in 2004, he received praise from darlington's manager, david hodgson, after reviewing a decision made during their fa cup first round tie at home to yeovil town on 13 november 2004. "joslin ... admitted he was wrong to send [brian] close off in the closing stages", and rescinded the red card. hodgson said: "it's not often that a referee will admit he is in the wrong but he has and i think he deserves a lot of credit for that. he has taken it upon himself to ring me and ask me what i saw. i told him and he agreed that he'd made a mistake."