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Are you sure? The only instance where the referee definitely was wrong was GoggleGate. The other decisions he had to make, were all judgement calls and watching them back again - you can't say he was definitely wrong. The only 50/50 was Cook's exclusion, and while there's an argument for all 4 back - Cook's exclusion wasn't unreasonable. Live, on the night - the Belle Vue fans were unhappy with some decisions, but that's without the benefit of a big screen and while wearing Rose Tinted spectacles (as all fans do). SCB have really screwed up this one* - they should have made a statement before the 2nd leg. Now they're dammed if they do and dammed if they don't. If they don't remove Newman's points from Heat 12 - they're accused of being biased towards Poole, remove his poitns and the Elite League Trophy changes desitination (or at least a share of it) thus makign the Grand Final a bit of a fiasco. (* Although the real-screw up was by the Referee - if he'd have made a decision on the night (i.e. looked at the Replay when Lemon asked him too) GoggleGate would be a minor foot-note and nothing more)

Poole Won the Grand Final because their reserves were better. If it wasn't for the Tactical Ride (Or silly hat rule) then the score wouldn't have been as close as it was. Sadly GoggleGate is always going to hang over this final. Ultimately this should've been decided before Wednesday night. Now BSPA/SCB are dammed if they and dammed if they don't. There's already a precedent set for removing a riders points when it's found he didn't ride with legal equipment changing the 5-1 to a 3-1 makes the title shared. However had the Referee bothered to look at the replays on night after the Belle Vue manager appealed but before the Result was declared and Newman had been disqualified as the Rules required him to have been and the result would swing from 5-1 to 3-3 and Belle Vue become Champions. So what do BSPA/SCB do now? Do they apply the rules and change the destination of the title or do they disregard the rules and do nothing? What if Belle Vue take their appeal to the ACU? The BSPA/SCB have already recently had to reverse a ruling when a case was taken to the ACU - they could have to do again. What on earth possessed the Referee to not look at the replays on Monday night is beyond me. If he'd had done that GoggleGate would have been almost a non-issue by Heat 13! That's an egregious error. As an aside - IMHO Newman didn't cheat - he just didn't follow the rules. There's a (moral) difference. Cheating is an attempt to circumvent the rules to gain an unfair advantage. I don't think anyone will claim that riding without Goggles gives someone an advantage - it's just an incredibly silly thing to do that places you & everyone else on the track at risk.