Dowd can go down in history as the **** that sent Shola off in his last game for the Toon <hopefully>.
Good riddance to bad rubbish, he won't be missed next season.
who's that, as it was Dowds last game as well

TheJudeanPeoplesFront:6481156 said:How are pundits allowed to criticise refs, but manager's get fines and bans for being honest???
Anyway, didn't watch the game, have no intention or interest in finding out whether or not these debatable decisions were fair or not, I just want to say what an utterly poor ref Phil Dowd has been over his career. An embarrassment to this country and it's refereeing pedigree.
Pundits aren't involved in the game and therefore cannot bring it into disrepute.
Dowd's performance was a ****ing disgrace and it was surely the fat ****'s last. Neither was a red (although I don't know what Shole uttered to him).
I used to think referees should be protected but the more shocking, game spoiling decisions I see make me feel they should be as culpable as players for their errors.