Accrington chairman Andy Holt has hit out at Town skipper Samy Morsy following a clash with Stanley midfielder Ethan Hamilton during the Blues’ 2-1 victory at Portman Road this afternoon.

The Egyptian international and Hamilton clashed as what was a niggly game all afternoon approached the half-hour mark with the Stanley scorer going to ground holding his face but with referee Geoff Eltringham taking no action.

Afterwards Holt responded on Twitter referring to the Town midfielder as “a shit house”, while former referee Mark Halsey suggested Morsy could face retrospective action.

Following the Blues’ 2-1 defeat to Stanley earlier in the season, Morsy was critical of the approach to the game taken by the Lancastrians.

“They’re a horrible team, they play like a non-league team, and that’s no disrespect to them, that’s just the style and it works for them and we just couldn’t quite get to grips it in the second half,” he said.

“I thought the first half was OK, they’re horrible at what they do, they didn’t really create much, as we didn’t. Two goals, we could have done a lot better but it just wasn’t our day today.”

He added: “The way they play is disgusting. I think one of the players just kicked the ball out of the stadium [in order to waste time], I’ve never seen that before in my career. But we lick our wounds and we go again.”

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Brockleyblue added 15:43 - Jan 23 The guy is called Holt, that tells me all I need to know ...
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norfolkbluey added 15:48 - Jan 23 The comments on here recall to mind Hunter and Beatie back in the eighties. 'Don't mess with us'!. Their players thought we would roll over and let them get away with physicality but ITFC have developed a steel back bone as well as skill in signing the likes of Morsy who is no weakling. I don't condone violent play but you need a Keane type player with skill who is not afraid to mix it if you hope to get out of this league. Perhaps Accrington Stanley had been watching some Italian football games where drama is often laughable.

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Steelmonkey added 17:38 - Jan 23 Did anyone not see what happened when Norwood entered the match he was immediately set upon by Accrington's right back who tried to wrestle him to the ground, just another off the ball incident that the officials missed.
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bluewarrior added 18:38 - Jan 23 A clumsy way to deflect from the tiresome tactics his tram displayed throughout. It's good that we have players like Morsy that are prepared to mix it when required - although this particular incident was nothing more than handbags.
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