The referee is illegitimate, illegitimate…the referee’s a bastard? Yes indeed we feel your pain. While the anticlimactic title race and final table have now been decided, don’t despair excitement-craving English Premier League fans there is one title that has yet to be decided in the EPL: The one for worst … Continue reading
Despite his glaring errors throughout the rest of the match, referee Martin Atkinson got one call right: ejecting Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard for his deliberate stomp on Manchester United opponent Ander Herrera. The ìmmediate howls of derision from Reds fans in Sunday’s marquee Premier League clash at Anfield were to be … Continue reading
For most of Sunday’s Manchester derby it looked as though referee Michael Oliver felt sorry for slumping and short-handed Manchester United. Oliver quickly lost the plot in the much-anticipated English Premier League clash after correctly dismissing United defender Chris Smalling in the 38th minute for his reckless tackle to the … Continue reading
Manchester United midfielder Ashley Young had two separate penalty kick appeals denied by referee Chris Foy as the Red Devils continued their winless start to the Barclay’s Premier League season with a scoreless draw at Burnley on Saturday. Young who has been gaining a bad reputation of late and was … Continue reading
It just won’t be the same without you on the case Howie. Love him or hate him former Yorkshire policeman Howard Webb has hung up his whistle and has walked away from the pitch. On Wednesday the English Premier League referee announced his retirement as a match official after 25 … Continue reading
FIFA acted quickly and on Thursday and slapped Uruguay striker Luis Suarez with a lengthy suspension for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. Suarez was banned four months from all football related activity and was also suspended for nine international matches after a review of the highly-publicized incident by the disciplinary committee of the … Continue reading