This website is dedicated to every short-sighted referee and dopey linesman in the Premiership as well as to any sly Premiership manager who has a problem seeing and accepting the truth when it's replayed by TV cameras in front him. It is designed to show the difference between the true positions of teams in the Premiership had all referees had the benefit of video replays and hindsight that we lucky armchair fans have access to.
We list EVERY incident in every Premiership game that has affected the final score...often there are incidents in a game where BOTH teams have key decisions go against them...in these cases we 'discount' one incident against another - looking fairly and dispassionately at each incident in turn - and only commenting on those occasions when there has clearly been a miscarriage of justice which has not been 'evened out' by a similar mistake or referee's oversight against the opposing team.
Older, more experienced hands than ours - like Sir Alex Ferguson - will readily tell you that these mistakes by the referee tend to 'even themselves out' over the course of a full Premiership season.
We aim to find out if that belief is genuinely true over the course of the 2006-2007 Premiership season.
We do not mean to take the p**s out of referees – We acknowledge that theirs' is a difficult job that very few of us would ever want to do ourselves. Nevertheless, it's high time major football matches were decided on what ACTUALLY happens during a match, rather than on what the referee THINKS has happened. Referees now have fully functioning ear-pieces. Why can they then not be trained to wait 60 seconds to take advice from an FA representative scanning the video replays when dealing with a contentious decision? We can send a man to the moon and direct missiles down people's letterboxes but we still can't decide who did what in a football match, even with 26 cameras to help…weird or what?
Premiership as it finished
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Referees need all the help they can get. Here’s why…
| Sunday, 13th May 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Portsmouth 0 - 0 Arsenal | ||
| Corrected Result: | Portsmouth 1 - 0 Arsenal | ||
| Ref: Graham Poll, Lomana LuaLua's shot rebounded off Arsenal's Mart Poom's chest into the path of both Richard Hughes of Portsmouth and Philippe Senderos of Arsenal before it reached Nico Kranjcar who smashed the ball home from three yards out. Referee Graham Poll allowed the goal to stand at first before seeking a second opinion after being surrounded by furious Arsenal players. After consulting his linesman, Darren Cann, he changed his mind and ruled that Hughes had touched the ball through to Kranjcar although TV replays showed that it was actually Arsenal's Philippe Senderos who had made contact with the ball. Harry Redknapp claimed ater the game: 'It was a goal. I've seen it again on video and after that I went to see Graham Poll and he said, "the ball came off a blue", but it didn't, it came off Senderos. It should have been a goal but what could he do? He said, "sorry about that". There's nothing he could do and there's nothing I can do.' It left the Fratton Park faithful chanting: 'You're not fit to referee' as Poll headed towards a retirement that has probably come not a moment too soon. (Comment) |
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| Sunday, 22nd Apr 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Newcastle 0 - 0 Chelsea | ||
| Corrected Result: | Newcastle 0 - 0 Chelsea | ||
| Ref: Mark Halsey, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho claimed in his post match interview: "The circumstances are difficult for us with the new football rules that we have to face. It is not possible to have a penalty against Manchester United and it is not possible to have a penalty in favour of Chelsea," he added, referring to two contentious decisions within 24 hours which could yet have a significant bearing on the destination of the Premiership trophy. As is so often the case with Mr Mourinho, he's half right. Manchester United did escape a penalty decision which should have gone against them in the dying minutes of their match against Middlesborough on Saturday (see below). But to claim claim Chelsea should have been awarded a penalty in their game against Newcastle when the ball made inadvertent contact with Stephen Carr's arm in the 10th minute is pushing his conspicary theory beyond the bounds of credibility. As the Guardian has pointed out...'Mourinho was probably being serious when he alleged a conspiracy, even though exhibit A was nothing more than the inadvertent contact that Stephen Carr's arm had made with a Didier Drogba cut-back in the 10th minute. It should be borne in mind that a virtuoso manager, just like a conjuror, must be capable of diverting the audience's attention.'
