Monday, December 22, 2008

Ah well, it's Attwell



Normally, I don't get worked up or bothered by referees with a couple of exceptions only and one of those will be this coming Sunday when controversial whistle blower Stuart Attwell is the man in the middle.

Fast-tracked into the Football League at the age of 25 was, perhaps, always asking for trouble but an unremarkable first season saw him promoted again this term into the Championship amnd even occasional lesser Premiership games where he's made a name for himself but for all the wrong reasons.

Attwell awarded the now infamous "Goal that never was" as a shot that was several yards wide was adjudged to have gone into the goal by a lino, Attwell merely confirmed it.

Just afterwards, Derby were denied two blatant penalties in an East Midlands derby which also saw / booked and 1 sent off.

Those incidents and others have earned him regular criticism and notoriety from managers, players and media alike although his past couple of games have been quiet. Let's hope we're only talking about the football and not the man in the middle at Ninian Park this weekend.

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