{"id":292956,"date":"2023-11-03T14:23:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292956"},"modified":"2023-11-03T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:23:50","slug":"referee-demoted-to-the-championship-after-controversial-wolves-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/referee-demoted-to-the-championship-after-controversial-wolves-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Referee DEMOTED to the Championship after controversial Wolves penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Anthony Taylor is DEMOTED to the Championship this weekend &#8211; after Gary O&#8217;Neil raged at controversial penalty awarded to Newcastle against Wolves on Saturday<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The referee will have a spell away from the top-flight for the first time since 2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Even rival manager Howe agreed that it had been a &#8216;tight call&#8217; to award spot kick\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2022 Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anthony Taylor has been demoted to the Championship after awarding Newcastle with a controversial penalty against Wolves on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League referee will oversee the second-tier clash between Preston and Coventry a week after the divisive call, in his first Championship tie since 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor came under fire from a range of different voices after handing the visitors the penalty at Molineux, which allowed the Magpies to go ahead in the first-half.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The whistler pointed to the spot after Hwang Hee-chan brought down Fabian Schar whilst attempting to clear the ball, and had his decision rubber-stamped by VAR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The official on duty at Stockley Park Jarred Gillett took his time but ultimately opted not to send Taylor to his monitor to look at the incident a second time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/12\/77364225-12707005-image-a-135_1699016254727.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Taylor has been banished to the Championship to referee Preston v Coventry City<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/12\/77364227-12707005-image-a-136_1699016260174.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The official oversaw a controversial call last weekend that saw Newcastle streak ahead after winning a penalty<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Wolves were unable to snatch the 2-2 victory at home, but came from behind twice to ensure the spoils were shared on a trying afternoon for manager Gary O&#8217;Neil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neil &#8211; who has previously been outspoken on refereeing issues after Wolves were on the receiving end of two more controversial decisions against Manchester United and Luton Town this season &#8211; called Taylor&#8217;s call &#8216;scandalous&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;(Newcastle&#8217;s) second goal was never ever a penalty, ever.&#8217; He told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a terrible decision on-field and from VAR (but) we managed to bounce back.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hwang &#8211; who went on to score the equaliser &#8211; said that he was &#8216;saddened&#8217; by the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019d tried to clear the ball and saw someone block me. I stopped and he touched me \u2013 I don\u2019t think it was a penalty,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I felt so sad and really wanted to do something for my team. Everybody said &#8216;You can do it.\u201d They gave me trust and I scored.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/12\/77364235-12707005-image-a-137_1699016264503.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Taylor had to wait a long time for word from VAR Jared Gillett but was not sent to the monitor<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/03\/12\/77364347-12707005-image-a-138_1699016288127.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After conceding the penalty Hwang Hee-chan was able to bring his side back into the tie with a second-half goal<\/p>\n<p>Even Newcastle manager Eddie Howe admitted: \u2018With the long delay, you knew it was a tight call.\u2018\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Off the pitch, Wolves fans crowed &#8216;Premier League &#8211; corrupt as f*** &#8216; in response to the penalty given.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor is not the first Premier League official this season to be sent down to the Championship in response to hapless refereeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Holmes was sent to run the line during Millwall&#8217;s home match against Hull in October &#8211; after incorrectly deeming Luis Diaz&#8217;s goal offside during the much-discussed VAR brouhaha when Liverpool met Tottenham in north London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12707005\/Anthony-Taylor-DEMOTED-Championship-Gary-ONeil-penalty-Newcastle-Wolves.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Taylor is DEMOTED to the Championship this weekend &#8211; after Gary O&#8217;Neil raged at controversial penalty awarded to Newcastle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Referee DEMOTED to the Championship after controversial Wolves penalty - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/referee-demoted-to-the-championship-after-controversial-wolves-penalty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Referee DEMOTED to the Championship after controversial Wolves penalty - Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anthony Taylor is DEMOTED to the Championship this weekend &#8211; 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