Was It A Penalty?

[King Kev]

Sorry if this has already been covered but I couldn't see it anywhere (and don't want to read through 25 pages of the match thread)

I was at the match so only saw the incident once and thought it was a pen but there were plenty of people on the radio saying it wasn't. So, just between us blues, was it a penner?

[Wonderwall]

NO mate it wasn't it was a free kick outside the box.

[Mike J]

no imo but like i give a fuck.

should owen scored in the 7th minute of ET at OT?

nope.

[Dunne's Half-Time Pint]

Probably not. Based on the same idea as the one we conceded against Everton, but the contact in the box was less apparent.

[Socrates]

No, he never so much as touched Cantona when the corner was being taken.

[david yearsley]

No but it wasn´t 6 minutes at the swamp NOR 5 tonight

[Somerset Blue]

Marginal, but then if he didn't have a handful of his shirt then it definitely wouldn't have been so. End of.

[Blue Blood]

for me, no.

but that said if everton's pen on sat was legit, so was this. shirt tug outside but bellers went down inside. goal scoring chance stopped.

[blues-clues]

tv coverage on the beeb was not conclusive. they all thought it was contact outside and no contact inside but it looked as though there was a pull right on the edge. anyway doesn't matter. was it a penalty? yes! the ref said it was so it was. we got done against everton today the moon shone on us!

[ayrshireblue]

I'm sure when we read tomorrows papers it will be as much of a penalty as all the other ones given. Ref says penalty, it's a penalty. For me, if Micah's foul was apenalty on Saturday then the foul on Bellamy tonight had to be one as well.

[london blue 2]

no.

[nick (duki blues)]

i would of been very unhappy if it was given against us but at the time before any replays on tv i thaught so and so did my rag mates

[CityFanFromRome]

Definitely a foul, but I'm not sure it was inside the box, however even if it were outside, it was close enough to the edge that to make a judging mistake on that wouldn't be very hard.

[King Kev]

There is a part of me that is glad it was a dodgy decision, it makes it even funnier that we beat them!

[Burt]

He definately still had a hand on Bellendamy when they got inside the box. I've watched it half a dozen times at least and if he still has his hand on him in the area, then it's a pen. Not speakin with my blue glasses on, it's just how it was nuff said.

[nick (duki blues)]

i would of been very unhappy if it was given against us but at the time before any replays on tv i thaught so and so did my rag mates

[london blue 2]

There is a part of me that is glad it was a dodgy decision, it makes it even funnier that we beat them!

exfuckingactly, what goes around comes around

[xavi6]

No

[Manx Blue]

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[BlueinBosnia]

Foul outside, and the slap on Bellamy's forearm (leading from the position his arm was in after the initial foul) created a second foul. From the amount of rag players in the box, and the position outside the box the initial foul happened, that should have meant a red card and a free kick to me. As it was, it ended up a pen and a yellow.