Former Premier League referee Chris Foy said that the referee was correct to disallow Jake Young’s late goal for Swindon Town against Harrogate Town.

During Swindon’s 1-1 draw at the EnviroVent Stadium, after Remeao Hutton swung a corner towards the far post, Jake Young capitalised on a drop from the goalkeeper and backheeled the ball into the net in the 87th minute and seemed to have given Town their first league win in five matches.

However, referee Jacob Miles chose to disallow the goal as he believed that Young had fouled goalkeeper Jonathan Mitchell which caused him to drop the corner and enabled League Two’s second-top goal scorer to turn home.

In their weekly ‘Behind the Whistle’ segment, Sky Sports showed the incident, along with many other refereeing controversies from the weekend, to Chris Foy to get his verdict on whether the goal should have stood.

Speaking to Sky, Foy said: “There is certainly contact between the attacking player and the goalkeeper, initially when the ball is making its way into the box and then further contact when jumping for the ball.

“I think given that the attackers' arms are in an upward position and impeding the goalkeeper's ability to take the ball, the decision to disallow the goal is one I believe is the correct call.”

The goal being disallowed meant that Swindon had to settle for a single point and their run of just one win in nine league matches continued, Michael Flynn said that this kind of decision was the type of luck you have when you are on a bad run.

Flynn was very frustrated with the officials after the final whistle, believing that there was no foul on the goalkeeper and that the goal should have counted.

He said: “We have just had a perfectly legitimate goal disallowed, which is very frustrating and poor from the officials, but that is what happens when you are in a bit of a sticky patch, you don’t get those given.

“I have just watched it back three times, so I know exactly what I am saying on this, sometimes I will try not to comment if I am not 100 per cent, but I have just watched it back.

“He has jumped in front of the goalkeeper, the goalkeeper has dropped it, and he has backheeled it in, and for some reason, it was disallowed.”