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
Forget about Kick It Out, the new slogan for English soccer’s anti-racism and sexism campaign needs to be: Kick Them Out. “Them” being the racists, sexists, xenophobes and homophobes that plague the Football Association, its teams, fans, players, referees, coaches and ownership groups that continue to give the beautiful game a black … Continue reading
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, a popular Twitter quartet of referee Anthony Taylor’s glaring errors has Liverpool fans seeing Red following Saturday’s crushing 2-1 Barclays Premier League loss to Chelsea. As the action in the BPL heats up, the latest sub-par performance by a match official … Continue reading
That didn’t take long now did it? Our beloved Premier League officials had been keeping their noses relatively clean and staying out of the headlines…that is until now. Five weeks into the Premier League season and Manchester City fans are wringing their hands at referee Mike Dean over the season’s … Continue reading
Fans of the beautiful game have vented their referee rage, helping RedCardTheRef set new daily traffic and fan voting records as the Group Stage at the 2014 FIFA World Cup drew to a close on Thursday. Since the tournament kicked off on June 12, RedCardTheRef set daily traffic records on 9 … Continue reading
To Football Association and FIFA executives he is still considered the cream of the crop of referees, but to English Premier League fans he remains the lowest of the low. Veteran referee Howard Webb has retained his title as worst referee in the Barclay’s English Premier League after extensive fan … Continue reading
A highly suspect refereeing decision has again detracted from English Premier League action with the latest incident again raising the recurring question by the beautiful game’s have-nots of referee favouritism for the EPL’s big-money clubs. The latest boost to these arguments occurred on Saturday at Stamford Bridge as West Bromwich … Continue reading
ONLY FIVE WEEK’S AFTER BARCA-MILAN GAFFE, THOMSON TURNS A BLIND EYE TO SPANISH CLUB’S OFFSIDE PROTESTS: A controversial goal has tainted Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League quarter-final victory over Malaga after Scottish referee Craig Thomson refused to whistle-down Felipe Santana`s injury time winner for a blatant offside. At least three Dortmund … Continue reading