Barrow AFC boss denies 'hunting down' banned Carlisle United striker

And the Bluebirds manager has also claimed that some of United boss Paul Simpson’s post-match comments after last weekend’s game were “not factually correct”.

Wild used an interview with our sister title The Mail this morning to give his view on the incident which has seen Gordon banned for three games in retrospective punishment.

It arose from an incident between Gordon and Barrow defender Sam McClelland as they chased the ball in the 27th minute – the Carlisle man catching the home player with a flailing arm.

Ref James Bell did not punish Gordon at the time but an independent regulatory commission has found the player guilty of violent conduct.

Wild said: “I know there are people out there that are clearly saying that I am trying to get this lad suspended.

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"At half-time we approached the referee to ask why Gordon had not been sent off. The referee said that they had not seen it but because of the severity of the injury to our player he had noted it down as an unseen incident and it would be sent to the FA for them to look at.

"Not at any point did we send footage to enhance getting this lad sent off. That is how that played out.

"Just to be clear, I am not really fussed about whether the lad gets banned or not. I don’t gain any advantage from that any more but what I am really fussed about is that he was not sent off in the 27th minute and they are down to ten men as the referee is five yards away and can’t clearly see that it is violent conduct."

JK Gordon, left, has been suspended over an incident with Sam McClelland, right (Image: Richard Parkes)

“I certainly am not out to hunt this lad down, but at the end of the day violent conduct is violent conduct.”

Wild, meanwhile, said he received a “raft of apologies” from refereeing authorities about decisions in the game.

He said that explained why, during the match, he was “irate” on the touchline.

Wild, meanwhile, responded to Simpson’s post-match comment that there was “no love lost” between the clubs by claiming the Carlisle boss was trying to create a “siege mentality”.

He said: "I think if you look at the end of the game, I walked around every Carlisle player and wished them all the best, and in particular three Carlisle players who I think have been outstanding this season – I made a point of going and telling them that.

"I think this sort of siege mentality that Paul is trying to create where…don’t get me wrong, I would create the same around ‘the world's against us, everybody hates us’.

"The problem with that is that quite a lot of that is factually not correct and the problem you have with that is when people come out and state the facts it does not look great for you."

Wild said some of Paul Simpson's post-match comments were not factual (Image: Richard Parkes)

Wild added: “When the game is going on we both want to win, we are both competitive people, we are both competitive teams and it was such a tight game of football but things that were said after the game were just out of order and had no context.

“It is hard for managers at 5pm to try and give a balanced opinion because emotions are high.

"I think it is important that the facts are out there and that we tidy things up and there is no smoke without fire."