MANAGER Danny Johnson does not want Radcliffe Borough’s season to turn into a hard luck story after refereeing decisions cost his side dear this week.

The match official abandoned Boro’s match at Brighouse Town on Saturday at half time, with Johnson’s men in the ascendency after Ric Smith had equalised to make it 1-1.

And Johnson slammed a series of “terrible” decisions that went against the Belvoir Stadium outfit in their 1-0 defeat at Burscough on Tuesday, when Aaron Walters was sent off and Boro had two penalties awarded against them.

Boro remain third bottom of the Evo-Stik First Division North after finishing the week without a point from their two scheduled games.

But Johnson is adamant they will put their run of bad luck behind them.

“I won’t let the players dwell on it,” he said.

“I am the sort of person who likes to move on and put misfortune to one side.

“Saying that though, some of the things we have had to deal with this week have been tough to take.

“I had no problem with the referee’s reasoning in postponing Saturday’s game to protect the players’ safety.

“But we braved the worst of the conditions in the first half, with the wind and the rain in our faces, and were by far the better side.

“I told the players at half time they had done the hard work and we could press home our advantage, only for the referee to knock on the door and say it was off.

“The conditions had not got any worse and it was starting to brighten up.

“The rain stopped and I think the referee should have carried on for 10 minutes, so I would say he got it wrong.

“On Tuesday, the refereeing was the worst I have ever experienced.

“I have never said a bad word about referees in the past, I even won a fair play award last season for my behaviour in the dugout.

“But against Burscough they were absolutely shocking.

“Danny Lafferty swears he won the ball for both penalties, and while I didn’t quite see the first one he definitely won it for the second one, which ended up costing us a point.

“The decision for Aaron’s sending off was even worse. He won a 50-50 challenge, kept his feet on the floor and studs down.

“I asked the linesman why he gave it and he agreed Aaron had taken the ball but said he went in too hard.

“I don’t believe the referee was up to the job, but we have to move on.”

Boro are just four points behind Saturday’s opponents Farsley, but Johnson has warned they are in a false position.

“I am convinced they will be pushing for the play-offs so this is going to be a very tough game,” he added.

“They have had a bad start to the season but Farsley are one of the division’s top teams so we will have to be fully focussed to get anything out of the game.”