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER
Penalties given against Chelsea:
Penalties given against Manchester United: Mourinho asked in February: 'What is the difference between me and Sir Alex Ferguson?' The answer would appear to be that one of them behaves like a knight of the realm whilst the other behaves like a knave. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 21st Apr 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Tottenham 2 - 2 Arsenal | ||
| Corrected Result: | Tottenham 2 - 3 Arsenal | ||
| Ref: Mike Dean, Alexander Hleb and Freddie Ljungberg combined to set Adebayor free who netted precisely only for rferee Mike Dean to rule the goal offside. TV replays showed that Adebayor was level with the Spurs' back line as the ball was played through and there was definitely no 'daylight' between the Arsenal front man and the Tottenham defence, as pointed out by the excellent David Pleat, the co-commentator on Sky sports. Another example of the way the offside rule can be interpreted in one way by certain premiership referees and in an entirely different way by others. Any chance we could have some consistency next season? This goal should have been allowed and Arsenal should therefore have won the game. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 21st Apr 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Manchester United 1 - 1 Middlesbrough | ||
| Corrected Result: | Manchester United 1 - 2 Middlesbrough | ||
| Ref: Peter Walton, No wonder Middlesborough manager Gareth Southgate believes 50-50 calls don't go Middlesborough's way when they come up against Manchester United. For the third time this season his team has been hard done by. In another classic example of why the Premiership is crying out for key decisions to be made after consulting video replays, John O' Shea should have been found guilty of giving away a stoppage time penalty as he brought down Dong-Gook Lee. To be fair to referee Peter Walton, it looked a fair challenge when watching it live for the first time on TV. It was only on examining the challenge from every angle that it was revealed that O'Shea had in fact made contact with Dong-Gook Lee's shin before he made marginal contact with the ball. It should have been a penalty. Had it been converted, Middlesborough would have won the match as United had no time left in the match to reply. NB In an attempt to be as even-handed as possible to ALL Premiership teams, all penalties that should have been awarded in the Premiership this season are deemed to have been converted. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 14th Apr 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Reading 1 - 0 Fulham | ||
| Corrected Result: | Reading 1 - 1 Fulham | ||
| Ref: Lee Mason, Papa Bouba Diop 'scored' with a headed finish that both managers agreed was incorrectly ruled out for offside by referee L Mason. (Comment) |
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| Monday, 09th Apr 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Aston Villa 1 - 1 Wigan Athletic | ||
| Corrected Result: | Aston Villa 0 - 1 Wigan Athletic | ||
| Ref: Mark Halsey, Referee Mark Halsey and his colleagues running the line failed to spot a critical offside decision as Wigan's ten men fought for a valiant draw at Villa Park. Replays clearly showed that Patrick Berger was in an offside position as he received the ball prior to crossing for Gabriel Agbonlahor to score Villa's goal. The goal should have been disallowed. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 07th Apr 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Portsmouth 2 - 1 Manchester United | ||
| Corrected Result: | Portsmouth 2 - 2 Manchester United | ||
| Ref: Mark Clattenburg, With his first touch as a second half substitute Ryan Giggs played a through pass to Wayne Rooney who put the ball in the Portsmouth net with ease, but was judged to be offside by referee Mark Clattenburg. Replays showed Rooney to be onside and the goal should have been given. (Comment) |
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| Sunday, 18th Mar 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Aston Villa 0 - 0 Liverpool | ||
| Corrected Result: | Aston Villa 1 - 0 Liverpool | ||
| Ref: Lee Mason, Villa's Stiliyan Petrov was tripped in the Liverpool penalty area by Steve Finnan but referee Lee Mason ignored Villa's appeals for a penalty. He should not have done. It was a clear trip. As a result, Villa have been awarded the penalty they deserved. (NB For the sake of fairness, all penalties which should have been awarded but were not are deemed to have been successfully converted, which in this case means that Aston Villa won this game by one goal to nil.) (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 17th Mar 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 West Ham | ||
