McDermid to Referee at Wycombe

Danny McDermid from London is due to referee tomorrow evening's FA Cup Third Round tie at Wycombe where Hereford United are the visitors.

McDermid was last in charge of a Bulls game when Port Vale were the visitors to Edgar Street on October 9th just after Jamie Pitman had been placed in charge.

The Bulls held table-toppers Port Vale in an entertaining and eventful clash at Edgar Street this afternoon. Despite playing for over an hour with ten men, the home side showed spirit and determination to overcome the threats posed by their opponents and a poor performance from the referee, Mr McDermid

So what caused McDermid to get out a red card?

At this point in the proceedings, Mr McDermid invoked a little known law- if any player sits on his posterior he is awarded a free kick. The more experienced players, Bauza for Hereford and the Richardses for the Valiants were quick to try to invoke this rule, and several puzzling decisions interrupted the game’s natural flow. From one such free kick, Gary Roberts blazed wildly over the bar, and then the same player had an amusing hissy fit when ticked off for trying to steal a few yards. With 28 minutes played, Port Vale were threatening when Canham, back helping the defence was adjudged to have tripped Justin Richards. Difficult to see in a crowded penalty area, so the award of a penalty may have been justified, but the red card shown to Canham seemed a completely unnecessary additional punishment. Marc Richards equalised from the spot.

To date this season McDermid has been in charge of 15 games and has given out 50 yellow and 3 red cards.

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