Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo, aggrieved over the referee decision that sent off Thiago Silva in the first half of the league leaders, decided the best way to deal with his feelings was to hip check referee Alexandre Castro in the tunnel at halftime. That hip check could end up …
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Chechan Leader Abuses Ref Over PA System, Kind Of Apologizes Later On Instagram
In the 83rd minute of a Russian Premier League match between Chechen side Terek Grozny and Rubin Kazan, referee Mikhail Vilkov dismissed Terek captain Rizvan Utsyev for a second bookable offense. Suddenly, over the stadium’s public address system, a voice called out “The referee’s been bought! You jerk!”* And who …
With The Ball Rolling Towards The Net, Referee’s Whistle Prevents Bettor From Collecting £500,000
A string of uncanny betting had an an Oldham man mere seconds away from earning £500,000, only for his final play to be ruined by a referee’s quick whistle. Betting house Ladbrokes says the unidentified punter had correctly predicted the scores of three other games and simply needed Leeds to …
Roberto Mancini Thinks The Referee Ate Too Much At Christmas
While Manchester United was winning at home against Newcastle with an amazing defense-less performance, title chasers Manchester City was having a bit of a tougher go on Boxing Day at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland. City dropped three crucial points in a depressing 1-0 loss to the Black Cats, …
Ottmar Hitzfeld Banned Two Matches For Flipping The Bird
Switzerland manager Ottmar Hitzfeld has been banned for two games by UEFA for giving the referee the finger after the Swiss played to a 1-1 draw with Norway in a World Cup qualifier last month. The best part is that Hitzfeld was clearly trying to get away with the surreptitious …
Madness In Tajikistan As Players And Fans Attack The Referee
These insane scenes come from the Tajik Premier League, where Istaravshan FK took on Energetik Dushanbe in a league match. After the Energetik goalkeeper conceded a goal he thought should be disallowed, he attempted to kick the referee. Fans and players swarmed the ref before the two teams fled the …
If You’re Really, Really Bored, Play This Refereeing Game
You probably hate referees. Most right-thinking people do. You spend every weekend cursing them until your face fills up with blood, because they never ever treat your team fairly or get a call right. Fair enough. But if you want to have some small inkling of what it takes to …
Swedish Soccer Fans Found A New Way To Mock The Refs
For as long as soccer enthusiasts have been employing morally sound men as disinterested arbiters to mediate sporting contests, there have been stout-hearted individuals willing to boldly stand up and call those men “fucking wankers” with pride in their hearts. But we’re pretty sure these fans, of Stockholm side Långholmen FC, …
Did Mike Dean Celebrate A Tottenham Goal?
Soccer fans make plenty of jokes, with varying levels of sincerity, about biased referees. The speed of play in the Premiership is absurdly quick, and referees don’t have the benefit of video replays and three dozen angles, so claims of bias are, for the most part, little more than sour …
Watch A Linesman Take A Dive After Getting Hit By Cardboard
Lierse v. Zulte Waregem of Belgium. A routine Jupiler League match. It’s early in the second half when suddenly, assistant referee Frederick Geldhof staggers onto the pitch, clutching his head, and collapses. Obviously, he’s been struck by a foreign object. But what? A coin? A rock? A mobile phone? No, it’s actually… …
