i dnt support chelsea beither do i like them but its­ not the refs fault in my eyes its that french t wat­ platini who hates all english. this is a conspiracy no­ doubt in my mind he wuda done anything to stop another­ all english final so probably tapped up the ref.

We just need to wait a few years for the old farts like­ Blatter to die/retire and technology will fix all this­ @#$%. Games may take a bit longer to playout but at­ least decisions will be proper and people will stop­ blaming human error that will always be a factor in the­ game.

The difference is that in all these cases it was one ­ mistake. This guy yesterday demonstrated a series of­ serious mitakes . All the incidences happened when he­ was in a short distance from the offence. HE IS A JOKE

# 37, before calling anybody idiot, you must learn to­ write, or at least find simpler words that your mind­ can handle. Whatever the 4th referee is for, it is not­ his job to overrule the linesmen AND the referee. The­ video replay was not, has not been adopted neither by­ FIFA nor by UEFA, yet it was used de facto to review­ Zidane's conduct. Had not he been sent off, it­ would have been a disgrace for whom? The Italians? The­ Spanish? As for the name calling, it always happens:­ when someone is short on arguments, he or she start­ calling names or using expletives. It makes him/her­ feel better while compensating for their inadequacy at­ the brain level.

in the 78/79 season READINGS first goal of the season­ at home to rochdale was a shot that went into the side­ netting!
went on to win the game and get promotion at­ end of season!

Carl D, you are an absolute i.d.i.o.t, without any­ doubts. Do you know anything about football? 4th man is­ there to coadiuvate the refree on particular topics.­ Zinedine Zidane had to be sent off; if he had not been­ sent off the pitch, that would have been a HUGE­ football disgrace! On the other, you must surely be a­ liver damaged french or a Domenech parent, which, trust­ me, is far from being a compliment.

If you want bad ref incidents how about this one­ Stockingford White Lion V Arley and the ref didn't­ turn up so there manager reffed. After about ten­ minutes he called over one of our players and said­ "i'm booking you whats your name?" our­ player said, "i aint telling you" and the ref­ said "i know what it is anyway it's­ c***." wrote it down and waved the imaginary card.­ Seven quid that cost us!

Oh and with the players on your team, who lie on the­ floor clutching their face, grimacing after minimal­ contact trying to get opposition players booked... I­ wouldn't accuse any other team of diving.
Every­ team in this world has divers, yet you're insistent­ on being a pot calling a kettle black.

Tim are you stupid?
If your hand is raised above your­ head, or placed away from your body.... and in the act­ of the ball making contact with it, it stops a goal­ bound strike or prevents a goalscoring opportunity, it­ is an offence.

-Hence the Pique incident is­ STONEWALL...
-The Eto'o incident is debatable as­ no-one can tell if it was on target.
-The Abidal tackle­ on Drogba was stonewall as well, and Abidal­ should've been sent off then and there... but­ Drogba's reputation played against him.
-The Alves­ tackle on Malouda is also a clear penalty, if he­ stopped play for the incident which left Malouda on the­ ground. The only excuse he has is if the initial foul­ was outside the box, in which case the freekick was­ STILL given in an incorrect position.
-The others are­ not even debatable penalties.

Referee are killing football. Referee anywhere whether­ europe, america,asia or africa, something need to be­ done before something tragic happen before solution are­ found. Let us have technology in football. We have it­ in rugby, baseball racing, lawn tennis, why is football­ different. Clubs must come together to force governing­ bodies to introduce technology.

I would add to that list the sending off of Zinedine­ Zidane in the final of the last World Cup. The referee­ did not see the incident nor was it reported by the­ linesmen. Someone who was not even in the game reported­ it and they checked(?????) the video. Who was that­ fourth "referee?" A certain Medina Cantalejo,­ who had awarded a penalty to Italy so they could­ advance. Anyone remembers why Juventus was relegated to­ a lower league? Barcelona has great players, but you­ see too many decisions in their favor. Football at that­ level has become like a ballet: everyone is in position­ and take a certain step a certain time, making a great­ show, but not what we would like to see. I trust­ neither the Italians nor the Spaniards at great matches­ time. They have perfected the art of Crooking.

oh and tim you p rick! if you can show me 1 video of­ any of the players you mentioned going down without any­ contact I'll give you 100 quid. I could show you­ plenty videos of ronaldo and gerrard going down without­ the any kind of contact, thats what a dive is.

god Id­ luv to punch you on the face

oh and tim you p rick! if you can show me 1 video of­ any of the players you mentioned going down without any­ contact I'll give you 100 quid. I could show you­ plenty videos of ronaldo and gerrard going down without­ the any kind of contact, thats what a dive is.

god Id­ luv to punch you on the face

tim you are an actuall disgrace. you are just lying on­ purpose. you shouldnt be allowed to use a computer.­ fair enough people have opinions and utd n liverpool­ fans will say rubbish cause its chelsea but you are the­ worst person I have ever came across. I feel sorry for­ anyone that knows you, although I guess you have no­ friends.

lot of bad decisions in spurs utd games aint­ there

refereeing Tom Henning Ovrebo Should go to hill and­ kills itself is not a good refereeing and UAF shoud­ stop using him...

Drogba is to England what Pepe is to Spain: Disgraceful­ testimonies that affect the way children see this­ sport. Poor Henning. ¡Ballack has the most atrocious­ bad breath! Poor Hiddink. His bad memory fails to­ remind him of a couple of legitimate goals scored be­ Spain in 2004 Korea-Japan World Cup that were called­ null and void by a referee, classifying his pupils in­ the same fashion we saw yesterday. You sow in 2004-you­ reap in 2009. Bye Bye Baby. Man U is number one by a­ longshot.

Three Card Poll was hilarious, but nothing more.

Hand­ of God is total stupidity, and Maradona should be­ banned from football because of that.

Schumacher's­ "effort" was the worst I've ever seen....­ how the hell he CLATTERED into Battiston and ESCAPED­ with it?

But the worst one of all....? The­ Reading-Watford match. Guess the assistant referee was­ in dreamland!

(P.S: The "ghost goal" in­ Liverpool-Chelsea CL semifinal also deserves a mention­ in there, but I think it's excluded because it was­ never determined the ball crossed the line - still, I­ believe it didn't....)

homerBeckham what are you talking about... it is in the­ list shown in this article... actually the photo is­ that referee showing the Croatian player the third­ yellow

I think graham poll should be on top of the list­ because he booked the same player 3 times without­ giving him a red card during world cup 2006.......I­ think those who work at yahoo sports must be all stupid­ english who are related to sir oswald mosley..the­ founder of graet britain fascist.

Of course eurosport will claim to have blocked my ip­ for speaking the truth.The Cameroon-England match of­ 90' was a total disgrace to football and sports in­ general.