The big talking point with spectators after Reading’s match with Fulham was, of course, the referee’s decision to abandon the game at half time due to the fog.

It was met with boos from both Reading supporters and the large contingent from Fulham.

The irony was that shortly after the announcement the fog eased and most of the supporters would have travelled home in perfectly clear conditions.

But that’s sod’s law. The referee wasn’t to know that. Perhaps he could have waited a while to see how things would turn out, but how long? Ten minutes, 20 minutes?

There have been comments from ex-referees, saying that the advice to referees is to stand in the centre circle and if they can see both goals then play the game.

This is outdated, and the current advice is to stand in one goalmouth and be able to see clearly the other goal.

On this occasion it would be interesting to know whether the Fulham supporters or those in the North Stand could see much of what was going on at the other end.

It is the responsibility of the referee to decide whether or not a game should be played.

In this instance, the referee is reputed to have said that his assistant referees had difficulty in seeing what was happening on the other side of the pitch.

I have sympathy with this. Running the line properly requires extreme concentration.

I recently ran the line at a floodlit match where one of the teams were playing in black, (not allowed in local football of course), a great strain to see them against a dark background.

The deep red of the Fulham shirts must have created problems in picking them out on the far side of the pitch in the fog on Friday night.

I think the last thing anyone would have wanted in such a key match, was for it to have been decided by an offside goal that an assistant referee wasn’t able to spot.