. What would he have said if it had been a male assistant referee making that decision?
"It's easy to blame officials and Mike Newell is entitled to his opinion but remarks like that do not help the game."