Key decisions went against Elgin - Price
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ELGIN manager Gavin Price said key decisions went against his team in Saturday’s 3-1 home defeat to Clyde.
A penalty, own goal and red card all went against the Black and Whites in the opening 33 minutes of the match at Borough Briggs.
David Goodwillie’s spot kick put Clyde head before Craig Beattie headed into his own net and City skipper Jon Paul McGovern was sent off for hurling a throw-in off the back of Clyde’s defender Raymond Grant’s head.
Price said: “Everything seemed to conspire against us, althoygh we were not sitting too great in the game.
“I’ve had a chance to look at it now and there’s an argument for harsh decisions on us in every one of the incidents.
“Moments before (McGovern’s red card) the boy Grant has just whipped the ball out of his hands while he’s tried to take a quick throw. He’s then tried to throw it down the line and you can see it clearly on the video he’s done the actions of a throw-in.
“He’s hit somebody on the back of the head. It’s how you interpret that.”
Price also said his players were “adamant” that Rabin Omar made contact with the ball for his challenge on Goodwillie which saw the penalty given.
“I don’t want it to sound like sour grapes but there’s key decisions……the second goal, it’s never a free kick on Rabin, the referee has got that one really badly wrong.”
Omar was penalised for that setpiece which led to Beattie’s attempted clearance at the near post rocketing into his own net.
And while McGovern did appear to deliberately direct his throw at the back of Grant’s head, it did seem harsh to penalize the Elgin captain with a red card and let his Clyde rival off scot-free.
Elgin did improve in the second half but lost a third goal to Clyde sub Ally Love, before Shane Sutherland grabbed a last minute consolation.
It was City’s third home defeat in a row, and they must now pick up the pieces when they visit Lowland League University of Stirling in the Scottish Cup third round next Saturday.
