maybe ticketek could supply us with refs
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Anyone remember Clive Thomas in 1982? Brazil-Sweden. Brazil
had a corner at the end of the game. Clive blows full-time just as
the corner arrives in the box and a split-second before Brazil
score. There was absolute chaos when Clive told the Brazilians that
he'd ended the game before the ball crossed the line.
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just watching the game highlights on WOF. Hilarious game 
Founder
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dont get me started......unfair to end it then with a goal scoring
opportunity on offer
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Anyone remember Clive Thomas in 1982? Brazil-Sweden. Brazil
had a corner at the end of the game. Clive blows full-time just as
the corner arrives in the box and a split-second before Brazil
score. There was absolute chaos when Clive told the Brazilians that
he'd ended the game before the ball crossed the line.
As I remember it, Zico knocked the ball in with his hand, just
to add to the confusion.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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I clearly heard the whistle blow at about the same instant the ball
was kicked toward goal. Shot went in, then there was a series of
whistle blasts signalling fulltime. Clear whistle before the
shot, so not sure how the ref decided it was a goal. What was he
thinking by blowing it up at that point though?
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Australia v Croatia, last World Cup. Another infamous refereeing
cock-up when ref Graham Poll suffered the biggest cerebral
malfunction I've ever seen on a football paddock. Weird scenes near
the end when he not only yellow-carded a Croatian twice without
sending him off, but then blew for full time JUST as Aloisi was
kicking the ball into an empty net for the winner. A total
farce.
Poll finally went completely off his rocker and gave the
Croatian a THIRD yellow card (plus a red) for
dissent!
He resigned in shame within days....
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he blew before the ball cross the line so how can it be a
goal [ Dr Q please answer ] WILLIAMS -the PLONKER
REF in the 1st degree
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Hey Chops
I'm surprised my input was required. The simple answer is that you can't.
Which leads to me to state catagorically (and I hate abuse of officials) that Williams f**ked up and is incompetent and not for the first time in that match either.
I'm surprised my input was required. The simple answer is that you can't.
Which leads to me to state catagorically (and I hate abuse of officials) that Williams f**ked up and is incompetent and not for the first time in that match either.
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WHATS THE POINT OF HAVING A PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE WITH PROFESSIONAL
PLAYERS WITH BLOODY INCOMPETENT UNPROFESSIONAL REFEREES!!!
F**KING USELESS!!
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Despite the refereeing stuff-ups, I'm still in favour of keeping
football human, and not having those stupid video ref breaks in
some other codes where everyone stands around for half an hour and
watches 30 replays in super slow motion to determine whether
someone was offside or the ball crossed the touchline for a throw.
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WHATS THE POINT OF HAVING A PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE WITH PROFESSIONAL
PLAYERS WITH BLOODY INCOMPETENT UNPROFESSIONAL REFEREES!!!
F**KING USELESS!!
Find the money and its done.
Oh and before you sort the HAL refs out, can you get something for us NZFC guys? The lads and I have decided that $85 just doesn't cut it anymore for the effort we put in...
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Poll finally went completely off his rocker and gave the Croatian a
THIRD yellow card (plus
a�red)�for
dissent!
Mighty Joe Simunic. Both Joe and the then coach Kranjcar were so stupefied by Poll's decision not to send Joe off that they didn't even think of organising a quick substitution. Joe said it was the most bizarre thing that ever happened to him on the football field.
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I actually felt sorry for Poll. The cock-up with the three yellow
cards is not as rare as you might think. I remember reading an
article just after the World Cup where they listed about 10
occurrences of the preceding few seasons across Europe. It happens
- not as bad as allowing a hand of god goal is it?
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Hey Chops
I'm surprised my input was required. The simple answer is that you can't.
Which leads to me to state catagorically (and I hate abuse of officials) that Williams f**ked up and is incompetent and not for the first time in that match either.
I'm surprised my input was required. The simple answer is that you can't.
Which leads to me to state catagorically (and I hate abuse of officials) that Williams f**ked up and is incompetent and not for the first time in that match either.
That's not abuse. That's more or less a statement of the
facts. There's nothing wrong with being critical of a referee's
performance (and I speak as someone who refs junior football...
with mouthy parents who don't know the laws of the game 
). Abuse
is something else.
). Abuse
is something else.Just a thought - I swear I heard the whistle before the ball
crossed the line. However, watching on television I have no idea
whether it was the ref's whistle or someone in the crowd. Earlier
in the game, I also heard a whistle and everyone kept playing
because it must have come from the crowd. I don't think that was
the case with the goal/full-time whistle, but I couldn't swear to
it.
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Just a thought - I swear I heard the whistle before the ball
crossed the line. However, watching on television I have no idea
whether it was the ref's whistle or someone in the crowd. Earlier
in the game, I also heard a whistle and everyone kept playing
because it must have come from the crowd. I don't think that was
the case with the goal/full-time whistle, but I couldn't swear to
it.�
Excellent point SiNZ. I also heard a whistle while the nut-tickler was scoring, and was fairly calm as I thought the ref had blown for offside, as Grifftihs actually did seem off live.
Then they went on celebrating, and they showed a wider-angle shot replay in which it was clear that Old had played him on, and I was free to start crying then...
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Oldy scored that is the end of it 2-1
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Oldy scored that is the end of it 2-1
He only new 3 hours after the match that the goal,
had been given, [ micky mouse decision from a ref who was in
Disneyland most of the match]
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