SWINDON Town's Bradley Barry reckons there may have been more than just a hint of injustice about their 1-1 draw with Shrewsbury Town on Saturday, although the full-back is keen to put it bed as soon as possible.

The Shrews earned their point at the County Ground 10 minutes from time, with Mat Sadler sending a header onto the crossbar before crashing down onto the line. A flurry in the box then ensued before the officials awarded the goal.

Members of the Town backroom staff questioned whether the ball had in fact crossed the line, while goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux was also infuriated by the decision to allow the goal to stand and sent out a disparaging tweet about the officials post-match, which was subsequently deleted.

Barry claims he had a clear view of the effort and believes a goal should not have been given but was eager not to dwell on the controversy and is instead focused on getting a response next time out.

“I was on the line as well and for me, it didn’t go over,” said Barry.

“What I say now is not going to change the result so I am not going to think about it. It’s going to be in the back of my head and it’s going to be a disappointment but it’s done.

“All through the week we can moan about it but we need to concentrate on Bolton now (next weekend) and that’s going to be a tough game as well.”

Sadler’s disputed effort cancelled out John Goddard’s opener for Town from the penalty spot, an incident that also saw the visitors reduced to 10 men when Aristote Nsiala was sent off.

Barry was frustrated that Town were unable to see out the game and believes that with the team in such a worrying position in the League One table, panic began to set in.

“It is a disappointing result, going 1-0 up with 11 men as well but it’s just one of those things,” said Barry.

“Especially in this league, you have to see it through a full 90 minutes otherwise you do get punished.

“Going a man up, you think ‘we really have to maintain this now and we have to go and get another goal and see out this game’.

“We should have just sat back and controlled the game a bit more, passed it around and made them put a bit more in their legs.

“It’s one of those things. We need to be more mature with things like that, which I think we will get as a group. We are all working together every day and we will get there.”