Blackpool's Dan Grimshaw no longer 'credited' with own goal in Millwall defeat

Millwall’s opening goal in Saturday’s 2-1 win against Blackpool is no longer listed as a Dan Grimshaw own goal.
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The Lions took a first-half lead at The Den courtesy of Zian Flemming’s header from a corner.

However, Press Association, who supply statistics to a number of media outlets, marked it down as an own goal by Seasiders keeper Grimshaw.

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The shot stopper desperately attempted to claw the ball off the line but to no avail, resulting in the referee’s watch signalling for a goal.

Replays shown on the big screen during the match showed the ball did cross the line, so on this occasion the goal-line technology worked as expected.

That was not the case against Huddersfield Town earlier this month when the technology failed to award a goal when Yuta Nakayama bundled the ball over the line from close range.

The opening goal in Saturday's defeat to Millwall was originally listed as a Dan Grimshaw own goalThe opening goal in Saturday's defeat to Millwall was originally listed as a Dan Grimshaw own goal
The opening goal in Saturday's defeat to Millwall was originally listed as a Dan Grimshaw own goal
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!The position of the players, the goal post and the goalkeeper impacted the cameras’ line of sight,” they said in a statement.

In this instance, the EFL has now confirmed that Flemming has officially been awarded the goal, his first for the club since his £1.7million move from Fortuna Sittard in the summer.

They add that Flemming was marked down as the goalscorer by referee Darren Bond and by Millwall post-match.

The sites that listed it as a Grimshaw own goal will be updated in due course.