Three sendings off and three penalties, two of each given against us, made this a display of officialdom that beggared belief.

Bennett incurred our wrath just over a month ago when he failed to send off his namesake at St Andrews as Brum's keeper upended Shearer in our Cup exit.

Of course, he will join Uriah Rennie (Shearer red card), Brian Coddington (Baseball Ground massacre) and the much-despised Trelford Mills (late goal disallower) in the Toon's black museum.

Far be it from us to cast aspersions on the loyalties of Orpington's finest, but we can't help noticing that Bennett lives 289 miles nearer White Hart Lane than St James' Park.