Bromley supervisor Andy Woodman has described the prolonged delay to exchange an injured assistant referee in Saturday's League Two recreation at Shrewsbury City as “embarrassing”.
Woodman additionally mentioned the 17-minute stoppage within the first half, which ended with a professional referee being recruited from the group, had halted the momentum of his facet's good begin as they fought out a goalless draw at Croud Meadow.
The stoppage got here 26 minutes into the primary half, when Scott Chalkley sustained an harm which meant he couldn't proceed.
The fourth official Niall Felton stepped in to exchange Chalkley, however Shrewsbury needed to make an enchantment over the general public tackle system for a professional referee to take Felton's place on the sidelines.
That enchantment was profitable when Alan Cork, a level-five certified referee, stepped ahead – he can solely take cost of matches within the tenth tier and under, however is ready to fill a supplementary position at a better degree.
Woodman instructed BBC Radio London: “To begin with, let's hope the official [Chalkley] is OK. He appears to be OK, and that is most essential.
“It was an embarrassing state of affairs for the referees' administration, to must ask for somebody to come back out of the group to get the sport going. I've by no means recognized that in my life.
“I do not actually know what to say about it – it is embarrassing. It stops the momentum of the sport, and we had the momentum at that time. I am certain [Shrewsbury manager] Michael [Appleton] will take a look at it in another way.
“The second half then turns into a little bit of a humid squib as a result of these gamers have been out on their ft since two o'clock. It is a red-hot day and an extended shift for them. It is robust on each groups, and should not occur.”
