Premiership referees

[tincan]

Thought he was retiring

Be interesting

First ref to hand out 100 red cards in the premier league, I wonder the percentages of top 6 vs other 14 clubs is?

Lets hope VAR will make mincemeat of him

 

[Whiston Blade]

Accept that Mike Dean is a footy fan, loyal to his club, but does anybody else notice that in the semis and the play off final he has miraculously got from his terrace position / seat to a position where the cameras can easily pick up his passionate celebrations ? Attention seeking nobber who may cause us some problems next year ?

I don’t really care to be honest.

 

[Yoonited]

To be fair to Mike Dean, he just went over to the stairs.

And to be even fairer, if you're one of the camera operators at the league two playoff final and you're tasked with filming the crowd, you'd immediately find out if there were any celebrities attending.

Celebrity??? Phook me I don't think so. What's to celebrate?

 

[bromtom]

Celebrity??? Phook me I don't think so. What's to celebrate?

He shouldn't be, but that's football now. The only referees I knew when I was growing up were Pierluigi Collina because he was on the cover of Pro Evo and was weird looking, and Uriah Rennie because he's from Sheffield.

Now though referees are as well known as the players, it's infamy rather than fame I suppose.

 

[Bannerman]

Kirkpatrick. Watch from 2 mins 12 secs

My all time favourite referee out of a total of errr one.

Anyone criticising the money spent on the Desso needs to take a look at that pitch. And that was at Old Trafford, which was pristine in comparison to the likes of the Baseball Ground and many others.

 

[Yoonited]

He shouldn't be, but that's football now. The only referees I knew when I was growing up were Pierluigi Collina because he was on the cover of Pro Evo and was weird looking, and Uriah Rennie because he's from Sheffield.

Now though referees are as well known as the players, it's infamy rather than fame I suppose.

So it seems.

Causes me to wonder if they should have League tables for the officials.

Mind you we'd need decisive ex footballers and perhaps an ex ref or two to score their performances,rather than the antiquated narrow thinkers that appear to think they are capable of making rational decisions about a sport they have never played.

 

[penthouseblade]

I was too young to appreciate him but Roger Milford was a favourite of my dads. I trust his judgement as he was an ex referee himself!

 

[MobileBlade]

He was the ref when we beat Watford 3-0 to clinch promotion in May 1971. Met him outside the players entrance after the match as many wanted an autograph from him.

You never did that to me.