Royle unhappy with referee

Last updated : 18 April 2006 By Russell Claydon
After the match Royle said: "I will be writing to the relevant authorities to complain, but I'm wasting my breath.

"How can everyone in the ground see the penalty incident and yet not the linesman or the referee? It was a blatant penalty and the Watford players were laughing about it in the tunnel at the end.

"Young was well offside for the second goal, too. We matched Watford in the second half, but we needed proper decisions and two have gone against us.

"We deserved something from the game though, and I was happy with the general performance.

"We had a right go at them in the second half and played a little more direct on a pitch where passing was very difficult to say the least."

Watford manager Adrian Boothroyd commented: "I have seen those incidents result in penalties, and I can understand Joe being upset.

"But we have also had some decisions go against us. These things even themselves out over a season."