Broadhurst lambasts Officials

Hereford United captain Karl Broadhurst was disappointed with the performance of the officals at Edgar Street this afternoon. On one occassion the assistant on the Main Stand side flagged for offside from a throw in, the referee overruled him and gave a dropped ball but the advantage the Bulls should have had from the throw in was lost.

"One situation sticks in my mind where he gave offside from a throw in. I've never experienced that in my career and I've experienced it twice in four days now," Broadhurst explained to BBC Hereford and Worcester. "It happened at Dagenham as well.

"Officials have a hard job, everyone knows that. They are no ones friends. But I think with this respect campaign that's going on at the moment the players are taught to respect the officials. But, I think, also sometimes the officals have got to be put under a bit of pressure because we've had two sets of officials in two games now which were awful.

"Today they were not as bad as Tuesday but Tuesday was ridiculous. The lads likened it to a PE teacher who didn't know the rules of football. You saw it from the decisions he was giving especially the offside from a throw-in.

"Referees do have difficult jobs but sometimes they have got to make it easier for themselves because they do make strange decisions sometimes."

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