MFC Official. Match Preview v Luton. Vid[26 m:11s] OFFICIAL MATCH THREAD + TEAM SHEET +

Feels similar to the win against Coventry. We won't look but on it with any great fondness but it will have been massive if we get promoted.
 
The fact it hit is hand is surely irrelevant. A sending off has to be deliberate?

He had his back to the ball. It needs overturning as we ain't got anymore CMs (I don't fancy Wing in for 90mins)
 
Saw it on realtime thought the penalty was harsh. Seen the replay and not convinced. If it hit anything it was his elbow and his arms weren’t outstretched and back to goal. I think the ref saw the double lock and hoped no one would notice so he wouldnt have to make a controversial decision. Never seen us argue as good as that and never seen a ref overturn a decision after seeming to award the goal. Hope we dont get him again, cpuld see some dodgy decisions coming our way if we do like
 
S7DiscoDown said:
The fact it hit is hand is surely irrelevant. A sending off has to be deliberate?

He had his back to the ball. It needs overturning as we ain't got anymore CMs (I don't fancy Wing in for 90mins)
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There's quite a bit being posted on this. Here are the actual points of law.

1. Since the handball law changes in 2019, it doesn't have to be deliberate to be an offence. For instance, if it meets the criteria related to hand/arm position etc, it doesn't matter if it's deliberate or not.

Now, I'm not sure that it does meet the criteria for arm position which say that,
"It is an offence if a player touches the ball with their hand/arm when the hand/arm has made their body unnaturally bigger [or] the hand/arm is above/beyond their shoulder level"
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and I think you could say it meets the clause that says it's not an offence,
"when a player falls and the hand/arm is between the body and the ground to support the body, but not extended laterally or vertically away from the body"
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but in either case, being deliberate is still irrelevant to it being an offence.

2. Any handball offence that denies a goal is a sending off offence. The law wording is:

"A player, substitute or substituted player who commits any of the following offences is sent off: denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence (except a goalkeeper within their penalty area)."
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Again, it doesn't matter if it was deliberate or not, it only matters if it was judged to be an offence by the referee (which obviously, it was).

As to an appeal, this is not a point of law as it relates to the disciplinary regulations rather than the laws but in general, I don't think there's much chance of an appeal against a sending-off for a technically-correct refereeing call. You can argue over whether it's harsh to give a handball in the first place but once it's given, you can't argue about it being a red card.
 
It’s a question of whether the appeals panel will deem it a deliberate handball. If they say no it should be rescinded. If they agree with the referee and view it as deliberate then it stands.

“Players who commit a foul to deny a goalscoring opportunity will no longer automatically be sent off, football's rule-making body has confirmed. ... But deliberate fouls including intentionally handling the ball will still incur a red card.”

The referee was correct to award the penalty as it clearly hits his hand but in my view incorrect to view as intentional.
 
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