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Most Controversial Goal Of The Season
Guiseley score an unsporting goal v Braintree & then they refuse to play nice
One of the most controversial goals of the season was scored today in the Conference.
Guiseley drew 1-1 at home to Braintree Tow, however the visitors had plenty of reasons to be upset by the result.
Leading 1-0 in the second half, Braintree kicked the ball out of play so a player could get medical treatment.
When the game restarted, Guiseley’s Ollie Norburn ended up lobbing the keeper from long range.
A fracas between the two sides held up play for the best part of five minutes, but eventually the officials upheld the goal, and when the game kicked off Guiseley refused to allow Braintree to score.
Braintree manager Danny Cowley said after the game:
I have to be honest, I’ve played and been involved in football since I was five years old and it was the worst thing that I’ve seen on a football pitch.
Cowley sees the worst and the best of football during Braintree Town’s controversy-laden draw at Guiseley
Danny Cowley said he had seen not only the worst, but also the best of incidents that he had ever witnessed on a football pitch as his Braintree Town team were held to a controversy-laden 1-1 draw at Guiseley.
After 73 minutes of their game at Guiseley, the Iron had looked on course to record an eighth Vanarama National League away victory thanks to Michael Cheek’s 12th strike of the campaign.
However, the manner of the hosts’ equaliser left the visitors fuming in an incident that Cowley described as the “worst” he had seen in his time in football.
With Braintree having knocked the ball out so Cheek could receive treatment for an injury, Guiseley’s Oliver Norburn kicked the ball into the Iron goal as he returned it after the restart.
The goal rightly stood by the laws of the game, but rather than redressing the situation by gifting the visitors a goal at the other end, the hosts played on to secure the draw and a point.
Cowley considered that to be unsporting and there was bitter resentment from the Iron camp, however, their manager was immensely proud with how his players responded in the remaining part of the game.
It was a bounce-ball after we’d put the ball out as one of our players was injured and the boy has just chipped it in.
“You expect them to give it back and they had plenty of time to reverse that decision, but they chose not to.
“I have to be honest, I’ve played and been involved in football since I was five years old and it was the worst thing that I’ve seen on a football pitch.
“However, I have to counter that by saying the last 15 minutes was the best thing I have ever seen on a football pitch.
“I thought the way we controlled our discipline and the way we went about our business and continued to play as well as we did under that intensity and pressure was credit to our players.
“I think it says a lot about them as people and I think a lot of the reason why we are where we are in the league is because we have a magnificent group with a real fortitude about us.
“We have to use these moments to bring us even closer together and use it to inspire us moving forward.
“That’s what we have to do because we have been really badly treated.”
That incident aside, Cowley felt his team did well over the 90 minutes and was delighted to see Cheek on target again after his goal in the previous game against FC Halifax Town.
“We thought we were in good control with good chances,” added Cowley.
“We felt we moved the ball well and showed a lot of energy in our play again.
“We had put in a lot of energy on a heavy pitch against Halifax on Tuesday and we pressed really well again.
“Guiseley try to play football and pass between the lines.
“We were aware of that but we did a good job of stopping that.
“We were most vulnerable when we were attacking because they hit us on the break a couple of times.
“I thought it was a great goal by Cheeky (Michael Cheek) and it was a terrific ball in by Kenny (Davis).
“It was a fantastic take in terms of his first touch and then a great finish.
“So I’m pleased that it’s two in two for him.
