Premier League - FA to look at Kinnear rant

Eurosport - Mon, 10 Nov 16:50:00 2008

The FA are to review the comments Joe Kinnear made after Newcastle's 2-1 defeat against Fulham on Sunday.

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Kinnear branded official Martin Atkinson a "Mickey Mouse referee" for failing to spot a foul by Fulham's Andy Johnson on Claudio Cacapa in the build-up to the decisive penalty at Craven Cottage.

The interim Newcastle manager may be asked to explain his outburst, with a decision on whether the FA intend to pursue the matter likely on Tuesday.

Kinnear accused Atkinson of costing his side at least a point, as part of a wider rant about the declining standards of refereeing.

"There was a blatant foul prior to the penalty, which the referee ignored," he said.

"We were camped in their half. Cacapa was on the ball - and Johnson completely pushes him out the way, nicks the ball and gets the penalty.

"We've got the Mickey Mouse referee doing nothing. He's made an error that cost us. That's the standard of refereeing in this country.

"It happens week in, week out. There's always a smart answer like 'someone was obstructing my view'.

"You used to be able to have a bit of banter with referees, and they'd put their hands up if they make mistakes. Now they hide."

It is not Kinnear's first spat with an official - he was given a two-match touchline ban in 2004 for calling referee Clive Penton 'Coco the Clown' while at Nottingham Forest.

The suspension meant he was unable to sit in the dug-out for Newcastle until mid-October, and there could be a similar conclusion to this latest incident.

Kinnear was incensed by the defeat, after claiming his side could have won given their dominance until Danny Murphy snatched all three points from the spot.

Shola Ameobi equalised in the second half, but Fulham restored their lead against the run of play to plunge Newcastle back into the relegation zone.

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  1. the laugh is if it was the other way and newcastle got­ the penalty nothing would have been said . why dont­ managers stop wining about decisions against them when­ they say nothing when it goes for them ,, maybe the­ managers are the mickey mouses ,football is a great­ game and errors happen and thats life , shall we stop­ the game all the time check the replay and while that­ is on have some adverts chucked in as what they do in­ america cos thats what tv wants ? cos they can make­ money in adverts in the game , the great game of­ football will be ruined , so you mickey mouse managers­ stop moaning when it goes against you ,its life get on­ with it ,

    From Chris, on Tue 11 Nov 9:32AM

  2. Good refereeing results in good football being played;­ good refereeing results managers not making excuses­ about poor refereeing that affected the outcome of­ games and not calling referees "Mickey­ Mouse". Good refereeing results in RESPECT. FA,­ UEFA, and FIFA. You need to change an antiquated system­ and allow more referees and technology to help­ referees.

    From starman_123, on Tue 11 Nov 5:49AM

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    From mixedbeaugirl, on Tue 11 Nov 1:02AM

  5. Wonder what words poor Joe offered Michael for missing­ the sitter from six yards out?

    From c d, on Mon 10 Nov 11:51PM

  6. calling someone who is mickey mouse is hardly a rant­ like!
    come on its hardly an offensive comment!!! like i­ see everyone is against newcastle again.

    From Richard F, on Mon 10 Nov 10:49PM

  7. Managers like Kinnear should look at themselves before­ berating officials. If the ref. is Mickey Mouse then­ perhaps Joe is Goofy.
    Foul mouth managers who employ­ and condone people like Barton are perhaps not good­ enough to judge others so harshly.

    From peterhatt, on Mon 10 Nov 10:30PM

  8. The FA want everyone to be nice to the ref. true with­ out them there wouldn't be a match, but there has­ to be some kind of punishment for a poor ref. if a­ person has a bad day fine everyone does, and sometimes­ they really are obstructed. The FA needs to raise its­ standards this isn't some grass roots league.

    From Dan, on Mon 10 Nov 10:09PM

  9. Donald Duck would be more appropriate from Joe. Leave­ him alone for a bit please, he is having a go with­ instuctions only from far away in the smoke. The Toon­ will make it OK

    Agree with the boys about the video­ playback and also bring in the rugby style sin bin to­ shut up the mouthing.

    From taff, on Mon 10 Nov 9:24PM

  10. Dat4kay, I agree with your 4th eye suggestion­ especially with the top flight of English football­ being a serious mult million pound industry but­ there's no way any footballer who played at some­ profesional level could be a referee purely for the­ reason that thier impartiality couldn't be­ garaunteed. Referees always whinge about wanting­ respect but maybe if they weren't (for the large­ part) incompetent waste of spaces, they'd be given­ some

    From jerome_frudd, on Mon 10 Nov 8:24PM

  11. footballers going onto be ref's, dont make me­ laugh.
    The ref's dont earn enough.
    somebody will­ say next that they only play for the love of the­ game.

    Quite agree with the IT, its been proven in­ Rugby and wouldnt hold up the game more than the­ players harrassment off the ref's.

    The managers­ are right though, its a case of jobs, promotion or­ demotion. The ref's are making millon pound­ decisions out on the pitch

    From Rob, on Mon 10 Nov 8:02PM

  12. Football is now a multi million pound industry.­ It's time a fourth eye with IT technology is used.­
    Managers are very good at spotting incidents in their­ favour but how often do they conveniently not see any­ incidents against them. That always amuses me. Even­ with replays how often to we argue whether or not it­ was a free kick or a penalty even with replays.
    There­ is a question that footballers should go on to be ref.­ How many go on to do that after seeing the abuse the­ Ref takes? The lack of footballers going on to be ref­ should answer the question.

    From dave, on Mon 10 Nov 7:23PM

  13. alan k well written although he does have a point to be­ fair it was blatant foul before the pen. shame owen­ w*nked all over his chance at the other end, couldnt­ rele have been mush worse for him...

    From balkinsnet, on Mon 10 Nov 7:12PM

  14. ref should be told by the fa insted of kinnear

    From Joseph, on Mon 10 Nov 6:47PM

  15. Time for the video ref like with most other sports

    From barrie c, on Mon 10 Nov 6:03PM

  16. funny he didnt complain about the newcastle goal which­ was shown as 2 yards offside on tv.

    From geordieprince1, on Mon 10 Nov 6:00PM

  17. Why is it that when managers tell it as it is they are­ punished and the stupid refs are always right even when­ they are soooo wrong.
    All the FA want is to have @#$%­ footing managers and players with no backbone well sod­ them bring back the vinny jones and chopper­ harris's and get back to proper football.
    Man utd­ fan

    From acewon, on Mon 10 Nov 5:55PM

  18. It all points to the urgent provision of European refs.

    From Paul, on Mon 10 Nov 5:47PM

  19. FA are a bunch of gin-swilling megalomaniacs.
    The ref­ was pants, just like they have been all season . . . .­ . sort it FA.

    From cameron w, on Mon 10 Nov 5:30PM

  20. ts true Joe, refs are a joke nowadays,just like­ everything else in this country,I personally blame­ "New Labour" for all this,every since they­ said that "more women,kids,@#$%,etc should attend­ games,refs have "Lost the Plot",give me the­ 80s anyday Joe,you were spot on,the real fans were­ "Men of Steel"!!!! Shame on you "New­ Labour Danger, the 80s will rise again!!!!

    From Charles, on Mon 10 Nov 5:29PM
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