You know you’re having a bad day when you have been demoted to fourth official and then can’t even get your substitutes sign to light up. Poor Mike Dean! You’re all wet in the cold Manchester rain…again. That was the case for one of the EPL’s least-favourite referees, who was … Continue reading
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
If any good comes from Sunday’s EPL refereeing debacle at least official Jon Moss and his bumbling inadequacies may have finally brought the sickening frequency of cheating in the penalty area to a head. Although he halted Leicester’s drive for an EPL title on Sunday, he may end up winning … Continue reading
Mike Dean has left his cards at home….no wait, check that….Mike Dean has completely lost his mind! The much-maligned referee from Cheshire has taken a provisional lead in our English Premier League Worst Referee Poll following his mental meltdown in Saturday’s heated London Derby at Stamford Bridge. Dean caught the … Continue reading
At some point UEFA will need to put their foot down again concerning football’s spoiled-rotten cry babies and players swarming referees over controversial calls in matches. Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir allowed a little too much of that overenthusiastic but blatantly unsportsmanlike behaviour in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League victory by Barcelona … Continue reading
Move over Howie, you have a Friend joining you on the podium of referee incompetence. 43-year-old Leicester referee Kevin Friend has been voted worst referee in the Barclay’s Premier League after our season-long referee poll by RedCardTheRef. Friend captured 318 of 927 votes in our annual survey, easily overtaking his … 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
As the chant “You’re not fit to referee,” echoed around the Emirates in London on Saturday, referee Chris Foy limped off with what was reported as a calf injury. Foy was replaced by fourth official Anthony Taylor in the 60th minute of Arsenal’s 3-0 victory over West Ham but maybe … Continue reading
UEFA has missed the boat once again, this time in their handling of Wednesday’s controversial red card to Paris Saint Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Instead of sending off the Swedish international, referee Bjorn Kuipers and Chelsea midfielder Oscar should be the ones facing disciplinary action instead of the Ibrahimovic. The Dutch official and … Continue reading
It was only four minutes into Sunday’s soggy match St. Mary’s Stadium that Southampton fans commenced with the bitter chants of “You don’t know what you’re doing,” while venting their rage at English Premier League referee Kevin Friend. But how could things go so wrong, so quickly for the often … Continue reading
Real Sociedad manager David Moyes provided soccer fans with one of the funniest moments in recent memory after coming down with a case of the munchies after taking a red card in Copa Del Rey action on Wednesday. Moyes was ejected from his team’s match against Villarreal after arguing … Continue reading
While Premier League managers Jose Mourinho, Mark Hughes and Nigel Pearson began the New Year in a state of referee rage, they weren’t the only ones. The opening day of action in 2015 was rife with fresh refereeing controversy and the level of officiating unraveled so badly over the holidays … Continue reading
And the winner of the first botched referee call of 2015 goes to….Michael Oliver! It didn’t take too long for Oliver to come up with the year’s first howler after refusing to award Stoke City a sure penalty kick in their 1-1 tie with Manchester United in the New Years … Continue reading
After his nightmare performance in last weekend’s 1-0 victory by Manchester City over Everton, referee Andre Marriner has been dropped from this weekend’s Premier League referee appointments. Marriner will instead referee Saturday’s League One contest between Sheffield United and Fleetwood. Among other errors, The 43-year-old match official from Sheldon, West Midlands, … Continue reading