Referees
Story of the season so far: October 08
The month of October saw the Premier Leagues managers make all the headlines. Joe Kinnear proved that ‘fiasco’ and ‘farce’ weren’t the only ‘F’ words they know at Newcastle whilst Harry Redknapp was branded a Judas on the south coast yet again, turning his back on Portsmouth for the second time in just 4 years.
Story of the season so far: September 08
Its time for part 2 of our review of the season as we move onto the month of September where things really started to hot up on and off the field. The first managerial casualties were claimed, the first of the top 4 clashes produced asurprise and one of the top 4 were all but out of the title race by the end of the month.
Story of the season so far: August 08
Here is a recap of the Premier league season so far including all the most memorable moments from the PitchSlap point of view that is, starting with the month of August
Charity shield Ref suspended
Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has been suspended from duty pending an FA inquiry into his alleged debts. Clattenburg is one of the divisions elite referees and was due to officiate the Community shield this sunday but the FA and Premier Game Match officials LTD have acted swiftly to replace him in light of the [...]
Fergie and Queiroz charged by the FA
Manchester United Manager Alex Ferguson and Assistant Manager Carlos Queiroz have both been charged with improper conduct. They have been charged in relation to comments they made following Manchester United’s FA Cup Sixth defeat against Portsmouth in March. Ferguson’s charge concerns comments about referee Martin Atkinson and PGMO General Manager Keith Hackett, whereas Queiroz’s charge [...]
Mascherano faces FA ban
Javier Mascherano has been charged by the FA with improper conduct following his sending off against Manchester United on sunday. The vague charge relates to the length of time it took the Argentine midfielder to leave the field and could lead to a further 3 game ban in addition to the 1 match automatic ban [...]
Forgive and forget says Grant
And so the Ashley Cole tackle saga continues. Yesterday the player issued an apology to both Hutton and the referee Mike Riley. Cole said:
“I’d like to apologise to anyone I offended and of course Alan Hutton who I tackled. I didn’t mean to go in hard that way, it was high but I tried to [...]
Fergie flies off the handle (again)
Sir Alex Ferguson has gone on an astonishing rant at referees following his sides shock 1-0 home defeat to Portsmouth in the FA cup. The game was mired in controversy, United aggrieved that they didn’t receive a penalty and then ultimately reduced to 10 men after Kuszczak brought down Baros in the box to give [...]
Lampard ref set to support his appeal
Its reported in the Guardian today that Peter Walton, the ref who sent off Frank Lampard at the weekend, will support the player’s view that he should not have been sent off if Chelsea launch an appeal. Walton appears to have bowed to pressure from the media and high profile Chelsea players like John Terry [...]
Lampard’s frivolous appeal
Frank Lampard is to appeal the red card he received for violent conduct against West Ham on Saturday despite the danger of it being deemed frivolous by the FA. Lampard was sent off after he kicked out at Luis Boa Morte and then appeared to raise his hand to Boa Morte’s face, which under Premier [...]
Kaka should become an accountant
Bible bashing world player of the year Kaka has briefly put down the bible to bash Italian referee’s instead. Upset that he has been injured yet again he has asked for special treatment from Serie A officials.
“I don’t like to talk to referees but they need to do something because I’m being fouled a lot [...]
Cheats accuse authorities of cheating
Juventus have written an open letter to the FIGC (Italian federation) and referee’s association of Italy demanding they stop giving decisions against them.
“The repetition of such serious errors forces us to ask for the intervention of the Federation to guarantee the regularity of this campaign, protecting the work and professionalism of the players, Coach and [...]
Graham Poll Esquire
When not boring the pants off auntie on his BBC documentary, Graham Poll is still trying to cement his media career by any means neccessary. His latest vox pop sees him pop up in Esquire magazine of all places, but there is a remarkable difference compared to his previous media work: he’s talking sense and [...]
Who’s the bastard on the box?
For those who missed BBC’s Inside Sport last week, you missed out on an interesting look into the life of England’s most notorious celebrity referee Graham Poll. After the Simunic debacle at the world cup – his excuse that Simunic ‘spoke with an Australian accent’ was particularly funny – you’d think he’d want to stay [...]