| Corrected Result: | Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 West Ham | ||
| Ref: Howard Webb, Bobby Zamora's 75th minute strike for West Ham was given by the linesman Jim Devine and not overruled by referee Howard Webb. Back in the real world the rest of us saw with the benefit of TV replays that the ball was blocked by team-mate Carlos Tevez and had never crossed the goal line. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 24th Feb 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Fulham 1 - 2 Manchester United | ||
| Corrected Result: | Fulham 1 - 1 Manchester United | ||
| Ref: Peter Walton, Manchester United were lucky to claim all 3 points from a difficult encounter with Fulham as referee Peter Walton ignored a legitimate penalty claim from the home team when United's Van der Sar completely missed the ball and bundled Heidar Helguson to the ground. Fulham manager Chris Coleman said: 'The referee lost his nerve. That's not Manchester United's fault. You need strong referees and you need officials to make sure they get it right. They didn't.' Strangely, both Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson claimed on MOTD that they had 'seen them given and seen them not given' in similar circumstances. Come on lads, I'm a United fan and even I know it was a penalty. (Comment) |
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| Sunday, 11th Feb 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Arsenal 2 - 1 Wigan Athletic | ||
| Corrected Result: | Arsenal 3 - 2 Wigan Athletic | ||
| Ref: Phil Dowd, We do not usually comment on a match where the officials' decisions do not ultimately CHANGE the outcome or final score of a premiership game. However, the Arsenal v Wigan game deserves a mention. Yes, Phil Dowd should have awarded a penalty to Wigan when Flamini made fleeting contact with Heskey's shoulder in the Arsenal penalty area. Heskey could easily have stayed on his feet, it has to said, nevertheless, following the strict rules of the game, contact was made on Heskey and so a penalty should have been awarded. However, Wigan seem to have overlooked the fact that Adebayor did plant the ball in the Wigan net 18 minutes from time but he was adjudged offside.TV replays show that he was bang on-side and the 'goal' should have been allowed to stand. So, although poorly refereed by Phil Dowd, the final OUTCOME of this match was in fact correct. But Arsenal should have won the game by 3 goals to 2. (Comment) |
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| Tuesday, 30th Jan 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Reading 3 - 2 Wigan Athletic | ||
| Corrected Result: | Reading 2 - 2 Wigan Athletic | ||
| Ref: Steve Bennett, Reading's Leroy Lita was yards offside in scoring their vital third 'goal' just two minutes from time. Wigan's manager fumed: 'It was the linesman on the far side.. It's not his fault, he's just not very good. We've had him before. There's a lot of confusion with the offside rule and he's confused more than most.' (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 20th Jan 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Newcastle 2 - 2 West Ham | ||
| Corrected Result: | Newcastle 1 - 2 West Ham | ||
| Ref: Uriah Rennie, Referee Uriah Rennie over-ruled an assistant to allow a goal to stand by Newcastle's James Milner in first-half injury time, despite the fact that Scott Parker, the Newcastle skipper, was standing in an off-side position and clearly attempting to interfere with play. ' I'm so disappointed with that goal', said West Ham manager Alan Curbishley. ' It changed the whole face of the game. The linesman put his flag up and then put it down again when he saw Parker in an off-side position. But I don't know what Parker is doing if he's not interfering. If he had kept his flag up I don't think anyone in the ground would have complained.' Even West Ham manager conceded: 'Maybe it's time for someone like Keith Hackett to clarify the situation and explain the rule to managers, players, coaches and even the media. But I don't blame the referees. They are only applying the laws as they have been told them.' (Comment) |
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| Monday, 01st Jan 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Fulham 0 - 0 Watford | ||
| Corrected Result: | Fulham 1 - 0 Watford | ||
