Not very nice! Dorchester Town manager sent off for tackling Borat streaker
By Colin Young
Non-league player-manager Ashley Vickers has been sent off for rugby tackling a pitch invader in a mankini.
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LIVING BY THE RULEBOOK
Sportsmail's referee expert Graham Poll says: 'This clip probably validates the question "Who'd be a referee?"
'The law doesn't stipulate who you need to act in a violent manner towards - just that you have acted in a violent manner. And yet, didn't the player just speed up the process of removing the idiot who decided to mess about?
'The reaction of the players following the red cards proves how they feel. But the advice to players - when police and stewards are present - must be this: let them do their jobs and concentrate on doing yours.'
When the Dorchester Town boss spotted the Borat impersonator being chased by stewards in his side's Blue Square Bet South game against Havant and Waterlooville, the former Sheffield United man stepped in to help.
But as the offender was being escorted from the pitch on Monday, Vickers was dismissed for violent conduct by referee David Spain.
Vickers, whose side went on to lose 3-1, said: 'I am dumbfounded.
'As the guy ran on to the pitch without any of the stewards getting near him, I thought I was doing them a favour.
'My only thought was to get hold of him so we could get on with the game. I grabbed him, brought him to the ground and the stewards thanked me for it.
'But the ref decided to send me off and it beggars belief. Their players begged the ref not to send me off and their chairman even offered to take a player off to even things up.
'In hindsight, perhaps I shouldn't have done it. I'm sure people will crucify me but I have broad shoulders.'
Very nice: Borat posing in his infamous mankini
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