CELTS BOSS: 3 POINTS THE ONLY COMFORT.Byline: RONNIE ESPLIN TONY MOWBRAY Tony Mowbray, (born November 22 1963), is a former professional football player and the manager of West Bromwich Albion. Playing career Mowbray played for Middlesbrough, Celtic, and finally Ipswich Town as a tough centre half. was delighted to leave his former Easter Road Easter Road is the home ground of Scottish football club Hibernian. Located in the Leith area of Edinburgh, the stadium has a capacity of 17,500, making it the seventh largest stadium in Scotland and the largest stadium used primarily for football in Edinburgh. stomping ground stomp·ing ground n. A customary territory or favorite gathering place. Also called stamping ground. with all three points but was disappointed with a performance which seen the Hoops hanging on at the end of a gripping encounter. He said: "I was disappointed with the quality of my team today, but we stood our ground. "I hope as we go along, we're going to build a reputation as a team that can not only win battles, but a team that can play you off the pitch. "There was a lot of things that weren't right today, not just from our team, but things on the pitch. "We've all made a pact about not criticising officials, but for me it's a lack of understanding of the game. I've been shown it in isolation. McGeady ran 40 or 50 yards before the incident and skipped past a couple of tackles -a third tackle has come in and he went down before he anticipates the challenge and gets a sending off. "If you put it into context of the week we've just had with the Eduardo sensation, if we hadn't had the week we've had in the media. I would suggest the referee would never have made it a sending off. "It was right in front of me. I saw it and I know exactly how it happened. In my opinion, it's a lack of understanding from an official who made a wrong decision regarding Aiden McGeady." CAPTION(S): WRONG DECISION Celts manager Tony Mowbray |
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