| Ref: Steve Bennett, Fulham's Heidar Helguson put the ball into the back of Watford's net twice in the first half only to have other efforts ruled offside. Replays showed that linesman Mark Scholes should have allowed the second effort to stand. (Comment) |
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| Monday, 01st Jan 2007 | |||
| Actual Result: | Manchester City 2 - 1 Everton | ||
| Corrected Result: | Manchester City 2 - 2 Everton | ||
| Ref: Uriah Rennie, City defender Sylvain Distin made no contact with the ball as he tackled Lee Osman in the City penalty box. It should have been an Everton penalty and David Moyes was justifiably disappointed, saying: 'We think it was a penalty, but there's not much we can do about it now.' (Comment) |
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| Wednesday, 27th Dec 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Charlton 2 - 2 Fulham | ||
| Corrected Result: | Charlton 2 - 1 Fulham | ||
| Ref: Graham Poll, Fulham's late equaliser, 'scored' by Franck Queudrue came from a free-kick which was wrongly awarded by linesman Steve Artis and referee Graham Poll for a hand-ball offence by Charlton's Djimi Traore as he challenged Fulham's Tomasz Radzinski. Replays showed Traore had not touched Radzinski or the ball. Another poor decision by the linesman and referee combined. (Comment) |
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| Tuesday, 26th Dec 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Everton 0 - 0 Middlesbrough | ||
| Corrected Result: | Everton 1 - 0 Middlesbrough | ||
| Ref: Phil Dowd, Everton's Andy Johnson - more sinned against than sinning - had his shirt clearly pulled by Middlesborough's Andrew Taylor in the away team's penalty area but widespread demands from Everton players for a penalty were mistakenly ignored by referee Phil Dowd. How much unjustified damage has Mourinho done to Andy Johnson's reputation ? (See 'behind the bust-ups' for more on this story) (Comment) |
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| Sunday, 17th Dec 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Manchester City 1 - 2 Tottenham | ||
| Corrected Result: | Manchester City 2 - 2 Tottenham | ||
| Ref: Rob Styles, Joey Barton tumbled in Spurs' penalty area under a challenge from Steed Malbranque in the 85th minute but no penalty was awarded. It should have been. Replays showed that Malbranque never made any contact with the ball, but actually stood on Barton's foot, as correctly pointed out by City manager, Stuart Pearce who claimed: "He (Malbranque) has got none of the ball and trod on his foot. The referee said he thought it was a penalty but the linesman didn't flag so he didn't give it." (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 02nd Dec 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Arsenal 3 - 0 Tottenham | ||
| Corrected Result: | Arsenal 0 - 0 Tottenham | ||
| Ref: Graham Poll, Another weekend in the Premiership, another major controversy. And another example of just how difficult it is to do the referee's job effectively without back-up. All three of Arsenal's goals were contentious and would have been disallowed by a referee who had the benefit of video replays. Arsenal's Adebayor was a fraction offside when he went in pursuit of Kolo Toure's pass before guiding a great finish beyond the grasp of the Tottenham 'keeper. Replays also showed that Spurs' Pascal Chimbonda won the ball before catching Arsenal's Rosicky's outstretched foot. It was therefore an incorrect decision to award the 42nd minute penalty to Arsenal which Gilberto, captain for the day, converted so impressively. The same could be said for Gilberto's second successful penalty conversion in the 72nd minute, when Van Persie handled the ball before being held back by Jermaine Jenas. Graham Poll is becoming consistently inconsistent. He is a great referee most of the time but these decisions are an affront to football. Surely it is time something was done to help referees make the right decisions ALL THE TIME. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 02nd Dec 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Middlesbrough 1 - 2 Manchester United | ||
| Corrected Result: | Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Manchester United | ||
