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Sunday, November 24, 2002

Sending off disputed

After yesterday's 1-0 defeat at Dagenham & Redbridge, much of the talk was whether the sending off of Hereford United's Andy Tretton was justified.

Ben Smith told BBC Hereford and Worcester: "It looked to me that he (Tretton) had won the ball. It was a very debatable decision."

Garry Hill, the Daggers manager agreed, saying: "I felt the sending-off of Tretton was very harsh."

From behind the far goal, it looked as though the referee was prepared to give a free kick and only changed his mind after consulting with his assistant.

Also, from the press area the reporter for the Non-League Paper wrote: "the official judged Tretton to be the last man in defence and brandished what seemed to be a rather harsh red card."

It appeared that the referee first spoke to Michael Rose to further confuse matters.

It is understood that Junior McDougald, the Daggers striker at the centre of the incident, said that Tretton didn't touch him and that the referee may be willing to review the decision.

On the game itself Garry Hill continued: "When Hereford went down to ten men they certainly raised their game.How this game finished 1-0 I don't know."

Ben Smith thought that Hereford had had a lot of chances but "we are not putting the ball in the back of the net."

On a brighter Smith said that he was pleased with his performance after his long layoff. "Medically, I'm fine," Smith continued, and he hopes to be selected to start in next Saturday's game against Barnet at Edgar Street.