Football

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RE: 2012/13 Football Season

(14/01/2013 15:41)teenagewasteland Wrote:  The thing with Webb / Mariner / Clattenburg / etc is fans know exactly who they are. They're as well known as the players themselves. In the past, nobody knew who the referee was. The only high profile ref I remember from my childhood was Clive Thomas, even unborn Evertonians know who Clive Thomas is!!!!

Today's officials, because of their professional status, revel in their new-found celebrity.

The likes of Webb enjoy the notoriety their standing in the game brings them - good and bad.

It's about time match officials reverted to referring football games, and stopped acting up for the cameras.

Ah yes..what a wonderful Ref he was