if someone gets a penalty but they wasnt actually fouled surely they got a goal that shouldnt be a goal. You dont hear of that being replayed nor do you have people going on about it. If Reading should of let Watford score then everytime a penalty is scored thats not really a penalty ie diving then the other team should be aloud to go and score.

The FA has rules that cover this clearly, NOT this ball was not even in the goalmouth area and by what the FA are saying if the referree gave a goal then it stands, say if the ball was in the centre circle it would stand, surely that cannot be correct can it!? Can we have rules to cover the uncoverable. Watford should either be given 3 points or a replay, Reading also have a responsibility in this as they should have given Watford a goal back, and to think they spend millions promoting fair play!

Stuart Attwell,Nigel Bannister,should have gone to Specsavers!

The responsibility for this obviou @#$% up lies clearly with Reading players and Manager.
They should have agreed to score in their own goal following the restart.
Its a pity that 'sportsmanship' is an old fashioned word in the game, or any game these days(except snooker).When there is an obvious mistake made by the official the other side should have acted and done the right thing, not any more it seams. Another example of too much at stake in sport, and another nail in the coffin of Professional football!.

The FA was able 2 squash down the Red Card for Terry,what is wrong in replaying this match?Thats Y the FA sucks it only makes foolish decisions wen the team they are supporting is in danger of losing.Abash the Rotten Body Called FA.

Refs must be culpable. Living overseas I get all my football on the box and watch the German, Spanish and Italian football as well as the English Premiership highlights. I can't understand the poor quality and lack of consistency shown by English refs, if you refereed a game in Italy like this the fraud squad would be checking you out and you would have questions to answer, why aren’t referees responsible for their poor decisions that can cost clubs millions in lost revenue, something stinks. Overseas commentators are always bemused and replay over and over all the controversial refereeing decisions that happen weekly in the premiership and imply the ref is on the take. Why can’t a club, a player or a manager criticize bad refereeing and bad decisions? Why does the FA usually support bad refereeing blindly and not right obvious wrongs? Offend a ref and you get a booking, end a players career or sideline him for months and months and you get a booking where's the justice in that?
All refs should be above reproach and reveal their earnings and justify their assets.

Refs must be culpable. Living overseas I get all my football on the box and watch the German, Spanish and Italian football as well as the English Premiership highlights. I can't understand the poor quality and lack of consistency shown by English refs, if you refereed a game in Italy like this the fraud squad would be checking you out and you would have questions to answer, why aren’t referees responsible for their poor decisions that can cost clubs millions in lost revenue, something stinks. Overseas commentators are always bemused and replay over and over all the controversial refereeing decisions that happen weekly in the premiership and imply the ref is on the take. Why can’t a club, a player or a manager criticize bad refereeing and bad decisions? Why does the FA usually support bad refereeing blindly and not right obvious wrongs? Offend a ref and you get a booking, end a players career or sideline him for months and months and you get a booking where's the justice in that?
All refs should be above reproach and reveal their earnings and justify their assets.

"We can't do anything about it. It's not our mistake, but what can you do? You can't say 'no ref, it wasn't in'.

Yes you can say...no ref, it wasn't in. It's called being honest.

Simple.

Integrity. Not a common occurence in football or sadly life.

Once there is a kick off nothing can change. sucks it happened and the FA should replay the match but . . . those are the breaks.

The referee's decision is FINAL. Those are the rules, like them or not. Just think how many games have been decided on incorrect decisions. This game is no different. How many times are batsmen given out LBW or caught behind when they weren't? One has to accept the Laws of the Games or don't play/watch. End of story. Now move on.

Derek B - it's only Luton.

obviously we need more indepentant adjudicators...........................i suggest maybe about 35000 per match......all sitting around the pitch................when an incident happens all should register an opinion to the main referee and after a long drawn out legal inquiry a deciscion should be made.

Who cares?? It's only Watford. What about the injustice suffered by Luton having 30 points docked before a ball is kicked?

It wasnt a goal. It wasn't a goal. It wasnt a goal. It wasn't a goal. It wasnt a goal. It wasn't a goal. It wasnt a goal. It wasn't a goal. It wasnt a goal. It wasn't a goal. It wasnt a goal. It wasn't a goal. It wasnt a goal. It wasn't a goal. It wasnt a goal. It wasn't a goal. How hard can it be. Ask any kid. It wasnt a goal.

I don't understand your point, AH. The ball did not go between the sticks, so the goalline technology would not be activated. So... it would work.

well this is were goal line technology would prove useless since the ball did not cross between the sticks. They should put additional assistants out, 1 behind each goal.

The match should have been made void and replayed,absolute tits at f.a cost me my accumalator.£7600 if watford had won,alot less if match void but something is better than nothing.And talking of tits,how is mike riley allowed to referee,it wasnt a dirty game at all chelsea v man u but he ruined it for me,i'm a liverpool fan but have to say there wasnt one tackle worthy of a booking in that game!Get rid of him!!!!!

Would Reading give Watford their away goal back by letting them score unhindered during the return fixture, or is that illegal?

It's down to the Captain to address the issue with the ref on the pitch.

the FA are a bunch of over paid twats who do not know anything about football. this decision to back the ref is not in par with the J.Terry red card where they relegated the ref to a 2nd div match and let terry play against utd.