Angry Neil's Fury Stroud And Clear

NEIL Warnock branded referee Keith Stroud a“disgrace” after Cardiff were denied a late winner at Millwall.

- Matthew Payne

 

Sol Bamba thought he grabbed the points when he cleverly hooked in from close range but his joy was short-lived as Stroud controversially blew for a foul on Joe Bennett.

Replays suggest Cardiff were hard done by and Millwall escaped with a point thanks to Lee Gregory’s crisp first-half strike which cancelled out Junior Hoilett’s early 20-yard smash.

“It is appalling at this level,” Warnock said. “He (Stroud) is looking at the ball when Sol scores and when Bennett goes down he’s looking.

“He doesn’t look at Bennett, he looks at the ball. It goes through, he’s going to shoot and then he blows. I don’t accept that.

“He’s an experienced referee and I feel really let down. The official has cost us the game. It’s an absolute disgrace.