Gainsborough boss frustrated as decisions go against them in Warrington defeat
Gainsborough Trinity manager Russ Wilcox was frustrated by the officials as key decisions went against them in Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Warrington Rylands.
Wilcox felt Connor Brown was constantly fouled, they had a goal disallowed for a handball in the build-up, a stonewall penalty not given and also saw an opponent yellow-carded for what could have been deemed last man and a dismissal.
“The game was ruined by the referee, who made some strange decisions,” said Wilcox.
“It's frustrating. The officials are not going to get everything 100 per cent right, but there were some key ones there they got wrong.
“It was a blatant penalty for us second half and there was a penalty for them at the other end he also missed.
“I don't know how much experience these officials have got, but they looked very young. And you're coming into a very good league with some very good teams.
“The officiating needs to be better – simple as.”
Rylands scored their three goals in a first half purple patch, despite chances for Trinity, who pulled one back and dominated after the break in vain and sit fifth in the NPL Premier table.
“We showed a lot of spirit second half. There are a lot of teams who will come here and be 3-1 down and go four or five. But not us,” said Wilcox.
“I thought we were the better team second half, though they probably sat in to protect their lead.
“But we have to brush ourselves down and lick our wounds as we have another hard game this weekend at home to Lancaster City.
“We are in a good place and punching above our weight squad-wise – we know that as a group.
“But the group want to be successful and want to get top seven this year.
“The league is really hard this year – it's the best in my three years here by a country mile, but I think we can do it. We can compete with anyone on our day.”