Very much so. Well known amongst football people those games has dodgy written all over them. Just heard the ref for the Italy match the one who sent of totti has just come out of jail for drug trafficking thus proving he likes a bung. Also heard jack Warner personally picked the ref for the South Korea v Spain match later on in the 2002 WC and we all know his past from the last year. He is corrupt as the rest of them.
Honestly I don't know where it stops. Very worrying.
If you haven't seen them or can't remember them then well worth a look on YouTube.
I remember that cup-tie, can't think of the referees name but he was one of the top ones at the time and believe it or not from Yorkshire, he was dropped from the list though at the end of the season I think and was in line to be cu final referee so he did pay a penalty. Later that night we were in a chippy when a mob of Wednesday fans attacked us bit of melee and one of ours had a waste bin held out for protection old bill nicked him, no Wednesday fans got nicked. The bloke, no previous, married couple of kids case got taken to Crown Court got 12 months, lost his job, home the lot. bad night !FA Cup at Sheffield Wednesday, midweek due to Saturday's fixture being post poned due to snow. I think we took the lead through Terry Gibson then Wednesday equalised. Dave Bennett got taken out when clean through but got nothing.
Then the real piss poor decision, from all things a South Yorkshire, deep in injury time with a replay beckoning back at Highfield Road.
Wednesday corner to the near post, their forward rises and heads it wide for goal kick. But as it goes wide of the post it hits the back of a defenders arm which was outstretched through jumping in front of the attacker.
No hesitation whistle and pointed straight to the spot. Wednesday score and are through. Coventry make official complaint to FA who I think just threw it straight in the bin.
I am pissed off even now.
Very much so. Well known amongst football people those games has dodgy written all over them. Just heard the ref for the Italy match the one who sent of totti has just come out of jail for drug trafficking thus proving he likes a bung. Also heard jack Warner personally picked the ref for the South Korea v Spain match later on in the 2002 WC and we all know his past from the last year. He is corrupt as the rest of them.
Honestly I don't know where it stops. Very worrying.
If you haven't seen them or can't remember them then well worth a look on YouTube.
Perfectly good Crystal Palace goal (at Highfield Road) from a free kick, hit the back stanchion and rebounded out, ref thought it hit the bar (in fairness so did I until I saw the replay on TV).
Perfectly good Crystal Palace goal (at Highfield Road) from a free kick, hit the back stanchion and rebounded out, ref thought it hit the bar (in fairness so did I until I saw the replay on TV).
As someone who was named after the City players that scored that day, I'm pretty chuffed that Cyrille didn't score.
Stephen 'Wiggy' bastard Lodge. That still pisses me off too
mark hughes did something similar for southampton v leeds, except the advertising boards were the culprit that time - volleyed a rocket into the net - hit the advertising boards, and came back out - at full speed didnt look a goal, but when they slowed it down on tv was clearDon't think it can happen now they changed the design of the stancheon due to that.
Remember game at Norwich maybe 20-25 years ago. IIRC we were loosing 1 - 0 when we score after a scramble. Ref disallows goal & explains he had already blown for a penalty when the ball has hit the net. After much protests things settle down & ball is placed on the pen spot - can't remember who took it- & ball is promptly dispatched into bottom
left corner. Hurrah 1 - 1. But wait this dick-heads not finished yet. So he disallows the pen for encroachment (unbelievable Jeff ) well you can guess where the next attempt went can't you. Result 1 - 0
Remember the home game v Burnley first season we were relegated from the PL. Burnley got a dubious free kick on the edge of the area and then the referee, Mr Fraser Stretton decides to move the ball forward 10 yards because of City players complaining to him about the decision. Only problem was he failed to remember that you cant move the ball forward into the penalty box, so Burnley have a FK about 8 yards out, all City players on the goal line and cant remember who it was for Burnley but he managed to find the only gap in the entire goals. Think we lost that 2-0. Irked to this day.
The ref we had on Saturday. Worst decision? Agreeing with the linesman in awarding Peterborough a last minute penalty, even after he saw the linesman signal for a throw, a corner a goal kick and a substitution in quick succession.
About '89/'90.
Vs Man Utd at HR
Bryan Robson, already on a yellow, hacked through Speedie in a challenge that should have been a straight red and a call up to the FA for violent conduct.
Ref saw it as clear as day, everyone expected Robson to be off (including Robson) but the Ref just talked to him for 5 mins. He was the England skipper at the time.
Unbelievable.
It's 2016 and you've just managed to piss me off with a memory like that! Remember it well.
A decade or so later, John Eustace got booked for being hacked down by Roy Keane and having the temerity to stand his ground. Mr Poll did nothing to Keane and gave united the free kick.
Sheffield Utd away in the q final replay in 1997 ref said the ball came off Nielson for a corner in injury time, half there fans had left the stadium we were 1-0 up and they equalised and then thrashed us on penalties.
Cuntz
It did come off Nilsson. He tried to control it, but it quirmed off his boot for the corner. Gutting as he wasn't under pressure or anything.
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