| Ref: Chris Foy, Christiano Ronaldo 'stumbled with momentum' in the Middlesborough penalty area - according to the watching England manager, Steve McClaren - to win a contentious penalty for Manchester United. Middlesborough's rookie manager Gareth Southgate had another view of the incident: "Ronaldo is a cheat, simple as that," he said."How many times are we going to see it? The lad's got a history of doing this.Our goalkeeper has done everything to get out of the way and yet the lad's gone down. Once more. For me, it's never a penalty. I don't know what you can do about it, that's for people better qualified than me. I am not quite sure who the onus is on, but something has to be done because it is happening with that lad too many times. It makes referees' jobs so difficult. I can't comment on the referee's decision because I don't know what his view of it was. He felt from the view he had that there was contact but it is clear for everyone to see that there wasn't." This is a great example of just how difficult it is for the referee to make the correct decision without the help of video replays....McClaren is right that Ronaldo was moving at great speed and even the slightest touch on the player in that situation could lead to a loss of balance and a potential penalty appeal. But Ronaldo was NOT touched at all by Scwarzer. It just happened so damned quickly that the ref missed it, as most of us who were watching in 'real time' also missed it. The honest truth is that incidents like this one will NEVER be picked up without the help of video replays...what has to happen before the authorities come to accept this? For the record, despite Southgate's understandable rant above, Ronaldo has been a reformed character this season. This is the FIRST time he has been accused of diving this term...did he really dive on this occasion or did he 'stumble with momentum' ? Who wants to be the referee? One thing though, Ronaldo DID dive outside the Middlesborough penalty area later in the match to win a free-kick against George Boateng. Let's hope his bad habits are not returning. (Comment) |
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| Tuesday, 28th Nov 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Watford 0 - 1 Sheffield Utd | ||
| Corrected Result: | Watford 0 - 0 Sheffield Utd | ||
| Ref: Martin Atkinson, Danny Webber climbed off the bench to sink his old club Watford with a controversial late winner. Webber was clearly offside before he forced the ball into the Watford net with two minutes left of the game. Finally, a piece of luck has gone Sheffield United's way in the Premiership. Neil Warnock: 'I'm not bothered if the goal was offside. We've had eight or nine major decisions go against us this year.' (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 25th Nov 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Aston Villa 1 - 1 Middlesbrough | ||
| Corrected Result: | Aston Villa 1 - 0 Middlesbrough | ||
| Ref: Peter Walton, Middlesborough's goal should never have been allowed to stand as Christie was offside when he 'scored'. The Middlesborough player at least had the honesty to say that even he thought he was offside for the 'goal'. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 25th Nov 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | West Ham 1 - 0 Sheffield Utd | ||
| Corrected Result: | West Ham 1 - 1 Sheffield Utd | ||
| Ref: Mark Halsey, Sheffield United scored a perfectly good 'goal' in the dying minutes of the game when Robert Kozluk slid the ball into an empty West Ham net but it was not given for an alleged foul on Rob Green, the West Ham goal-keeper. A really poor decision by referee Mike Riley. Once again Neil Warnock's team are more sinned against than sinning. Are the old-hands really correct when they say that bad luck evens itself out over a full season? Time will tell... (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 18th Nov 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Portsmouth 2 - 1 Watford | ||
| Corrected Result: | Portsmouth 2 - 2 Watford | ||
| Ref: Chris Foy, A controversial game at Ewood Park saw watford score a goal froma corner that should never have been awarded in the first place. However, Watford's manager Aidy Boothroyd was partially correct when he said: "Referees who get decisions wrong should be demoted. Why should us poor managers have to put up with this?"I've said my piece to the ref and I want to say it to the people who count. Kanu was offside when he was fouled and we should have had two penalties." Referee Chris Foy DID deny Watford two justifiable penalties for a push on Darius Henderson by Noe Paramot and for an earlier hand-ball incident in the Portsmouth area by Linvoy Primus. However, Kanu WAS onside for the decision which resulted in a penalty award for Portsmouth in the dying minutes of the game and replays showed that Demerit pulled Kanu back to give away the matchwinning penalty. So Watford scored one goal from a corner that should never have been awarded but were unlucky to have two legitimate penalty appeals tuened down. we are therefore removing ONE goal from Watford but ADDING another TWO goals for the penalties that were never awarded. (Comment) |
