Sexism row referee Sian Massey returns to action...

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Sian Massey the Coventry referee at the centre of the Sky sexism row which led to two star presenters leaving the broadcaster - made a low-key return to action at the weekend.



Miss Massey, from Tile Hill, Coventry, ran the line at a League Two clash between Chesterfield and Aldershot in front of around 6,000 fans.

She only had one major decision to deal with – correctly ruling that a Chesterfield player had prevented the ball from crossing the line in the second half.

The 25-year-old’s return came exactly a fortnight after she ran the line during Wolves clash with Liverpool.

After the game audio footage of Sky Sports pundits Andy Gray and Coventry-born Richard Keys was leaked to a national newspaper with the pair suggesting that Miss Massey didn’t understand the offside rule.

Gray, of Warwick, and Keys, a former Whitley Abbey School pupil, have both since left Sky.

Before the game Stuart Basson, commentating on Chesterfield FC’s live online radio, joked: “Do you think we are going to come away complaining about the ref? I mean, men, what do they know about football?”

After the game fans of both sides took to message boards to praise on Miss Massey, a PE teacher at Foxford School.

On a Chesterfield FC messageboard, spire2001-Impreza said: “She did well. Just as I thought she would. Welcome back anytime Sian.”

Another, MDCCCLXVI, wrote: “As soon as we (myself and those around me) saw a lass with a pony tail we thought it might be Sian.

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