Poll: Ref will be upset over this unfair decision

and PGMoL, the body which runs professional refereeing, and it was decided to replace him with elite Premier League referee Jon Moss.

An EFL spokesman claimed the decision was taken because the likely ‘increased scrutiny’ on the match following the court case meant ‘it would be appropriate for a select group 1 referee to take charge of proceedings’.

but last night Sportsmail’s refereeing expert Graham Poll said: ‘If I was ben Toner I would be very disappointed and I would wonder what I had done wrong.

‘If I was in his shoes, I would feel that Jon Moss referees select group games — not always successfully — and wonder what makes them think he would do things any better than I would.

‘but of course ben won’t be able to say anything like that because if he does, he won’t get a game next week.’

Toner has been switched to take charge of the League Two clash between Carlisle and Yeovil after the referee originally scheduled for that match picked up an injury.