Rare - 20 seconds "double" penalty miss

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Hampton & Richmond V Hendon(last night)Run down of events courtesy of Hendonboy.

 

 

The game exploded in the last minute of the first half. A through ball seemed to be overstruck but Paul Scott gambled on getting a touch on it. Two Hampton defenders tried to shield the ball back to goalkeeper Rob Frankland, but Scott was not to be denied.

 

The ball was bouncing towards the goal-line 12 yards from the post when Frankland threw himself across Scott's path. In ice hockey or American football, the goalkeeper would have been praised. In soccer, the assistant referee said it was a penalty. Match official Mr A Field agreed and pointed to the spot.

 

Up stepped Dominic Gentle but his powerful kick was too close to Frankland, who saved well. The ball was hacked out for a corner. Freddie Hyatt curled the ball in. Gentle, leaping with a couple of defenders won the line-out, so to speak, but no official was sure who was guilty of handball.

 

The ball fell to the edge of a penalty area where a white shirt was about to shoot for goal, before a lunging challenge felled him. Mr Field pointed to the penalty spot again, his whole body language saying, "Oh dear, two penalties to the same team in 20 seconds."

 

Hampton's protests were waved away and Gentle again readied himself to take the kick. It went over the crossbar with Frankland again guessing correctly, but this time not being required to make a save.

[evadne]

I think the person who missed the two penalties was Ian Hodges

[Chris1]

Hendonboy is the most amusing reporter in non-league IMO. See if you can find some of last season's gems. I think one of their players 'smote a veritable thunderbolt' against us.