Football League spokesman John Nagle released a statement saying "The Football League have the authority to allow the result to stand, or to order the game to be replayed", and confirmed there would be a meeting the following Thursday to discuss the matter. Writing for the BBC, journalist Phil McNulty said he believed Neil Warnock and Sheffield United should face heavy punishment, arguing for a points deduction. Warnock, though, echoed Megson's comments, saying "there is no place for that in any game of football, let alone a professional match", but joked that he'd "have brought a deckchair out on the pitch to keep one of them on" had he known the match would be called out. In the changing room, Megson told Moore that if a replay was necessary, he would bring Albion's youth team. Speaking to the "Lancashire Telegraph", referee Eddie Wolstenholme said he was correct in sending off all three of the United players, and knew immediately that, once Ullathorne was leaving the field due to injury, he would be forced to abandon the match.