West Brom-focused Twitter account @BaggieAnalytics recently posted a tweet asking the club’s supporters to name the “worst refereeing decision” they can remember from the 2019/20 season.
A lot of Baggies supporters have been responding to @BaggieAnalytics’ post by sharing criticism for the refereeing of their home clash with Charlton Athletic from the 2019/20 Championship campaign, with one of the club’s supporters describing that particular fixture as “a mess”.
Read the responses of some of the West Brom fans who have been sharing their displeasure with the refereeing of their clash with Charlton at The Hawthorns from earlier this season in the tweets below.
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https://twitter.com/BaggieAnalytics/status/1257310676093030401
That awful penalty given to Charlton. Nothing else comes close. ????
— Dave Rouse (@ethanhunt1961) May 4, 2020
The whole Charlton game was a mess. Giving the wrong player a red card and then the penalty
— G-WBA (@LocalBaggiesFan) May 4, 2020
Charlton at home that penalty in the 95th minute when the guy thumped Ajayi in the head then fell to the ground ….
Disgrace ???— Simon (@BeefyBaggie1965) May 4, 2020
Was the refereeing of this clash between West Brom and Charlton Athletic poor?YES, THE REFEREEING WAS SHOCKING
NO, IT WASN'T THAT BAD
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Home against charlton imo, they had a pen in the last dying minutes of the game.
— EdwardinoSZN? (@EdwardinoSZN) May 4, 2020
Charlton at home
— h.roden8_ (@HRoden8) May 4, 2020
That Charlton penalty in last minute against us. If anything they fouled Ajayi ?
— Rohan Stretch (@RohanStretch) May 4, 2020
Is this even up for debate? Home v Charlton. SHOCKER.
— Jonathan Miles (@warleybaggie) May 4, 2020
Charlton at home from the start was horrendous
— Paul Gould (@Gouldy1993) May 4, 2020
What do we think?
As explained by the BBC in their post-match report from this game, in addition to having a stoppage-time penalty given against them, West Brom’s Nathan Ferguson received a red card in the 67th minute of this fixture.
West Brom manager Slaven Bilic was also critical of the refereeing of this game, as reported by the BBC, who quote the Croatian as stating that the decision to give the penalty was “scary”. Charlton manager Lee Bowyer is also quoted as saying that the penalty decision “looked soft”, despite the fact that the decision ruled in favour of his side.
Considering that they received a red card and had a stoppage-time penalty given against them in this game, it may be understandable why some Baggies fans have been critical of the refereeing of this fixture.