A goalscorer’s celebration was judged to have gone too far and caused the player to be sent off in Eastern League first division football last Saturday.
Xavier Priestley, a central midfielder with Gisborne Thistle Youth A, scored five minutes before halftime to give his side a 1-0 lead in the match against Shockers Gold at Childers Road Reserve.
As he celebrated the goal — a
well-struck sho...
