Wot no female ref thread?

[soggy biscuit]

Amy Fearn took charge of the final 20 minutes of the Coventry V Forest game the other night when the ref went off injured.

First ever female ref in the football league

Still, the most important thing here is, I wouldn't.

[Jack Celliers]

Do you think she is allowed to bring her uniform home though?

[soggy biscuit]

I did lolz at all the wolfwhistling as she came on, it were proper 80's buildingsite like

[parky]

Good female referees get snapped up for women's football anyone involved in a mens game will only be a good assistant.

[gh7901]

tbf I thought she was a bloke

ps: I would

[Terminal Boardom]

Old news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/6140922.stm

[TBM]

I thought that was Gutierrez of Newcastle

[Dirk Gently]

Clinton Morrison said "She should do it again..." also that he thought she did "really well" and that she wasn't overawed and kept the game flowing.

Awwww, bless, that's nice of him...

[cmonurz]

Talking of refs - Howard Webb, easily the best referee in the league, made a howler last night, failing to spot Fabregas' arm up above his head to deflect Gerrard's injury time free-kick. Could argue it wasn't a penalty as he may have been outside the area, but it was a bread and butter decision Webb completely missed. I'm assuming, can't remember, that the assistant was on the other side of the pitch, and I guess Fabregas is tiny.

[No Fixed Abode]

I thought that was Gutierrez of Newcastle

Deffo a bloke!

[Silver Fox]

Clinton Morrison said "She should do it again..." also that he thought she did "really well" and that she wasn't overawed and kept the game flowing.

Awwww, bless, that's nice of him...

I hope he finished off by patting her on the fanny, Akabusi style

TBF to Clint though, when asked about her he was hardly going to say "Really, in this day and age why shouldn't she referee men? Next question"

[Big Foot]

Looks like the lovechild of heathrow royal and natalie cassidy tbf

[Ginger Ninjas]

Talking of refs - Howard Webb, easily the best referee in the league, made a howler last night, failing to spot Fabregas' arm up above his head to deflect Gerrard's injury time free-kick. Could argue it wasn't a penalty as he may have been outside the area, but it was a bread and butter decision Webb completely missed. I'm assuming, can't remember, that the assistant was on the other side of the pitch, and I guess Fabregas is tiny.

LOL! Take that Liverpool-supporting hat off!

[TBM]

Talking of refs - Howard Webb, easily the best referee in the league, made a howler last night, failing to spot Fabregas' arm up above his head to deflect Gerrard's injury time free-kick. Could argue it wasn't a penalty as he may have been outside the area, but it was a bread and butter decision Webb completely missed. I'm assuming, can't remember, that the assistant was on the other side of the pitch, and I guess Fabregas is tiny.

LOL! Take that Liverpool-supporting hat off!

Exactly, considering Arsenal should have had a penalty at the other end and Gerrard dived just before the (mentioned above) free kick was given which should have resulted in a free kick for Arsenal, as he gave Liverpool one for the dive by Bendtner

[Thaumagurist*]

It was outside the box and it was still a handball offence. Poor decision.

[Silver Fox]

Exactly, considering Arsenal should have had a penalty at the other end and Gerrard dived just before the (mentioned above) free kick was given which should have resulted in a free kick for Arsenal, as he gave Liverpool one for the dive by Bendtner

When should Arsenal have had a penalty?

[TBM]

Exactly, considering Arsenal should have had a penalty at the other end and Gerrard dived just before the (mentioned above) free kick was given which should have resulted in a free kick for Arsenal, as he gave Liverpool one for the dive by Bendtner

When should Arsenal have had a penalty?

When Jonny Evans brought down John Carew

The rest of what i said is correct though

[No Fixed Abode]

Benito Carboni anyone?

[No Fixed Abode]

and a bit like DeNiro.

[Sun Tzu]

You had to alugh at the TV commentator utterly failing to understand the laws of the game last night. They were more interested in whether Fabregas had his foot on the line of the penalty area than anything else and said that if his foot was on the line when the ball hit his hand it was a penalty.....

We also had Robbie Savage at the United game saying that although Nani's tackle was two footed and a jump it might not have been a red card becasue one foot touched the ball. Luckily the commentator pointed out to him how irrelevant that was.

You'd think professional pride would mean footballers made sure they understood the laws, and you'd think the TV companies would only employ people to comment on games who knew the laws.

You wouldn;t get a cricketer doing TV who had no idea what the lbw law was, and all the factors it involves.