The Voice - Match preview #28: Bradford City vs Doncaster Rovers Saturday 31st January 2026 12:30pm

You really think the officals will get into trouble ???
It will be swept under the carpet like every other time they get it badly wrong

 

if you look at the view behind the goal it shows a direct line of sight between the dugouts and his right arm, so perfect view . As for the Lino there are a load of players between them

 

if what people claim to have happened has actually happened then yes I think they will get in trouble just like previous ones have. There will be no way to sweep it under the carpet as City can just release the cctv footage

 

Jackson had his back to the 4th official in the dug out area, the ball hit his right arm, if he saw it why didn't he alert the referee, if the Doncaster players hadn't insisted on the referee speaking to the 4th official the goal would have stood as the linesman did not flag for the incident.

 

I still stand by the fact that one of his officials signaled him and he went first to the Lino who said it wasn’t him and then to the 4th official. The Lino didn’t flag as he don’t see it. The fourth official did.

 

Why then when theres other blatant “missed” fouls, offisdes etc doesn’t the 4th official get involved.. this inconsistency with rules and referees needs addressing

 

it would depend if they saw it

 

So the linesman who was up with play on the correct of the pitch that Jackson controlled the ball with his right arm didnt see the incident or he would have flagged, yet the referee takes the 4th official version who was 40 yards away from the incident. I haven't seen on anything on social media I've read suggesting it was not hand ball but questioning how the match day official came to that decision.
Well have to agree to disagree on this one.

 

I think Donny might have set a precedent here if no action is taken against the officials. We’ll just see every bench at every game with their BYOV (Bring Your Own Var) ready to show the 4th official if they don’t agree with an on field decision.

 

if there are people between the Lino and the incident then I’m glad he hasn’t jus guessed. When asked the ref he has been honest and said he couldn’t see. The 4th official thought he could and alerted the ref.

as I have said time and time again if an iPad was shown to the4th official City will have proof to send to the FA/EFL and job done. If that doesn’t happen then it shows that no iPad was used

 

that is IF it happened.

 

Well this is the problem they usually do, but always say “theres nothing they can do,
Its the referees decision”

 

Yeah apparently City are waiting for Amazon Prime Day to pick up a couple of Kids Kindles at half price, We cant afford ipads

 

Well either the 4th official saw it with his own eyes or he was shown the footage. It’s not hard to clarify

 

Turns out he's a Huddersfield fan and has recently launched an iPad app for referees

 

exactly. I’m going with the first until there is evidence otherwise that the Doncaster bench and the 4th official both broke the Laws of the Game and then he told the ref who agreed to go with the breach of the Laws

 

hopefully that area should be covered by the clubs CCTV. If not then I’d be surprised as they would need it in case of attacks on the dugouts by fans, fights in the dugouts between players etc.

 

Can be quickly stamped out. Send manager and staff off if their bench are bothering the fourth officials with ipads in dugout. Ban their analytical guys from the area too if needed!