Premier League club chairman admits texting refs’ chief Howard Webb DURING game before controversial decisions

IPSWICH TOWN’S president admits helium texted referee main Howard Webb DURING his side’s arguable gully with Leicester.

The Tractor Boys were 1-0 up astatine location connected Saturday erstwhile prima antheral Conor Chaplin was shoved successful the container by Foxes ace Abdul Fatawu.

Despite it appearing to beryllium a wide penalty, the incidental was bizarrely waved distant by the referee and VAR.

Things past got adjacent worse for Ipswich erstwhile Kalvin Phillips received a 2nd yellowish card.

And Ipswich’s worst fears were realised erstwhile Jordan Ayew nabbed a 94th infinitesimal equaliser for Leicester to divided the points.

It’s not the archetypal clip Kieran McKenna’s broadside consciousness they person been hard done by.

In their 2-0 decision to Everton, Ipswich were fixed a punishment for a foul connected Jack Clarke earlier the ref’s determination was reversed by VAR.

And successful adjacent week’s 4-3 decision astatine Brentford, the promoted broadside saw VAR overturn a determination to grant a free-kick portion alternatively handing the Bees a decisive penalty.

Ipswich president Mark Ashton has present revealed helium messaged ref main Webb DURING his side’s crippled against Leicester, begging for talks connected VAR clarity earlier his broadside were denied a penalty.

Ashton told BBC Radio Suffolk: “I thought Saturday was a existent injustice. Those who cognize maine cognize I attraction passionately astir this nine and volition springiness my past enactment defending it.

“And I made that precise wide to Howard Webb. I really messaged him erstwhile we were 1-0 up due to the fact that I had a consciousness of the mode this was going to go.

“I said, ‘Can we talk straight aft the game?’ We spoke and immoderate of that speech needs to stay backstage due to the fact that I’ll extremity up being connected a charge.

“I’ve seen connected planetary broadcasters today, erstwhile refs giving their sentiment it’s not a penalty. You cannot beryllium serious. Come on, don’t conscionable backmost your erstwhile colleagues. It’s a stonewall penalty.

“All I look for is consistency and close present I’m confused. The culmination of that speech with Howard is that we volition conscionable this week astatine Portman Road to sermon it due to the fact that we request answers.

“I can’t recognize immoderate of the decisions and I conflict to recognize wherefore we weren’t awarded a penalty.”