Referees have got 75% of black card calls right, says McEnaney

Referees chief Pat McEnaney insists the Championship football panel have mastered the majority of black card decisions.

Referees have got 75% of black card calls right, says McEnaney

The Monaghan man believes match officials have been consistent in their vigilance of two of the three cynical fouls which lead to automatic substitutions — the deliberate bodycheck and trip.

However, he accepts there have been a couple of problems with identifying deliberate pull-downs, namely the David Coldrick and Joe McQuillan mistakes in Omagh and Derry respectively.

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