It's an absolute ****ing disgrace. Really it's a ****ing disgrace. The obscene amount of power wielded by Ferguson could not be any more obvious. I'm amazed that this stuff is allowed to pass without it being questioned.
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****ing pisstake.
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Thats ****ed up.Modifying post.Comment
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Who decides which referee for which game? Is it a random draw or is it done manually by cherry picking each ref for each game?
It is an absolute disgrace that Foy has been demoted to League 2 for refereeing the game honestly and that cunt bucket of a human being called Fergie saying foreigners dive is nothing but a pure tactical move to put the other teams under pressure. City have very few English players in their team, don't they?Patience when teased often, transforms into rageComment
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Quite obviously Fergie decides who refs each gameOriginally posted by destinydude View Post
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Can anyone elaborate on this a little? I was like 5 when the 'PL' started.Originally posted by Neil Young View PostPatience when teased often, transforms into rageComment
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Can you 'lobby' some journos to start reporting this? If they think it is career suicide, then it'll be difficult to change their minds, but it's got to start somewhere.Originally posted by Shaggy View PostOh I don't know.Comment
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Beyond belief. It would be laughable if it didn't piss me off so muchOriginally posted by fah-qComment
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[Bender]Amazingly Utd have got Howard Webb reffing this weekend in the away match to Newcastle[/Bender]
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Originally posted by destinydude View PostAlan Sugar is a man fêted by politicians and media alike as a business genius. Yet he gained financially as a direct result of supplying insider information to someone whose business benefitted enormously from (and arguably was built on) getting the contract, since when most of his money has been made by riding the property boom.The managing director of London Weekend Television (LWT) Greg Dyke met with the representatives of the "big five"[1][2] football clubs in England in 1990. The meeting was to pave the way for a break away from the Football League. Dyke believed that it would be more lucrative for LWT if only the larger clubs in the country were featured on national television and wanted to establish whether the clubs would be interested in a larger share of television rights money.
The fundamental difference between the old Football League and the breakaway league (what became the Premier League) is that the money in the breakaway league would only be divided between the clubs active in that division whilst it was shared between all Football League clubs in the old First Division.
The five clubs decided it was a good idea and decided to press ahead with it, however the league would have no credibility without the backing of The Football Association and so David Dein of Arsenal F.C. held talks to see whether the FA were receptive to the idea. The FA did not enjoy an amicable relationship with the Football League at the time and considered it as a way to weaken the Football League's position.
ITV offered £205million for the television rights and later increased their offer to £262million but were outbid by Rupert Murdoch who saw it as the make or break opportunity to lure new customers to their loss-making satellite service Sky Television plc who had been advised by Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Alan Sugar. Trevor East of ITV heard Sugar on the telephone speaking to Murdoch at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London in May 1992 advising an increased bid for the television rights. Sugar is alleged to have told Murdoch to "Blow them out of the water".[3]
Sugar, at the time was supplying SKY with Satellite Dishes and was the only Chairperson of a big five club to vote in favour of Sky's bid. The other large clubs were reluctant to accept Sky's bid due to it being a non-terrestrial television service and no pledge from SKY to feature their games more regularly was made.
Following a trial in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court by Justice Rose, it was held that the formation of the Premier League was not subject to judicial review, The Football Association being governed by private law.
Footnotes:
[1] The big five are Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham, Everton and Arsenal
[2] Evans, Anthony; Conolly, Thomas; Lai, Stephen; Whitfield, Matthew; Bainbridge, James; and Mellor, Andrew (27 December 2005). "Kerry Packer (1937-2005)". The Filter^.
[3] Conn, David. The Football Business. Mainstream Media.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundat...Premier_LeagueLast edited by Neil Young; 02-10-12, 05:33 PM..
Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.
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I'm gobsmacked.
It's ****ing ludicrous.
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Do we know he hasn't been down for that game for ages?Trey Nyoni: countdown to stardom-2 years1year0.5 yearsComment
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Refs aren't appointed/confirmed until the Monday or Tuesday before a game. So he's been demoted.Originally posted by Kenneth View Post
The appointment of match officials for matches is traditionally announced each Monday with 19 referees available to officiate 10 Premier League matches and six selected Football League matches.
The appointments are made by the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOB).
When making the appointments, a number of factors are taken into account including:
- The current form of the official
- The referee’s position in the merit table
- Overall experience
- How often they have refereed the Clubs involved
- Proximity to the ground or city in which they were born or live
- The team the referee supports
- International appointments (For example if referees have UEFA matches on Thursdays they will only be available for matches on Sundays or Mondays)Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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