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| Sunday, 05th Nov 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | West Ham 1 - 0 Arsenal | ||
| Corrected Result: | West Ham 1 - 1 Arsenal | ||
| Ref: Rob Styles, Penalty should have been awrded to Arsenal when replays showed Tomas Rosicky was clearly tripped in the West Ham area. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 04th Nov 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Fulham 1 - 0 Everton | ||
| Corrected Result: | Fulham 1 - 1 Everton | ||
| Ref: Martin Atkinson, Andy Johnson - who's been a very busy boy in the penalty box this season, see below - went down in the Fulham area under a tackle by Pearce but this time his luck ran out. No penalty was awarded but replays showed that Pearce had made no contact with the ball and that Everton should have been awarded the kick. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 21st Oct 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Everton 2 - 0 Sheffield Utd | ||
| Corrected Result: | Everton 0 - 0 Sheffield Utd | ||
| Ref: Dermot Gallagher, Probably the most ridiculous result in the Premiership so far this season. Hard not to feel genuinely sorry for Warnock. Poor refereeing decisions are costing his side particularly dearly with a just a quarter of the season gone (see tables above). Everton's first goal, headed in by the small but in-space Mikel Arteta, was created by Andy Johnson barging a Blades centre-back out of the way. It should never have been given. Even worse, the penalty given for Everton's second goal should never have been awarded against Warnock's honest journeymen. Again Johnson was the culprit. Falling cunningly, though with less theatricality than perhaps Drogba at his worst, the Everton forward nevertheless contrived to fool the hapless Demott Gallagher into awarding the penalty against a rightly indignant Claude Davis. Warnock commented after the game: 'I thought it was a joke. Dermot Gallagher couldn't wait to give it. In fact, I thought he had blown before Johnson had gone down. It's his retirement season. I think he should retire now. It's a reflection of the quality of the lads coming through that they've asked him to stay on. 'I've heard that Everton were presenting Gallagher with a signed shirt because it's his last season. Good luck to him. I've told him I'm disappointed with his performance. What he said in reply must remain between us. I don't blame Johnson for for going down because IF YOU DON'T DIVE TODAY YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING. He realised he wasn't going to get a shot on goal.' To add insult to injury Davis then got sent off for complaining about this blatant travesty of justice, whilst later still Sheffield are denied a legitimate penalty appeal of their own when ...is clearly tripped by ...in the Everton penalty area. Unlike Johnson, he refuses to go to to ground. Does he get any protection from the referee for his honesty? No! His appeal is brushed aside. That's three CRITICAL mistakes in one game, Mr Gallagher. Neil Warnock's comments seemed understandable in the circumstances. How would you like to see your entire week's work destroyed by the incompetence of a slow-witted referee who on Saturday showed himself to be well past his proper retirement date? However, for the record, Everton's David Moyes has since pointed out that the signed shirt was in fact given to the referee after the game, not before it. So Gallagher wasn't bribed with a signed match shirt to throw the game, it was just sheer incompetence after all. So that's alright then. We've removed both Everton goals and 2 points from their records and added 2 goals and one point to Sheffield United's total instead. Dermott Gallagher, you should be absolutely ashamed of yourself, match shirt or not. (Comment) |
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| Sunday, 01st Oct 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Tottenham 2 - 1 Portsmouth | ||
| Corrected Result: | Tottenham 1 - 1 Portsmouth | ||
