Articles tagged with "referee"
Japanese Footballer Still Fighting "Garlic Ban"
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008Japan is arguably the wackiest corner of the football world right now. Don't believe me? Did you not read about the J-League underwear thief? And if ...
Genclerbirligi 0-1 Galatasaray, Rejoice CimBom, the dragon has been slain!!!!!!!
By Musab | April 7th, 2008So there I was hanging out with my friend on a fine New York Saturday morning when I recieved a phone call on my cell ...
Is Cashley Really Sorry?
By Jack | March 20th, 2008Ashley Cole apologized today for his absurd behavior following an even more absurd tackle on Tottenham defender Alan Hutton during yesterday's 4-4 draw with Spurs at ...
The Return of the Naked Ref
By Daryl | February 13th, 2008Remember Ana Paula de Oliveira? Course you do. She was the hot Brazilian assistant ref who did the naked arty pictures for Playboy last year. ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League This Weekend
By Daryl | February 11th, 20081. Standards have dropped There's been a lot of praise heaped on Man City fans for respecting the minute's silence before the Manchester derby, in memory ...
Thai Refereee Takes a Beating From Players
By Daryl | February 8th, 2008Rob Styles may have felt hard done by when the Premier League dropped him for refereeing the August 2007 Liverpool vs Chelsea match like a ...
Every Referee Needs a Trusty Firearm
By Daryl | December 26th, 2007You may have noticed a steady decline in respect for referees in recent years. Remember Roy Keane leading his Man Utd teammates on an Andy ...
Sin-bins. Good idea?
By Dan Clough | November 18th, 2007Done another article for Soccerlens. Here it is: Blackburn Rovers chairman John Williams has called for sin-bins to be introduced in football. But could this actually work? His ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.28)
By Sam | September 28th, 2007+ Djibril Cissé charged for attempted murder? Maybe! Besiktas' Brazilian midfielder Ricardinho has recently announced he plans to sue Marseille's international striker for the tackle ...
The French League Justice Heroes are at it Again
By Sam | August 7th, 2007Yesterday, the Ligue de Football Professionel and Direction Nationale de l'Arbitrage came together to produce nine suggestions to "help out" the flow of the game ...
Canadian National Team get ripped off by referee and lose to the USA
By Sam | June 22nd, 2007He was not offside. Oguchi Onyewu passed him the ball. I'm not saying that Canada would have won in extra time, but they didn't get ...
German FA appoints first Woman to referee Bundesliga Matches
By Jan | June 18th, 2007Her name is Bibiana Steinhaus, 28 years old and a self-proclaimed failed left-back which helped with the decision to pursue a refereeing career. She hasn't ...
Someone's Gotta Say it: The Referee Uniforms in the MLS are Ugly as Hell
By Sam | June 13th, 2007I'm back from my leave of absence, granted that was on Sunday, so I apologize for the slack, I'm just really lazy, busy and enthralled ...
It's that damn referee: Two videos that show that the man with the whistle is not always right (believe it or not)
By Sam | April 4th, 2007In the light of Kaka's ho-hum penalty and general banter about diving this and argument that, I'm providing videos from two of the most talked-about ...
Champions League: Bayern Already Bitching About the Referee
By Martha | April 3rd, 2007Well, this is a new one: Bayern Munich are engaging in some preemptive bellyaching about the referee ahead of today's match in Milan, just in ...
An Absolutely Shocking Referee
By Bob | December 13th, 2006Who knew that watching someone get shocked could be so much fun? Spotted on 4thegame.
Can a Referee Yellow Card Himself?
By Bob | December 5th, 2006We've all seen players flop to the ground with the hope that they will draw a penalty against their opponent. Do you suppose the ...
Why a Culture of Corruption is Handy: No Loss is Really Deserved
By Martha | November 28th, 2006Though the manager and players have been smart enough to keep their mouths shut, Palermo chairman Maurizio Zamparini is mad as hell about the officiating ...
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