Tetchytyke
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In tennis, maybe not, but in football? It's all part of the fun to loudly question a referee's parentage and whether he's been to a high street optician recently.
And that referee in that match was particularly awful.
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In tennis, maybe not, but in football? It's all part of the fun to loudly question a referee's parentage and whether he's been to a high street optician recently.
And that referee in that match was particularly awful.
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The well known football referee Jack Taylor used to tell players they could call him all the names under the sun, but if they called him a cheat they'd be in the dressing room before they knew what had hit them. I think that's fair enough.
You really want somebody sent off for saying "oh come on ref that was never a foul"? Verbally abusing a referee already is a red card offence but many referees take the easy option and just end up making a rod for their own back.
Quote taken from the Premier League website..
I'd have no problem making them red card offences instead. These are things players don't need to do, but they do it in an attempt to influence decisions, or to get opponents into trouble. If players know there's zero tolerance they'll stop doing it. Refs let them get away with too much at the moment.
RichmondCommu
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I think my fellow forum members would enjoy Howard Webb's book. Its a very good account of what its like to be a ref in my opinion.
Howard Webb, the referee who deemed a kung fu kick in the 2010 world cup final to be worthy only of a yellow card
!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJwFA0P7oaM
Howard Webb, the referee who deemed a kung fu kick in the 2010 world cup final to be worthy only of a yellow card
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJwFA0P7oaM
And the same man that has said countless times since that he was wrong.
Refereeing is a thankless task.
He couldn't really say much else. Let's cut to the chase, Webb bottled it!
It's not acceptable to verbally abuse anybody in any situation.
Im absolutely astonished anybody thinks it's acceptable to think it's part of the fun. It tells me a lot about your character.
Kite159
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Sadly not, Team Conaldo managed to get another dodgy goal, but they still lost on the night
Hopefully Juve will beat them in the final, otherwise you might be needing one of those super-jumbo planes to take back Conaldo with his massive head
Sadly not, Team Conaldo managed to get another dodgy goal, but they still lost on the night
Hopefully Juve will beat them in the final, otherwise you might be needing one of those super-jumbo planes to take back Conaldo with his massive head
Sadly the away goal just before half time killed the tie, some shocking defending in the build up:cry:
Old Yard Dog
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For a full list of where every Football League and Premier League team played every season since 1888, see
http://bradfordfc.org.uk/
and click on the model of Park Avenue.
Please let me know of any errors (but I have no interest whatsoever in commercially sponsored ground names).
Geezertronic
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Graham Poll in the 2006 World Cup was probably more culpable when he gave Josip Simunic three yellow cards
EbbwJunction1
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Try this link from Wiki for a list of Defunct Football Grounds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_English_football_stadiums
It does say that it isn't complete, and it isn't, as it doesn't include Newport County's old grounds at Somerton Park (Football League) and The Newport Stadium (Non League).
It does say that it isn't complete, and it isn't, as it doesn't include Newport County's old grounds at Somerton Park (Football League) and The Newport Stadium (Non League).
Kite159
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And Chelsea are confirmed as Champs.
Shame the crowd are being idiots
Shame the crowd are being idiots
backontrack
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If you do that kind of thing it will affect the quality of the refereeing :roll:
AlterEgo
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No it won't.
Football is a combative and tribal sport. Wouldn't be the same otherwise. I got shouted at and called names all the time when I played semi-professionally.
Perhaps you'd prefer snooker.
backontrack
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When more serious words get bandied about in jest, then things take on a whole new level because there's nothing to stop people from saying them on the street.
Nah, I'm better at football.
Howardh
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C'mon Chorley!!
Karl
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Thanks for the heads up! I was listening to Sunderland v Swansea on BBC 5Live and completely forgot about Chorley. Just switched over to BBC Radio Lancashire this minute. Phew!
61653 HTAFC
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All square at half-time in the play-offs, the stats suggest a decidedly one-sided game and it was one-way traffic for much of the game. Unfortunately we couldn't make the dominance count. Hopefully Wednesday will be a bit more adventurous on Wednesday, which should give us a bit more freedom to build too...
Howardh
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Thanks for the heads up! I was listening to Sunderland v Swansea on BBC 5Live and completely forgot about Chorley. Just switched over to BBC Radio Lancashire this minute. Phew!
Another disappointment!
To be honest I'm not sure Chorley's ground is up to conference standards, it may tick the right boxes r/e seats and covers but wherever you stand or sit the view's pretty dreadful; not so bad when there's 500 in but 1500 makes life difficult. Add to that the unsafe grass banking, poor floodlighting and lack of gates (to help segregation) I wonder how they got the nod?
Don't know if Chorley have any plans in that direction - I assume they are well aware of any shortcomings but at least defeat means improvements can wait another day.
If they ever made it to the League (as in Forest Green!) I think they would have to sell up and move, unless substantial funds could be found to upgrade Victory Park.
Chorley's ground would have been good enough for the Conference National as they would not been allowed to compete in the playoffs (like Darlington).
Went Io Guiseley in March, it was poor with little cover and no real terracing, but Conference standard, apparently.
Went Io Guiseley in March, it was poor with little cover and no real terracing, but Conference standard, apparently.
EM2
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In a few years, the answer to this question could be Nailsworth, with Forest Green Rovers being successful in yesterday's National League play-off and gaining promotion to League Two.
Actually, will Nailsworth be the smallest town to ever be represented in the Football League?
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AlterEgo
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What does that even mean?
Someone calling the referee a "blind c**t" is part of the game. I don't support racist sexist or homophobic etc chanting, but a good swear word is fine. The game would be rather anodyne without it. I used to get called a lot worse as a player!