At the other end Gael Givet then made a vital clearance from Brett Ormerod's dangerous left-wing cross with Gary Taylor-Fletcher poised to strike at the far post.
The other cases involved nurse Shirley Chaplin, 57, whose employer also stopped her wearing necklaces with a cross, Gary McFarlane, 51, a marriage counsellor sacked after saying he might object to giving sex therapy advice to gay couples, and registrar Lillian Ladele who was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies.