Refs chief backs female official

Amy Rayner, the assistant referee targeted by Luton manager Mike Newell yesterday, has received the full backing of referees’ chief Neale Barry.

Refs chief backs female official

Amy Rayner, the assistant referee targeted by Luton manager Mike Newell yesterday, has received the full backing of referees’ chief Neale Barry.

Rayner angered Newell after running the line during Luton’s 3-2 defeat to QPR, with the Hatters boss describing her appearance as “tokenism for the politically-correct idiots”.

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