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tl;dr:
After the recent Arsenal v Manchester City match, an assistant referee was caught on camera advising a City player to go over and thank their travelling fans, who had been stung for an almighty £62 per ticket.
A wholly reasonable piece of advice under the circumsatnces.
The poor sod's now been dropped from officiating his next game.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 15:57,
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Hard to believe. It seemed like it was in passing, not like he was trying to bring attention to himself.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:00,
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I think it was entirely spot on under the circumstances.
The fact that the players needed prompting to go ovwer and thank their travelling fans is up for debate, but the comment in question was a really sound piece of advice.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:06,
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I saw the vid, i'm pretty sure they'd have gone over anyway after shaking the ref's hands first (as seems to be custom), sounded like a throwaway remark to me, good on him for getting a subtle jab in though, it did make me smile :D
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Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:09,
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Agreed...
I go and watch York city away alot and the players always make the effort to come over and applaud the fans after the game. Which is a nice peice of mutual respect when you've travelled hundreds of miles to watch them be shit.
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gardenclaw mac fuckes your gradeds balls!, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:16,
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They've handily made the video look like they all go over simply because he's told them too when the remark was to one player who probably wasn't listening anyway. Had he not made the remark and they'd have gone over this wouldn't be news, it fucking barely registers as news anyway.
York have a football team? Wow, you learn something new everyday :D
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Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:20,
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Yes I don't really understand what the fuss is about....
Everything seems normal here, game finishes... Players shake hands with officials/other team and then come over to applaud the fans...
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gardenclaw mac fuckes your gradeds balls!, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:59,
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Footsie nut, are you MCFC perchance?
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The Scrunt Wants a Dozen Pints, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 18:37,
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No, Denver Broncos.
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Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 19:15,
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to be fair, they'd probably walk over and applaud Ian Huntley if it delayed going back into a League 2 dressing room by five more minutes.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:21,
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hahaha
This is probably very true....
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gardenclaw mac fuckes your gradeds balls!, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:51,
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It was only a couple of months ago that people were asking for the mic feed from refs and linesmen to be public
and then the 1st time someone hears what a linesman says, he gets dropped.
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Lanc Weekend Trailer Park Supervisor, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:01,
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He's been dropped for one match because they're worried about the media attention he'll receive.
It's not like he's been fired and banned from ever officiating again.
Same thing happened when they introduced a female ref and she got a call wrong or something, that was a lot worse as they stopped her officiating for longer and, worse still, they did it because they were worried about the grief she'd get from the fans reaction to her after making one mistake (which happens to male referees pretty much once a game and is soon forgotten).
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Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:07,
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I think their hope that it would reduce media attention has backfired.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:08,
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By dropping him, they have made sure he continues to get attention
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Lanc Weekend Trailer Park Supervisor, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:09,
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By plastering the vid all over the beeb they've made sure he got the attention in the first place, now they'll defend him and then they'll plaster his return all over the beeb saying "Ref who made throwaway remark back to officiate..." and put a video of his return up.
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Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:11,
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Yeah indeed
Never let a (lack) of story get in the way of a headline.
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Lanc Weekend Trailer Park Supervisor, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:13,
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sian massey...
the best thing about her is that I dont think Ive ever seen a call she has made that has been wrong, she is more consistent and often more assertive than many of her male counterparts.
It's great watching the football on telly and the "angry dads" gesticulating wildly at the stoopid woman calling someone offside, only for her to be proven right by countless video replays.
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at the risk of sounding a bit 'right on', she is genuinely excellent. And I would.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:23,
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lest we forget...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX1xhCBRrRY
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:35,
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try telling that..
to boro fans at the bristol city match. Ball was about a foot over the line and she missed it.
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let it go Smoggie,let it go.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:39,
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I stand by my statement that
ive not seen a call where she has been wrong...
Boro Vs Bristol City ? Was that a Tunnocks Teacake League 2 match ?
kidding, kidding.
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**ring ring**
-Hello, Bristol City Football Club. How can I help you?
-Hi, what time does the match kick-off today?
-well, what time can you get here?
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:48,
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why would he do that? what the fuck's it got to do with him?
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:18,
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^ this
he's a neutral offical not some arbiter of pricing strategy. The guy is a dumbass.
I'm much more concerned about the guy at the same match that unfurled a banner and was threatened with imprisonment by the cops (who confiscated all of the banners) - All completely illegal.
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 16:23,
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agreed...
football and money are like oil and water imho, and anyway, who forced these people to pay £62? as long as mugs continue to pay such over inflated prices the prices will continue to become ever more extortionate. in my experience the high price of premiership tickets justs feeds into a 'loadsamoney' mentality that exists on the terraces. they find it reassuringly expensive.
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I'm sure it wasn't as offensive as some (any) of these:
observers.france24.com/content/20080421-french-football-hooligans-offensive-boulogne
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Tue 15 Jan 2013, 17:16,
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