Yesterday, Jonathan Moss, a bog-standard referee from the wrong side of the Pennines, gave a fallacious penalty (the infringement occurred outside the penalty area) that allowed West Bromwich Albion to defeat Blackpool by 3 goals to 2.
Blackpool manager, Ian Holloway, was furious about the decision.
And why is this of any concern to the likes of you?
Well, Mr Moss should never have been allowed to officiate on this match in the first place.
Below we list all of the occasions where Moss has refereed either West Brom or Blackpool during his five year Football League tenancy.
Scunthorpe 1 Blackpool 0
WBA 3 Luton 2
Norwich 1 WBA 2
Blackpool 3 Scunthorpe 1 - despite having Brandon sent off by Moss after 38 minutes.
Blackpool 0 Plymouth 0
WBA 4 Ipswich 0
Peterborough 0 WBA 3 - a penalty and sending off in favour of the Throstles.
Hull 2 Blackpool 2 - Sent off Kaspar Gorkss of Blackpool.
Blackpool 1 West Brom 3 - Gave West Brom their equalising penalty.
Burnley 2 Blackpool 0 - A penalty to seal the Hillbilly victory.
Blackpool 0 Watford 2
Blackpool 1 Nottingham Forest 1 - Ian Evatt sent off after 68 minutes.
Blackpool 2 Newcastle 1 - must be because it helped West Brom!
Scunthorpe 1 West Brom 3 - two sendings off and a penalty when the game was one-all sorted out this particular affair.
WBA 3 Blackpool 2 - gives Albion fake penalty for winning goal.
So, what are the scores on the doors?
West Bromwich Albion matches with Mr Moss blowing the whistle:
7 matches.
7 wins.
4 penalties in favour of West Brom and none against.
3 sendings off in favour of West Brom and none against.
Blackpool matches with Moss's sides:
10 matches.
2 wins and 5 defeats.
0 penalties in favour of Blackpool but two against.
0 sendings off in favour of Blackpool but three against.
Meanwhile, in the hyperreality, the Daily Telegraph tells us in headline: "No Racism In Referees' Decision Making".
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The admission of crimes.
How exactly do the Football League reach the decision of who referees whom?
At least we are no longer the only ones asking such questions.
Arsène Wenger: "They [UEFA] have to be much more open how they rate their referees. Nobody knows really how they name their referees. Where is the ranking of the referees? I believe too much has gone on in the last thirty years."
Giancarlo Abete, president of the FIGC in Italy following the mugging of Fiorentina by the Bavarians: "The truth is errors can happen, but this is just too obvious to be ignored."
Alex Ferguson on the same 'match': "It was an incredible decision that winning goal... deary, deary me. I think maybe the lad's under pressure because of what happened last season [Ovrebo's channelling of Barcelona into the Champions League Final]."
Wenger, once again on the Porto 1st Leg: "In situations like that you are either incompetent or dishonest and I prefer to think he [Hansson] is incompetent."
Roberto Martinez: "Refereeing makes the Premier League a laughing stock."
And while we are feeling quizzical, quizzical, I want to get quizzical...
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JIM O'NEILL, HEAD OF THE RED KNIGHTS COUP? AN AVID MANCHESTER UNITED FAN? EVEN THOUGH HE HAILS FROM CHESHIRE AND ONLY STARTED SUPPORTING THEM AT UNIVERSITY?
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PORTSMOUTH? NOW TO BE TAKEN OVER BY A HORSERACING TRAINER? WITH THEIR REPUTATION?
AND WHERE IS THE 9 POINT DEDUCTION ANYWAY, SCUDAMORE?
Scudamore's poodle Dan Johnson: "The Premier League can have any particular [ownership] model we want."
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