Gribz 743 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 David Taylor was shocked by Raymond Domenech's complaint Scotland have been warned about the amount of time ball boys at Hampden take to get the ball back into play. Uefa upheld a complaint by France coach Raymond Domenech and the referee after Scotland's 1-0 win in October. Scottish Football Association chief executive David Taylor said it was the most bizarre thing he had encountered. "Our ball boys failed to deliver the ball back after (Gary Caldwell's) goal. The happy ending is we got off with a warning," Taylor said. Domenech was unhappy with the conduct of the ball boys during his side's defeat on 7 October after Scotland stunned the World Cup finalists with an unexpected victory in the Euro 2008 qualifier. It's the most bizarre thing I've encountered with Scotland SFA chief executive David Taylor Taylor said he was surprised the conduct of the ball boys had been made an issue. "Our ball boys failed to deliver the ball back after the goal," the SFA chief executive said. "It was in the referee's report and in the match delegate's report. The referee said the ball was not returned to play quickly enough. "We contested that because we didn't feel it was proper. The happy ending is we got off with a warning. France were stunned after losing to Scotland in the Euro 2008 qualifier "It was strange to end up with a disciplinary charge against us for it." Taylor defended Scotland's conduct during international games and said, if anything, the side "err on the side of being sporting". He added: "It surprised us to be charged with such an offence. "It's the most bizarre thing I've encountered with Scotland. "We brief the ball boys during the game. They are Queen's Park's youth players. "We'll need to make sure before the next game, which is against Georgia at home in March, even if we're 1-0 up with five minutes to go, even if the players are saying 'do you have to give the ball back so quickly?' that they do it." 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Load of rubbish and just sour grapes from the French. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,876 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Thats bizarre. Just shows you how biased UEFA are - as soon as one of the big boys comes crying to their door they slap us down with a disciplinary. Can you imagine Scotland making the same complaint and it being upheld if it was the other way round? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calscot 0 Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 I think someone needs to look at the footage and time the ball boys. Then take another 5 games from that night at random and time the ball boys there. Finally do a rigorous statistical analysis to see how far our our boys were from the norm. If there is a significant discrepancy then maybe we deserve to be punished, but maybe the most appropriate punishment would have been to add on an extra minute or two at the end of the game. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,411 Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Toys being thrown out of the pram from the French i think, UEFA are just a joke as we all know 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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