Terrible unjust situation, something must be done!

I think that Watford must be allowed three points as­ that was not a goal and its wrong

The fa are a disgrace and I am not sure if I can take­ football seriously anymore.
What now, refs have a bet,­ make up a goal and win money?
Give Watford the points­ for a win!

this is the F.A all over!! They make the rules up as­ they go along! Eric Cantona cracked a thug who ran 20­ rows to shout insults about his mother. The thug was­ sentenced got found guilty of threatening behaviour and­ smashed up the court room! Cantona gets a 9 month ban.­ Joey Barton the serial thug voley's a fellow team­ mate in the face and hospitalises him and gets a six­ game ban. Rio Ferdinand misses a drug test and gets a 9­ month ban and a £50,000 fine. Adrian Mutu tested­ possitive for coke and got a 7 month ban and a £20,000­ fine! It's clear that was not a goal so how the­ hell can they let it stand! What a disgrace! They can­ wipe out John Terrys red card but they can allow a non­ goal to stand!! This game should be replayed or the­ fake goal should be wiped off! shoking events and­ shocking response from the F.A

consider the scenario a couple of years back when both­ were in premiership...Imagine this phantom goal put­ reading into europe and watford relegated to C/Ship?

I trust Reading would also grant free admittance to the­ 'replay'?

newtonpm:
The 1999 Arsenal v Sheff­ Utd cup tie was a perfect opportunity for Arsenal­ players and Wenger to demonstrate sportsmanship. The­ captain (not sure if it was Bould or Parlour) could­ have instructed his players to allow Blades player to­ score at the other end unopposed. Instead MOTD gushed­ about Arsenal's sporting gesture by offering a­ replay. How sporting, another 40,000 Highbury gate -­ yeah right. Had Arsenal granted free entry to the­ replay and travel expenses from Sheffield, that might­ have appeased 5,000 Yorkshiremen.

how are we ever going to respect the referees if the­ top men in the FA don't even deserve it?

They should replay the game... why wouldn't they?

As a Watford fan,i'am staggerd by this decision,but­ why have a go at Coppell or the Reading players ?? The­ error was made by the officials,they are there to­ decide the outcome of such issues.Mistakes are made in­ every match (not all as obvious as this one­ granted),goal kicks instead of corners,free kicks etc­ etc, which could & has led to a goal being­ scored.If the "goal" had been awarded to­ Watford,i think our players would have done exactly the­ same as the Reading players.If it was left to the­ players to decide every incident then why have any­ officials ?? imagine the problems that would cause !!

The FA are just like the Government, usless when the­ truth is put in front of them. The FA should re-write­ the rules that states, what ever the linesman says­ goes, so if he says the team that kicked off the first­ half, can also kick the second half off then thats­ fine. Where are we going next?? Both oficials should be­ suspened and I agree with brian b, the states the ball­ has to cross the line BETWEEN the goal post and the­ cross bar.

its wrong

Coppell knows the match will never be replayed I always­ thought he was a gentleman prior to this but he must­ have known from his own players reaction that it wasnt­ a goal.Why would one of his own players kick it back­ into play if it was going into the net?? Reading had a­ chance to rectify the situation by letting Watford­ equalise both immediately afterwards and after half­ time,they clearly chose not to!! Heard Murty on Radio 5­ and he talked a load of rubbish,he wasnt even playing!­ Perhaps they will let Watford score straight away at­ Reading,then my faith in Coppell will be restored.As­ usual the FA have come out with a pathetic do nothing­ statement washing their hands of everything.Why dont­ they speak in language people understand.The ref also­ booked watford players as a result of this and sent­ Boothroyd to the stands all this should be rescinded.

oh well at least next year we all know the answer the­ BBCs Question of sport "what happened next"­ and out of interest if the referees decision is binding­ how come John Terry was playing yesterday against Man­ Utd. Thought the ref gave him a RED CARD

dont you think its time we had goal line technology? as­ for respect for the refs, i say lololololololol, stop­ it your killing me, lolololol

what i don't understand why the supposed acting­ assistant referee didn't find it a little strange ­ it was a "readng " player trying to hook the­ ball out of the goal or was he colour blind and all the­ players were wearing the same coloured socks

Coppels no mug he knew by saying he would welcome a­ reply it was gonna be a non starter. It makes him look­ good in everyones eyes. The ball went out of play and­ was kicked back into play.....No goal... correct. So,­ why is everyone talking about Coppel, the ref and the­ linesman. A goal was not scored, this being the case­ then Reading should lose that goal. Final score 1-2­ to Watford. sorted. If it never was a goal, then it­ shouldn't stand. Game over.

The Football League have exposed themselves as­ 'idiots'.

All this talk about 'explicit­ position' & 'no discretion' - I think­ they need to wake up and make the right decision. There­ is no excuse given the proof they have in front of­ them.

I hope Watford miss out on promotion by 1 point­ and sue the FL...maybe not, that won't do any­ good...

...how about the Reading players actually­ saying to the ref 'It wasn't in..' they­ have been caught out on TV as cheats - or why couldnt­ they have let Watford score immediately from the­ re-start.

shame on Reading and the FL...

Sorry HarryP, don't think people have missed the­ point at all. You can't say giving a goal to a side­ that didn't score, is any different in principal­ than giving a red card to a player that didn't­ foul.

On many occasions goals have been given that­ 'didn't go in', this just happens to be a­ ridiculously extreme example. I appreciate that i'm­ the umpteenth person to say this, but it doesn't­ change the fact that a referee's decision is final.

Ron I watch the other leagues as well and accept that­ there are fewer mistakes by refs however this could be­ something to do with the pace of the English game. We­ play a far more Gung Ho end to end game. More pace more­ aggression, more room for a refs error.

fair play reading nows it was wrong and have offered­ the replay thats what u call sportsman ship not like­ these premiership players who moan there playin too­ much already