Who is your favourite ref?

[dom9]

Simple question really.

Say we're playing away at Old Trafford tomorrow, which of the current crop would you deem acceptable?

Howard Webb can be ignored for the purposes of this debate.

For the record, I have no idea myself.

[Kenneth]

I'll do it.

[Craig_H]

Would've said Clattenburg but then he screwed us at Stoke.

Dowd is generally alright, no?

I'll do it.

[Shaggy]

Hate them all.

[The Birdman]

Surprisingly enough I had a sensible debate on Twitter with Henry Winter about refs.
It's not about the quality of the ref it's about their interpretation of the rules, we might feel hard done by with the 4 yellows against Spurs but by the letter of the law they were all yellows.
The problem is that I guarantee in the next game Jones ref's he referee's it differently, Dowd let loads go in the Man U v Chelsea game.

It isn't the standard of refs it's the inconsistancy that fans can't understand.

The rules are the bloody rules, it doesn't matter if anyone agrees with them, it doesn't matter who is playing or if it's the first day of the season or last if referee's officiated all the games to the rules or letter of the law we would all get consistancy.

[The Erectile Banana]

The longer I watch football the more all referees morph into one continuous, faceless whistle-blowing entity.

That said I would favour any referee who awards us copious penalties and/or sends off opposition players on a whim. All those referees seem to be working for our opponents this season though.

[Chris]

Dont have time for any of them, only one I liked in recent years was Alan Wiley. Thought he was excellent and didnt roll over for Man Utd at Old Trafford which is why Ferguson despised him.

[BringbackBiscan]

Hate them all.

[Cormack74]

Would've said Clattenburg but then he screwed us at Stoke.



Dowd is generally alright, no?

Always seems completely unpredictable to me. sometimes great but he's been a complete c*nt to us in the past too IIRC.

[calvoboy]

I wouldn't say I particularly liked any of them, but I've generally thought that Atkinson, Marriner, Mason and Walton have been alright out of the current list. They all have shockers from time to time, but some like Dowd just love themselves and want to be controversial....Webb nowadays too.

I cannot for the life of me work out how Stuart Attwell is on the international list - he's the worst ref I've seen since that Singh bloke in the early 90s (who amazingly went on to sue the league for racial discrimination).

[Shaggy]

I wouldn't say I particularly liked any of them, but I've generally thought that Atkinson, Marriner, Mason and Walton have been alright out of the current list. They all have shockers from time to time, but some like Dowd just love themselves and want to be controversial....Webb nowadays too.

I cannot for the life of me work out how Stuart Attwell is on the international list - he's the worst ref I've seen since that Singh bloke in the early 90s (who amazingly went on to sue the league for racial discrimination).

Not sure it was early 90s, more like late 90s I think, but I was at a Division Three game and he was running the line. The stick and abuse he got was unbelievable. It seemed bad to me at the time, but looking back it was seriously unreal. There'd be mass arrests now. One fella chucked an orange at his turban...hit him full on the side of the head.

Poor *******.

[Shaggy]

I should add there was raucous laughter when the orange hit him and I'm extremely ashamed to say I was party to that laughter.

[Chrono]

Surprisingly enough I had a sensible debate on Twitter with Henry Winter about refs.
It's not about the quality of the ref it's about their interpretation of the rules, we might feel hard done by with the 4 yellows against Spurs but by the letter of the law they were all yellows.

Adam's first was a yellow?

[Assassin]

Hate them all.

Even Perluigi?

If only they were all like him. The one and only



Apart from him I hate the rest of the ****ers

[Shaggy]

Well he's an ex-ref.

He was brilliant mind.