Wednesday 4 October 2017 11:54, UK
Luton goalkeeper James Shea managed to get his red card changed to a yellow after pulling up the referee over new rules.
The stopper had been given his marching orders by referee John Busby in the 63rd minute of the Checkatrade Trophy tie for bringing down Barnet striker Andre Blackman in the area.
But after some discussion between the player and official - where Shea reminded him that if a player makes a genuine attempt to get to the ball, they cannot be sent off - Busby reduced the booking to a yellow card.
Speaking about the incident, Shea told Luton Today: "I made an attempt to go for the ball and then [the referee]'s blown up, given the pen and then come over and sent me off.
"But there's a new rule that's come in, which I knew about, so as soon as he gave the red, I said 'ref, the new rule's about, as long as I made an attempt to get the ball, you can't send me off, it's just a booking.'
"To be fair, the ref was as good as gold, he said 'I'm sorry, you're right' and then he ended up giving me a yellow."
Jack Taylor took the resulting penalty for Barnet and scored, before Elliot Lee scored almost instantly after the restart to level it up for Luton. The Hatters eventually won the Checkatrade Trophy match 4-3 on penalties.
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