VIDEO: Referee made ‘mistake’ with red card - Ferguson
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Ballymena United manager Glenn Ferguson believes referee Colin Burns “made a mistake” in sending off defender Johnny Taylor in Tuesday night’s Danske Bank Premiership defeat against Cliftonville.
Ferguson believed that the dismissal of Taylor - for what the referee adjudged to be denying Joe Gormley an obvious goalscoring opportunity - changed the complexion of the match.
United will now be without the suspended Taylor for Saturday’s crunch Irish Cup game at Linfield.