A fan of Wolverhampton The Englishman failed to celebrate his team’s winning goal in the final moments of a playoff match FA Cup because he had to exercise referee.
Ross Bennettwho had attended Tuesday’s clash between Wolves and Brentford with his 11-year-old son, volunteered to take on the position of fourth referee in the technical area after one of the assistants was injured during recovery.
Bennett, who is a qualified youth referee, said he had received a “crash course” for the board’s operation of announcing replacements and answered staff questions Brentford in the tense finale of the match at Molineux Stadium.
The hardest part of his new job may have been when Matteo Cunha He scored the goal from the penalty spot that sealed Wolves’ 3-2 victory and gave them their ticket to the long-awaited duel against local rivals West Bromwich Albion in the next round.
The celebration of Wolverhampton players, who have reached the next stage of the FA Cup.“I felt very bad for not being able to celebrate our goal”Bennett said this in statements to the BBC. “I had to stay neutral.”
“I was screaming inside and thinking ‘I’m going to Hawthorns in less than two weeks’,” he said. “I thought ‘I’m the only Wolves fan here who doesn’t celebrate’.”
Even though he had to get up early for work on Wednesday, he spent some time in the referees’ locker room after the game.
“It’s something that happens once in a lifetime and will never happen again,” he said. “It still doesn’t seem real to me that it happened.”
Source: Clarin
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