Shrewsbury Town fuming at spot-kick calls

Town twice led only to be pegged back by two controversial spot-kicks awarded by West Yorkshire referee Mark Haywood.Luke Summerfield was ruled to have handled for the first, although Town players insisted the ball hit a Carlisle arm. Chris Weale later helped Jon-Paul McGovern to the deck with Lee Miller converting both to cancel out Matt Richards' free kick and Yado Mambo's debut goal.

"Their lad (McGovern) said he dived and left his leg in for the second penalty and the first one it didn't even touch Luke – it hit one of their players' hands," said Town's Connor Goldson.

"Poor decisions by the referee cost us as I thought we were the better side."

Boss Graham Turner added: "We're not a demonstrative side, but you could tell from the reaction of the players it was a decision which shouldn't have been.

"I think the referee was totally unsighted for it. It was an amazing decision."

Meanwhile, Turner believes on-loan Birmingham City striker Akwasi Asante could provide useful cover as he is concerned Bolton will recall Tom Eaves from his loan.

"Akwasi has a record of scoring goals," said the boss. "We don't know how long we're going to keep Tom.

"There is a 24-hour recall and Bolton felt that some time in the month they might have to call him back.

"We're keeping our fingers crossed results go well for them and they don't need him."

Town now host Crawley on Monday looking to end their poor run at the Greenhous Meadow, where they have won just once in the last eight.

"Crawley have a lot to do to get into the play-offs, but I think they still believe they can," said Turner.

"We've started to slip up a bit (at home) but we don't need the players to be put under any pressure. We need to return to the belief the Meadow is a fortress for us.

"Our home results haven't been good and we've got to return to the days of last season."