Steve Evans says refereeing authorities have admitted Stevenage got a raw deal from key decisions against Carlisle United.

The manager says he has been told that one of the Blues’ goals in the 2-2 draw was offside – while a Stevenage effort was wrongly disallowed.

Evans, in an interview with The Comet, said they “registered [their] thoughts” with the EFL and officiating body PGMOL after the game.

The Stevenage chief says the response was that Sean Maguire’s first-half United leveller should have been chalked off for offside – and that a Carl Piergianni goal in the second half should NOT have been given offside.

Evans said: "We thought we’d moved on from it but we’d obviously registered our thoughts with the EFL and PGMOL and they've come back and confirmed what we thought. 

"The first goal for Carlisle was offside and they've come back and said that Carl Piergianni’s goal should stand. 

"Our young secretary, young James, who's only been with us perhaps seven or eight months, he’s now saying that’s the 10th or 11th time he’s had that type of e-mail to say that we were right. 

"All we ask the officials to do is get the big decisions right and they got it wrong.”

News and Star: Sean Maguire scores against StevenageSean Maguire scores against Stevenage (Image: Barbara Abbott)

Evans was particularly aggrieved that Piergianni’s goal was ruled out, denying Stevenage the chance to go 3-1 up – with the Blues making it 2-2 soon after.

He insisted, though, that “that annoyance has gone” and said he had faith in the refereeing body to “learn from it and they will coach people to make their system better.”

Evans also claimed that “only” Paul Simpson had a different view to him on how the game panned out.

"The performance was largely dominating and I think it was only Paul Simpson that saw it in a different way,” added the Boro boss.

"But if you’re Simmo, you're delighted with the response you get from your players. They dug in and I’ve had teams that have done that and got a point. 

"But from our point of view, we dominated the game and missed a host of chances.”

United also had a claim against one of the decisions by ref Darren Drysdale during the game, after the official awarded a free-kick for a foul on Terry Ablade, with many Blues players insisting the foul was in the penalty area.