Aidy fumes at Pompey penalty

WATFORD boss Adrian Boothroyd called for under-performing referees to be demoted after his side went down to a late penalty at Portsmouth.

Aidy fumes at Pompey penalty

Boothroyd risked the wrath of the FA by suggesting officials who get decisions wrong be put “in the stocks” and hit with “rotten tomatoes”.

He accused ref Chris Foy of being “overawed by the occasion” and failing to award the Hornets two penalties before he gave an 88th-minute spot-kick to Pompey which Lomana LuaLua scored to secure a 2-1 win.

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