| Ref: Chris Foy, Didier Zakora dives to win a successfully converted penalty that should never have been awarded against Pedro Mendes who clearly takes his right leg away from any danger. Martin Joll says he "must be honest" and then goes on to say that Zakora was "unbalanced" when he fell. Video replays show that Zakora dived. It's straightforward, mate. He DIVED. So much for 'honesty'. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 30th Sep 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Bolton Wanderers 2 - 0 Liverpool | ||
| Corrected Result: | Bolton Wanderers 1 - 0 Liverpool | ||
| Ref: Phil Dowd, Linesman: Andy Halliday, Although there is no change to the final outcome of the match, one goal is to be subtracted from Bolton's winning margin because video replays show Jose Reyna to be INSIDE his area when wrongly accused by linesman Andy Halliday of handling the ball outside the box. The resulting goal from Gary Speed's free kick has therefore been knocked back. (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 30th Sep 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Charlton 1 - 2 Arsenal | ||
| Corrected Result: | Charlton 1 - 1 Arsenal | ||
| Ref: Mark Clattenburg, William Gallas beats out Darren Bent's bicycle kick with his hand to prevent a goal attempt. Wenger comments, "In 10 years my eyesight doesn't get any better." (Comment) |
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| Sunday, 24th Sep 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Newcastle 1 - 1 Everton | ||
| Corrected Result: | Newcastle 0 - 1 Everton | ||
| Ref: Steve Bennett, One of the most blindingly obvious offsides in living memory as Shola Ameobi scored for Newcastle. A special mention goes to the linesman Barry Sygmuta for one of the most dim-witted decisions of this or any Premiership season so far (Comment) |
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| Wednesday, 23rd Aug 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Everton | ||
| Corrected Result: | Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Everton | ||
| Ref: Uriah Rennie, Blatant penalty award against Blackburn missed when Andy Todd man-handled Andy Johnson in penalty area (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 19th Aug 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Everton 2 - 1 Watford | ||
| Corrected Result: | Everton 1 - 1 Watford | ||
| Ref: Peter Walton, Everton wrongly awarded penalty when ball struck Chris Powell’s head, not his hand (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 19th Aug 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Reading 3 - 2 Middlesbrough | ||
| Corrected Result: | Reading 3 - 3 Middlesbrough | ||
| Ref: Mark Halsey, Mark Viduka scores on-side, but disallowed goal (Comment) |
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| Saturday, 19th Aug 2006 | |||
| Actual Result: | Sheffield Utd 1 - 1 Liverpool | ||
| Corrected Result: | Sheffield Utd 1 - 0 Liverpool | ||
| Ref: Rob Styles, Although it would be harsh to claim that Steve Gerrard dived – he couldn’t have done much more than fall over – it was equally harsh to award a penalty for no contact (Comment) |
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The Rules
If a penalty offence is committed which is missed by the referee during the game but picked up by television cameras, a 'penalty' will be awarded against the 'offending' team.
That 'penalty' shall be deemed to have been successfully converted into a goal in EVERY INSTANCE in an effort to remain firmly fair and even-handed to all teams throughout the Premiership season.
Goal difference and points will be amended accordingly and shown in the AMENDED PREMIERSHIP TABLE (above), with the ORIGINAL PREMIERSHIP TABLE listed beside that for comparison.
Any 'goal' that is subsequently called offside or not given for a technical infringement or foul spotted by the referee during the game but later revealed by television cameras to be in fact a perfectly good goal will be awarded to the scoring team.
Goal difference and points will be amended accordingly and shown in the AMENDED PREMIERSHIP TABLE (above), with the ORIGINAL PREMIERSHIP TABLE listed beside that for comparison.
Any goal that is given by the referee during the course of a Premiership game which is subsequently found by television cameras to have been offside, or subject to being over-ruled due to a foul being committed by the scoring team, will be deducted from that team.
Goal difference and points will be amended accordingly and shown in the AMENDED PREMIERSHIP TABLE (above), with the ORIGINAL PREMIERSHIP TABLE listed beside that for comparison.
The player adjudged to have made the most dives during the Premiership season will be awarded what is destined to become the least coveted trophy in football - The Premiership Divas and Divers Award 2006/7.
