BURNLEY manager Sean Dyche has called for greater education, training and monitoring of referees, after a leading referees’ organisation accepted the Clarets have been on the wrong end of several game-changing decisions this season.

Former Premier League referee Dave Allison, who is now the referees' manager of the Professional Game Match Official’s (PGMO) National Group, was contacted by Dyche after Clarets chief totted up the number of points lost due to officials making the wrong call against his team to 20.

The last incident was arguably the most controversial of the campaign. When David Dunn crashed in a stoppage time equaliser in the last East Lancashire derby a little over a fortnight ago, the Blackburn Rovers midfielder was two yards offside.

The controversial goal prevented Burnley from ending a 34-year wait for a win against their arch enemy, and led to Dyche cataloguing all the decisions he feels have wrongly gone against the Clarets under his watch since October.

Dyche revealed Allison accepted his arguments, but he is not out for retribution.

“It’s not about point proving, it’s about education,” he said. “I have empathy for the referees because they haven’t got the funding available to help them with their journey.

“The irony being the money has just gone up again to get in the Premier League, and yet we’re asking people who work all day and all week to come officiate on a game and make these key decisions for teams searching for a pot of gold – more than £80million.

“What I’d offer is, if there’s that much money in the top level of football I think it should be channelled into aiding these gentlemen who are trying to officiate the game, because they want to do it properly.

“Referees need continued education and development. The only way that can happen is with increased funding.”

Of the documented evidence he sent to Allison, Dyche added: “We have someone we can go to to ask these situations. Really it’s only for your own sanity often because we know we’re not going to get anything out of it as regards points back or anything.

“It’s important we reflect on things in the appropriate manner. Sometimes it's good to have them look at it to give you feedback.

“I’ve had all the varying moments that have gone against us put on a DVD and sent off and they’ve all been agreed. I’m not crying, they’re facts.”