With all the latest blunders by the ref's this is how they sort is out between themselves in Ireland.. .................................................. ................... The gentle odour of fair play that has permeated the afternoon continues to waft, with soul-affirming footage from the Northern Ireland Premiership game between Dungannon Swifts and Ballymena United. We join the action at 0-0 with Dungannon being awarded a penalty after Ballymena centre-back Gavin Taggart catches the ball in the area mistakenly thinking heâd heard the whistle sound for play to stop so his injured teammate, Chris Rodgers (who had dislocated a shoulder), could be stretchered from the field. Playing to the letter of the law, the referee awarded Dungannon a penalty for the deliberate handball, though Swiftsâ player-manager Darren Murphy wasnât about to go capitalising on his opponentâs misfortune â informing the Ballymena âkeeper of his intentions before pootling the resultant spot-kick straight down the middle and into his grateful arms⦠(Start at the 0:49 mark to watch the incredible off-the-roof-of-the-stand pass that lead to the incident) Thatâs leading by example. Warm round of applause for Mr Murphy please â though, unfortunately for him, his Dungannon side eventually went on to lose 2-4. [video=youtube;OyWLMdulbNo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OyWLMdulbNo#![/video]
