Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock has called for officials to be suspended if it is proved they made a glaring error. Referee Mark Halsey phoned Warnock to apologise for an assistant's error that cost Blades victory at Rotherham.
In his BBC column, Warnock said: "I've always believed officials should be punished when a wrong decision costs teams points.
"Players are banned when they break the rules, officials shouldn't be allowed to participate in their next game."
Referee Andy D'Urso was suspended for 28 days by the Premier League earlier this season for failing to send Blackburn's Barry Ferguson off at Southampton after he had shown him two yellow cards.
Warnock was angered after an effort by Michael Tonge, which would have given the Blades a 3-0 lead at Millmoor, was ruled out after assistant Graeme Atkins signalled for offside agasint Andy Gray.
Referee Halsey contacted Warnock to admit that after watching a video of the incident he should have allowed play to continue and see how it developed.
The Blades' boss said: "I don't think I have ever been so disappointed after a game and felt so let down as I did after that match.
"We scored a perfectly good third goal which was wiped out for offside and it didn't make me feel any better when the television pundits confirmed what we thought - that it was a legitimate goal.
"Who is to say those two points lost won't cost us dearly at the end of the season?
"I accept that during the course of a season, every club will have similar decisions that go for and against them, but in my career this was the clearest two points I have ever lost through no fault of my own or my team."
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Who is to say those two points lost won't cost us dearly at the end of the season