Newcastle United’s appeal against Fabricio Coloccini’s dismissal during Sunday’s derby fixture at Sunderland has been successful.
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His decision to send off Fabricio Coloccini and award a penalty in first half stoppage time was absolutely staggering and completely changed the course of the game that seemingly had only one conclusion.
Rob Elliot was slow off his line and Coloccini's shoulder charge was unnecessary but how the officials managed to decide that the diving Steven Fletcher had been denied a goalscoring opportunity was scandalous.
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Yet somehow Robert Madley escapes again. Chris Foy rings a bell too, Spurs offside goal last year. How can you expect the standard of refereeing to go up if you just rescind red cards? You're basically saying the referee is wrong but leaving it at that.