Caulfield slams Kenny’s penalty protest

John Caulfield has described Stephen Kenny’s complaints about the lack of penalties awarded to his Dundalk side as “an astonishing attack” on match officials in the SSE Airtricity League.

Last week, the Lilywhites manager took to his club’s website to highlight what he called the “huge disparity” between the number of spot-kicks awarded to his side and to Cork City over the past year. Kenny also suggested that match officials need to be more alert to what he believes are “manufactured penalties”, citing Sean Maguire’s winner for City against Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght last month.

“It was an astonishing attack on referees and assistant referees and I’m sure the relevant authorities will deal with it,” said Caulfield.