Presumably because tonights win guaranteed Burnley will finish in the top 2 & get promotion back to the promised land (sorry Premier League) & Middlesborough & the local plod assumed the Burnley fans would want to run onto the pitch to mob their heroes
Mick McCarthy leaves Blackpool, if you loosely trace back our situation to when Beale quits QPR for Rangers, or even when Gerrard leaves there for Villa the fallout for all concerned is pretty grim all round.
Maybe 3 teams have to go down from each division and only one three can go up from most and everyone swapping managers every 30 seconds and therefore making squads play for people other than those who put them together doesn't really fix that, or maybe that's just masking some pretty poor manager performances.
Away fans may win league and.likely to try and invade the pitch, which may lead to altercations with local players and fans? Can see why plod decided things that way myself.
They did the same at Chesterfield, didn't stop anyone going on pitch and there wasn't any sign of trouble or anything like it, just ruined everyone's photos
I was going to say that I could probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of referees I could name if I saw them away from a football pitch or the TV screen but @HolmerBlue has trumped me (an extremely unpleasant experience) and @Twizz has posted a picture of someone whose eyes are the polar opposite of the scarily staring pale blue eyes of Pierluigi Colina.
Has anyone ever seen a referee spitting during a match ? It seems to me that a close up of a player’s face virtually guarantees that expectoration is imminent.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen a female footballer spitting and friends and family who played a fair bit of football in their younger days always seemed sincere about not having done so (or at least with nothing like the frequency with which the professionals seem to). Most said that their mouths tended to be too dry to spit.
Apologies. My semi-comatose Sunday afternoon brain just drifted into that inconsequential load of rubbish.
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Pitch invasions
I guess football supporters are guilty until proven innocent.
Presumably because tonights win guaranteed Burnley will finish in the top 2 & get promotion back to the promised land (sorry Premier League) & Middlesborough & the local plod assumed the Burnley fans would want to run onto the pitch to mob their heroes
Mick McCarthy leaves Blackpool, if you loosely trace back our situation to when Beale quits QPR for Rangers, or even when Gerrard leaves there for Villa the fallout for all concerned is pretty grim all round.
Maybe 3 teams have to go down from each division and only one three can go up from most and everyone swapping managers every 30 seconds and therefore making squads play for people other than those who put them together doesn't really fix that, or maybe that's just masking some pretty poor manager performances.
Have you been to Burnley?
Away fans may win league and.likely to try and invade the pitch, which may lead to altercations with local players and fans? Can see why plod decided things that way myself.
They did the same at Chesterfield, didn't stop anyone going on pitch and there wasn't any sign of trouble or anything like it, just ruined everyone's photos
United v Everton is a bit of a cracker https://twitter.com/Ankaman616/status/1644670304440942594?t=AueEIz7O9v32pelfNb2I6g&s=19
I'm watching that game. Not quite sure it's anything more unusual than any game.
It's like a 5-a-side match
Just a crap team away to a better team is all.
Not the usual Dyche fare. But makes a much better watch for it.
As a rugby fan, I've seen a fair numbers of Hakas, and that one at QPR was by far the tamest and worst I've ever seen.
Unsurprisingly, the players were totally disengaged, and probably sitting there thinking 'WTF is this shit?'.
Which is what their fans are thinking at the end of their games. Who says they aren't in sync.
Wycombe legend Robert Jones refereeing Southampton v City
Remind me, please @ReturnToSenda what led to his legendary status.
Referee in the 2020 play-off final, gave the most significant penalty in the history of WWFC. Say no more.
Not sure you can say he’s anywhere near legend status as 99% of Wycombe fans wouldn’t have a clue who he was.
The penalty was not even controversial and was as clear as you will ever see.
Legend😃
I was being a touch ironic, although I do think most Wycombe fans would recognise him if they saw him - it was the greatest night in our history!
I will say that I always recognize him, and have a pleasant flashback as a consequence.
Tony Harrington (ref from the first leg v Fleetwood) is also a Prem ref now
I'll always have a soft spot for Premier League ref Craig Pawson who was in charge at the miracle of Torquay.
Extraordinary second half collapse by Leeds against Palace
I can honestly say that the only ref I'd recognise if I was stood next to him would be Pierluigi Colina.
That's the fella !! 😆
I was going to say that I could probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of referees I could name if I saw them away from a football pitch or the TV screen but @HolmerBlue has trumped me (an extremely unpleasant experience) and @Twizz has posted a picture of someone whose eyes are the polar opposite of the scarily staring pale blue eyes of Pierluigi Colina.
Has anyone ever seen a referee spitting during a match ? It seems to me that a close up of a player’s face virtually guarantees that expectoration is imminent.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen a female footballer spitting and friends and family who played a fair bit of football in their younger days always seemed sincere about not having done so (or at least with nothing like the frequency with which the professionals seem to). Most said that their mouths tended to be too dry to spit.
Apologies. My semi-comatose Sunday afternoon brain just drifted into that inconsequential load of rubbish.
Lino has just thrown an elbow at Andy Robertson - and it's hard to say he doesn't deserve it, the gobshite.
Linesman just has to play the "Alan Shearer card" from the mid 90s, and just say he was trying to get free.
Although Shearer allegedly had a bit more collateral - threatening to pull out of Euro 96 if they charged him. Allegedly.
Similar to this.
Anyone who even recognises a ref's name outside the premier league is a bit too invested.
Literally the only refs of the lower leagues I can recall in 30 years watching football are
Fraser Stretton - for allowing literal assaults against our players
Gurnham Singh just a woeful ref
Deadman - distinctive name, woeful ref.
Trevor Kettle