Ipswich star Judge says he has evidence he didn’t call ref "bald cheating c***"
Ipswich Town star Alan Judge has furiously denied claims that he called referee Darren Drysdale a "bald cheating c***".
Furthermore, the club have insisted they have evidence that the incident did not happen.
It comes after an astonishing moment between Ipswich and Northampton Town last month in League One.
Judge was deemed to have dived in the box on 90 minutes at Portman Road.
And the midfielder was livid with the decision, making his way to Drysdale gesticulating aggressively.
It was at this moment when the referee pushed his head into the player and squared up to him before being pulled away by members of both teams.
Drysdale then brandished a yellow card as Judge walked away.
An FA commission has cleared him to return to action after an unofficial suspension.
Drysdale told the commission: “As I blew my whistle Alan Judge shouted aggressively in a loud voice at me, and from a distance of only five metres, ‘It's a f*** penalty you cheating bald c***.’
“Reacting completely out of character, I took exception to what I considered to be an offensive comment.
“I walked towards Alan Judge who then continued his tirade of abuse as he then, what I deemed as, aggressively and provokingly pointed his finger towards my face and shouted, ‘You're a f***ing cheating c***'.”
But Judge, who twice refused to give evidence after being requested, has angrily denied the claims.
The 32-year-old has come out to clear his name a week after his mother passed away.
Judge said: “I said the incident was over as far as I was concerned when I walked off the pitch and that I wasn’t looking for an apology.
“I didn’t want to make anything of it because it’s a tough job being a referee but I’m not going to keep quiet when I’ve been accused of calling the referee a cheat and using the C word.
“I’ll admit using the F word but I said to him ‘you have got to be f****ing joking me' and I said that a couple of times to him.
"I never used the C word. I don't use that word and I didn't call him a cheat.
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“My mum passed away last week – which is far more important than this – and I don’t need this hassle to be honest.
"Like I said, the matter was closed but I’ve got a decent reputation in the game and I won’t stand by and be accused of saying something I didn’t and not responding.
“Our media team have got some audio and it backs me up.
"Some people have said I should have come out straightaway and explained what I said but I didn’t want to do that.
"I was trying to help Darren. I said the matter was finished and it was but I have to make it clear now that I totally dispute what has been said by the referee.”
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