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Blunder ref was let down by his pals…

AN HOUR after the biggest farce since Joe Kinnear was unleashed on St James’ Park, I stood at the mouth of the tunnel asking a stream of players what the hell had just happened.
“You tell me,” said a baffled Paul Dummett. Dwight Gayle shrugged his shoulders. Christian Atsu just laughed. “Crazy,” he said. “Nobody knew what was going on.”
Moments later, we all had our answer. A statement from PGMOL, the refereeing body, announced that Keith Stroud had dropped an epic clanger.
Having disallowed Matt Ritchie’s 30th-minute penalty for encroachment ...

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