Trotter Shocked
By Aston
January 5 2008
Town midfielder Liam Trotter is shocked he was shown a red card during Town's game against Portsmouth earlier today.
Trotter was dismissed by referee Mark Halsey after 24 minutes for a foul on Pedro Mendes, quite what the foul was the earned him a red card I'm not sure of.
Trotter: "I was absolutely shocked when the referee said he was sending me off, the referee asked me if it was a two-footed tackle and I said no. He told me to calm down and gave me the impression that I might be booked at worse.
"I apologised. It was my first tackle and I just mistimed it by a fraction. I didn't catch the player as badly as it looked either.
"The referee was speaking to someone in his ear piece and said 'one footed and a yellow card' to whoever he was talking to.
"At that stage I was expecting to be booked. There was a delay and then he said 'sorry lad, I've got to send you off'.
"I couldn't believe it. I slid in one footed and my foot was almost on the ground. There was no malice in the challenge and Mendes was jumping in the air as I slid in.
"I watched the rest of the game from the tunnel. I felt that I had let the team down but in my heart of hearts I knew I had done nothing wrong. I watched the video after the game and it proved what I already knew, it wasn't a red card."
Source: Ipswich Town - the official website
Did you go to the game today? what was your view of the sending off.
"30 Mins
Off)Liam Trotter Sent Off For Abusing The Referee"
Even they couldn't find a good reason for him being sent off so they just made one up!
Shocking!