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COTTERILL SLAMS REF FOR SOFT RED

Hitman Sam sent off after early goal

By Clive Hetherington

BLUES boss Steve Cotterill labelled Sam Gallagher’s two yellow cards as “the softest you will see in your life’’.

BLUE DAY: Sam Gallagher gets a hug after scoring his side’s first goal and, inset, Lewis Grabban’s equalizer
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The Birmingham scorer was harshly dismissed in the 67th minute, referee Oliver Langford punishing Gallagher for a foul on Sunderland striker James Vaughan after booking him 11 minutes earlier for diving when he went down in the box in a one...

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