In all the time I've been playing and watching footy, from local parks to Villa Park, I've never seen a ref award a free kick for a player receiving a pass whilst holding one of his boots in his hand. Not only was there not an opposition player within 5 yards, but he then made the player leave the pitch to put his boot back on and wouldn't let him return until there was break in play. Perfectly correct in terms of the laws of the game, but I don't believe there was any danger to the player or opponents.
The next break in play was Alty kicking off after Stafford scored from the subsequent free-kick against 10 men.
It wasn't as if we deserved anything from last night, but decisions like that can really make you angry.
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