Appeal unsuccessful

Stewart’s foot was on the line, I thought it was a penalty too, he should have just tripped him 10 yards before.
 
Only if there was contact on his foot at the time it was on or past the line. If none of Fry was ever in the box, or up to the line, I don't see how he could have committed an offence inside the box.
Spot on, it was physically impossible for Fry to foul him on the line but that sort of argument will be lost on the average ref.

He dived and got away with it.

Regardless of this decision I bet the refs will be watching Stewart more carefully from now on.
 
I think the club knew it was a long shot.
It was more a public statement to say boro don't agree with the penalty and red card.
That decision gave Sunderland what Boro consider an unfair advantage
The referee thought differently and so did the FA.
In the end Sunderland played better than us.
I have no complaints about the result or the appeal.
After all, it seems to have been their biggest game for years.
Let them enjoy it.
 
No it doesn't have to be an obvious error. Just an error.
There are no set criteria for what level of error it needs to be for an appeal to succeed but based on the way it normally works, I think we can say that it has to be something fairly egregious. This wasn't an egregious error.
 
This is from the FA website -

"If a defender starts holding an attacker outside the penalty area and continues holding inside the penalty area, the referee must award a penalty kick."

From the tv highlights it looked as though Fry was holding the player.
 
Blatant red card not sure how anyone can argue against it. Fry got completely done, tried to recover and fouled him once, possibly twice in the process. Not a pen but a red all day long
Mates thought it soft I thought it soft. Blatant it wasn’t.
 
Fry had hold of his arm, Stewart’s foot was on the line, penalty. It’s really not that difficult.
If the foul happened/started as Stewart’s foot hit the line, it could be debated that it could be a fouls, but it never so it does appear to be more difficult for some than others
 
If the foul happened/started as Stewart’s foot hit the line, it could be debated that it could be a fouls, but it never so it does appear to be more difficult for some than others
Yes the initial contact is out the area but fry continued to have a hold of him, Stewart goes down very cleverly whilst his foot is on the line. We can have no complaints we were outplayed and got what we deserved.
 
Yes the initial contact is out the area but fry continued to have a hold of him, Stewart goes down very cleverly whilst his foot is on the line. We can have no complaints we were outplayed and got what we deserved.

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That's the moment Stewart's foot first touched the line.

Fry isn't touching him, his arm has already pulled away.

Stewart dived, it wasn't a penalty, we can have plenty of complaints over that.

The fact Sunderland were the better team on the day doesn't change the fact that they were wrongly awarded a penalty.
 
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That's the moment Stewart's foot first touched the line.

Fry isn't touching him.

Stewart dived, it wasn't a penalty, we can have plenty of complaints over that.

The fact Sunderland were the better team on the day doesn't change the fact that they were wrongly awarded a penalty.
A still image doesn’t do it justice, fry had a hold of his arm within the refs view. I’m not disputing Stewart bought the penalty but fry was daft to just hold onto him, he should have just cleaned him out in the first instance.
 
A still image doesn’t do it justice, fry had a hold of his arm within the refs view. I’m not disputing Stewart bought the penalty but fry was daft to just hold onto him, he should have just cleaned him out in the first instance.


The full clip does it justice.

The ref was closer to the halfway line than the incident, he's guessed.

He's not touching him on the line.

I don't think it's a foul to begin with, but I can understand why some would argue for the red, I cannot understand how anybody could argue it was a penalty.
 
A still image doesn’t do it justice, fry had a hold of his arm within the refs view. I’m not disputing Stewart bought the penalty but fry was daft to just hold onto him, he should have just cleaned him out in the first instance.
You said it was no doubt a penalty now you’re saying he bought it. Make your mind up pal
 
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