<<a href="http://www.leytonorient.premiumtv.co.uk" target="_blank">ORIENT keeper Stuart Nelson was stinging in his criticism of Nottingham Forest's Grant Holt after the striker appeared to dive to earn a match-changing penalty at the City ground on Saturday.

At the time the O's were only trailing 1-0, before Holt took a spectacular tumble in the box at the start of the second half.

And despite protests from Nelson and a number of his team-mates, referee Iain Williamson refused to overturn his original decision despite a lengthy chat with one of his assistants.

"I'm an honest person and I could say out on the pitch and then in the dressing room afterwards, I never touched him," stated a fuming Nelson.

"I saw that I wasn't going to get to the ball very early on and pulled out, so I couldn't believe it when he went down and was given the penalty. There were enough players out on the pitch that knew he dived and even a couple of their lads came up to me and said that he does it all the time in training.

"I refused to shake his hand after the game because I felt cheated, especially after as we were still right in the game up until that moment. It killed us and I feel cheated by him.

"Of course things like this happen a lot now in the modern game, but when it happens to you it is hard to take."

The former Brentford stopper was equally critical of Williamson and his assistant.

He said: "I was told the only conversation they had was whether they were going to send me off.

"Maybe the ref was only in a position to make that decision, but the linesman would have been right in line to see if it was a penalty or not.

I was told that he had originally flagged for a corner, but it seems that the officials come to big grounds like Forest and are scared of making decisions.

"At the time the ref still had the ability to overturn his original decision, but it wasn't to be."

Despite the 4-0 scoreline, Nelson also believes it didn't tell the whole story after the O's had dominated the opening half an hour. He continued: "We were never on the end of a 4-0 result, because I never felt we were under pressure that much during the game, other than maybe a small spell at the end of the first half.

"But sometimes that is how football goes, although after coming to a big club like Nottingham Forest and spending most of the time in their half it bodes well for the rest of the season."