We wish to expand slightly on our deconstruction of the Redknapp-Dean Edifice.
Here are a listing of the last ten occasions when Our Hero has met with Arbitros Man.
Oct 27 2007: Portsmouth v West Ham United - Mr Dean provides Pompey with an injury time penalty which Benjani proceeds to miss. The match finishes 0-0 despite the input of Wirral Man. #######################################################
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January 1st 2008: Reading v Portsmouth - Ibrahima Sonko pays for his Blackness when receiving a 3rd minute sending off. Mr Dean had not finished there though as he felt it necessary to also provide Portsmouth with a penalty, which they missed. The match ended 0-2 ######################################################################
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January 19th 2008: Portsmouth v Derby County - A 3-1 victory just eighteen days after Harry last met Mikey. #####################################################
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February 17th 2008: Preston North End v Portsmouth - The ultimately hypersuccessful FA Cup campaign continues with a 1-0 victory in a very grim place indeed.
May 17th 2008: Portsmouth v Cardiff City - Redknapp wins his first proper trophy in the game that ###################################################################
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September 28th 2008: Portsmouth v Tottenham - Portsmouth given a penalty to take the lead. Tottenham denied a penalty. Pompey run out 2-0 winners against Our Hero's future employers. The 88th minute sending off of a Black man was of minimal consequence.
November 11th 2008: Manchester City v Tottenham - The new Spurs supremo sees his side grab a 2-1 victory in the most meritocratic of matches. The story - City take the lead; Dean sends off City's Fernandes in 26th minute; Spurs take the lead; Dean sends off City's Dunne; Assou-Ekotto irrelevantly disappears up the tunnel in the 89th minute in a further ########################################################
December 13th 2008: Tottenham v Manchester United - A hard-fought 0-0 draw with a Ronaldo goal chalked off.
February 8th 2009: Tottenham v Arsenal - The infamous disallowed goal for the offence of "Being Black in the penalty area", followed by the sending off for the offence of "Scoring and making me look amateurish on television and being Black and fouling". Another first half sending off and another overachievement against the market in a 0-0 draw.
10 matches.
8 overperformances against the market price for Redknapp's team (9 if not for Benjani).
7 decisions in favour of Harry when matches level or one goal differential ie competitive.
0 decisions against Harry in the same circumstances.
1 FA Cup Final Winners Medal.
1 Freedom Of The City Of Portsmouth.
And note that the average time of the first sending off is the 22nd minute - maximum impact.
Some questions for the Premier League/Professional Game Match Officials Board/FA (PL/PGMOB/FA):
Why has Mr Dean been given 11 link-ups with Redknapp since the start of last season, when 4 would be a more valid number?
Why have the balance and timing of match decisions been so biased in favour of Redknapp's teams?
Why doesn't anyone monitor this sort of thing?
Why did Dean get the FA Cup Final just two years after being banned for his role in the online betting site, Arbitros?
Who makes the decisions at the PL/PGMOB that allows what would appear, on the face of it, to be not only biased officiating but also institutional bias in the selection of referees to the benefit of one certain individual?
Is it Keith Hackett?
Is it one of his officers?
Who?
It is our fucking sport...
These are reasonable questions to ask.
And, while we're at it.
When two of the highest profile referees have a racist bias in their officiating, why isn't anybody at the PL/PGMOB monitoring that particular bubble of nonsense?
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