What was the WORST refereeing decision that went against Brighton?

[Gwylan]

I think both of the decisions by Phrosser on the pens were right.; He was a prick though because of his protestations about the racist remarks against their players which were denied by ?... (cannot remember )

Challis was wrong though on every account and to this day I think he was trying to make a name for himself , similar to the attitude that refs like Clive Thomas tried to take.

This is spot on. Those Challis decisions still rankle to this day; worst decisions I've ever seen following the Albion.

Having seen the pens again, I don't think Prosser got either decision wrong - so they're nowhere near the worst decisions ever seen. But his racist accusations afterwards were disgraceful. I always liked Neil Warnock but his prompt rebuttal of Prosser's slurs made me like him even more.

 

[Sir Norman Gull]

It has to be Challis by a country mile.If after 32 years it still rankles with me then he must have been bad. I think the crowd that night at Stamford Bridge was about 14000, any idea how many of us from the Albion were there to witness that debacle?

 

[Hercules Rockerfeller]

Can someone elaborate on the Challis decisions please?

 

[Timbo]

Scarborough away on a Friday night a few years ago. Ormorod came out to collect a high ball and got a tidy forearm smash in the face. The ref allowed to him to lay seemingly unconcious for a couple of minutes, refusing to stop the game until Scarborough scored.

Lincoln away the day they won the league (or got promoted?). Their forward goes down under a challenge, picks the ball up, throws in front of him, runs onto it and scores.

Notable mentions for Gary Hart getting smashed up into the air and getting a second yellow for diving and some fat bloke at Wycombe pushing the ball forward with his hand before scoring.

 

[dougdeep]

All of Prosser's.

 

[salazar]

Ron challis was without doubt the worst .I was very near Alan Mullery when he reacted to the scum in the main stand.

 

[NMH]

Thanks. I was known as The Little One back then.

Outrageous!
You expect us to believe that?

 

[rool]

I wondered what had happened to prosser and found this from 1st August this year.


"Who's that nice gentleman in the black?"
Find out all about the world of football refereeing with Phil Prosser - the former Football League ref now settled in Gloucestershire....

Phil Prosser is a former Football League referee who until recently was on the national list - which meant he refereed in Leagues One and Two - while also working in his "day job" jor the RAF. Now retired from active refereeing he's still very much involved in football.

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Phil originally moved to Gloucestershire in 1998 with his job in the RAF at Smith's Aerospace. He loved the county so much he moved back here to Quedgeley, after living away for a few years.


Phil in action at Sunderland in 2004
BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Steve Kitchen asked Phil to recount his career hightlights? Phil said: "I ran the line in the Champions League at PSV Eindhoven against Bayern Munich. Anyone who knows anything about football will know that Holland and Germany traditionally oppose each other - a bit like Liverpool and Manchester United - and to be appointed to that game was a fantastic honour."

And what does Phil think was his biggest domestic game? "I did a 3rd round FA Cup game at Portsmouth against Leyton Orient, and Leyton Orient turned them over 4-1. It was a bit of a shock. There was a packed house at Fratton Park, Portsmouth were riding high in the First Divison (now the Championship) and Leyton Orient were struggling in League Two. It was a surreal experience because of the nature of the result, the way that Leyton Orient played and the fact that it was a massive upset. It was a good game to be involved with."

These days Phil no longer referees after suffering a serious injury, be he does watches around 90 games as season in his role with the FA as a coach. He coaches refs who take charge of games just below Blue Square Premier level, or who run the line at places like Forest Green Rovers. He also watches league games as an assessor.

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[Freddie Goodwin.]

Can someone elaborate on the Challis decisions please?

bit hazy on the dactual match details but, to set the scene...

Albion V palace, FA Cup. After 2 hard fought stalemates at the goldstone & Smelhurst, where the passions ran high both on & off the pitch, the tie went to a nutual ground (as was the norm) and the 2nd replay was at Stamford Bridge.

All these replays and league fixtures, meant that it was a hectic time with many matches. i also believe the bridge game was postponed for 24hrs due to a waterlogged pitch.

Now, i think we had a pen that we scored and had to be retaken and saved and i think we also had a goal dissallowed and palaces may also have been a bit dodgy. All i can remember is that it was one of those games that didn't need a dodgy ref to crank the tension up any more and we were livid at just about every intervention by challis went against us. this was the old bridge and i suppose the running track, and the pouring rain, prevented any riot on the pitch.

So palace won 1-0 and the Albion fans wanted blood. Up until that game, in the hoolie stakes, palace had the upper hand but that night the blood was up and Palace certainly didn't hang around and, from then on It was always the Albion fans taking it to palace.

 

[1234andcounting]

Whilst Challis and Morton stand out controversial decisions against our biggest rivals - the refereeing performance at Chesterfield in the 2000-2001 Third Div Championship season still rankles with me. Oatway sent off for the most innocuous challenge, and then blowing the final whistle with us in their penalty area with Watto in possession; the final whistle is rarely blown when an attacking team has possession in the opposition's penalty area, regardless of time on the watch. The travelling faithful on the terrace behind the goal went apeshit and all sorts of stuff - lighters, drinks bottles and even a mobile phone I think, were chucked towards the officials.

And what about Whiteside's 'challenge' on Ramsey in the Cup Final - not even a booking. I think we were still 1-0 up and looking reasonably solid til then and they equalised while we were still reorganising.

 

[smudge]

bit hazy on the dactual match details but, to set the scene...

Albion V palace, FA Cup. After 2 hard fought stalemates at the goldstone & Smelhurst, where the passions ran high both on & off the pitch, the tie went to a nutual ground (as was the norm) and the 2nd replay was at Stamford Bridge.

All these replays and league fixtures, meant that it was a hectic time with many matches. i also believe the bridge game was postponed for 24hrs due to a waterlogged pitch.

Now, i think we had a pen that we scored and had to be retaken and saved and i think we also had a goal dissallowed and palaces may also have been a bit dodgy. All i can remember is that it was one of those games that didn't need a dodgy ref to crank the tension up any more and we were livid at just about every intervention by challis went against us. this was the old bridge and i suppose the running track, and the pouring rain, prevented any riot on the pitch.

So palace won 1-0 and the Albion fans wanted blood. Up until that game, in the hoolie stakes, palace had the upper hand but that night the blood was up and Palace certainly didn't hang around and, from then on It was always the Albion fans taking it to palace.

He had a penalty re-taken as a PALACE player encroached his OWN area. Then it got saved. Then it kicked off.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Thanks. I was known as The Little One back then.

isn't that what your mrs calls you!!!!

 

[bright1064]

The decision against us yesterday was pretty DIRE

 

[Deleted User X18H]

David Ellarey giving Notts Co a dodgy corner in 1991 Alf Grey not sending off Norman Whiteside in 1983 both at Wembley