Coppell amenable to replay option

Reading manager Steve Coppell has insisted that he has "no objection" to replaying their 2-2 draw with Watford after the farcical goal his side were awarded on Saturday.

Linesman Nigel Bannister flagged for a goal instead of a corner after the ball crossed the goal-line wide of the goal, and 25-year-old referee Stuart Attwell gave Coppell's men a 1-0 lead.

"If the authorities decide a replay is the correct thing to do then I've got no objections whatsoever," Coppell told the club's official website.

"I've seen it and my conclusion is obviously that it wasn't right.

"I'm not sure there's a precedent but if that's what people decide then I am quite happy to do it.

"We don't want to be seen to be taking advantage of anything.

"I have sympathy with Watford and I really don't know what to say to make it right.

"But if the Football League phone me now and say something was definitely wrong I'm happy to go along with it."

Winger Stephen Hunt - who took the corner - admitted: "It was probably the worst decision I have ever witnessed.

"We can't do anything about it. It's not our mistake, but what can you do? You can't say 'no ref, it wasn't in'."