Coventry City Keeper Ben Wilson Scores Late Equalizer Against Blackburn... But Should This Goal Have Been Disallowed For HANDBALL?

Goalkeeper Ben Wilson scored a 95th-minute goal for Coventry City to earn a 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday. The goalkeeper used his hand to score.
Coventry City Keeper Ben Wilson Scores Late Equalizer Against Blackburn... But Should This Goal Have Been Disallowed For HANDBALL?
Coventry City Keeper Ben Wilson Scores Late Equalizer Against Blackburn... But Should This Goal Have Been Disallowed For HANDBALL? /

Goalkeeper Ben Wilson scored a 95th-minute goal for Coventry City to earn a 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday night.

The 30-year-old stopper came up for a corner kick deep into added time and ended up bundling the ball into the net.

It was certainly not the tidiest of finishes from Wilson, who is clearly much more comfortable using his hands than his feet.

Indeed, multiple videos of the goal have emerged appearing to suggest that Wilson may have used his hand, or at least his arm, before nudging the ball over the line.

Coventry City goalkeeper Ben Wilson pictured (in green kit) scoring against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park in April 2023
Coventry City goalkeeper Ben Wilson pictured (in green kit) scoring against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park :: IMAGO/PA Images/Martin Rickett

As this game was in the EFL Championship, rather than the Premier League, there was no VAR review to save Blackburn.

Take a look at the footage for yourself.

Should the goal have been disallowed for handball?

Wednesday's 1-1 draw left Blackburn sixth in the Championship table on 64 points.

Coventry are just one point behind in eighth but have played one game more than Rovers. 


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Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.