there was an incredible game at bramhall lane bewteen two sides in the relegation zone.d to beat sheffield united 3—2. sam allison took charge of the match, the first black referee to officiate in the prmier league for for 15 years — we'll have more on the impact of his appointment later on sportsday. the blades had gone 2—1 up after a real goalmouth scramble, their captain anel ahmedhodzic eventually put the ball in the net. but two own goals in four minutes turned the game — first sheffield united's jack harrison flicked the ball past his own keeper. before carlton morris' cross was turned in by blades defender anis slimane. united stay bottom of the table, luton are still in the bottom three but only by a point after back to back wins. the momentum is changed because a bit of fear kicks in when they go up and we go again and i cannot quite have the players enough to show their character in this really big game. the crowd were really up for it and they knew the magnitude of it as well. maybe a bit of luck but however weight we did it to turn it around the players deser

that match at bramhall lane will be refereed by sam allison.ollowing uriah rennie who officiated in the competition for 11 years until 2008. the pgmol which governs referees says it wants an increase of 1,000 women referees and 1,000 black or asian referees at all levels of football in three years. just one game in the scottish premiership this boxing day. leaders celtic travel to dundee — with the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the table to five points ahead of rangers. after today, though, rangers will have two games in hand on their rivals, with the top two facing each other on saturday. away from football, australia have the advantage after the opening day of their rain—affected boxing day test against pakistan in melbourne. australia, put into bat, made 187—3 on a rain—affected first day at the mcg. marnus labuschagne top scoring on 44 not out. australia lead in the three—match series. and south africa have started their test series against india — it's day one of the first test at centurion. the home side chose to bowl fi

alleged racist comment from the crowd, during their 3—2 comeback win against sheffield united at bramhall lanege of the match, becoming the first black referee to officiate in the premier league for 15 years. luton came back from 2—1 down after sheffield united scored two own goals in the space of four minutes. that means it's back—to—back premier league wins for luton. but sheffield united remain rooted to the foot of the table. it'sjust a mindset, you know, and when, i suppose, you're in a situation where points are difficult to come by, you want to protect. it's not a time to protect — it's a time to step forward and get up the pitch. and clearly — you know, clearly, if we'd have done that, the goalkeeperjust catches the ball and, you know, we're looking at... we're looking at, you know, three points and another two on top of friday night because of an attitude and approach more than anything. the grinch was present at st james' park for newcastle's clash with nottingham forest and it's hard to imagine his mood improved over the 90 minutes. nottingham forest secured their first win under ne