Mark Clattenburg

[Beefymcfc]

Just got back from the match and can I say, he was a disgrace to the men in black. I will have to look at the Bellers sending off again because the view from my position was that it was a clear foul and Bellers went down because of it. There were many occassions when I thought a card should've been shown but it was as if he had an agenda.

The worse of all for me wasn't just biased against us, it was is attitude towards all the players; totally disrespectful. The finger wagging in players faces, contemptable rollicking of certain players because they were agrieved by his decisions (and rightly so), and those little words in their ears with a blatant disregard for what had actually happened.

In my opinion, he shouldn't be refereeing a Sunday League match, never mind the Premier League!

[ashton287]

fuck spakenburg they should of had 10 men themselves before half time the way they were jumping into challenges if you can book a player for dissent you can book a player for intent as its a million times worse, robinson is a fucking joke how he stayed on the pitch i havent got a fuckin clue this was worse reffing then the derby and the 7 mins extra time but i do think in a few years when were winning everything and refs r up our arses ill miss this kinda game

[Goataldo]

TO be fair to Bellers, he definitely got fouled, 100%.

Whether he had to go down or not, I'm not so sure on reflection. Maybe his touch was a tad heavy, and he thought he'd take the 'inevitable' free kick. I've reacted in a way that accentuates an obvious foul to sometimes myself, but I'd much rather be bearing down on goal in the area with the ball at my feet than get a free kick on the edge.

I'll have to study it on MotD but it could well be that Bellamy did go down easy. Either way - to book him for it, as a second yellow, when allowing much worse offences to go unpunished, unrecognised, and repeated (e.g. Cohen before he eventually got carded), suggests a more sinister agenda from the reptile Clattenburg.

[feedthegreek]

get to the fucking jobcentre clatterbang. you tossbag.

your right there mate

[Sister of fu]

I want to ask why no action was taken against Jussi jaskawhatshisname when he smacks his own player in the face. I am sure by the letter of the law that violent conduct wheather against the ops or your own team mate is a red card. Fuller got sent off last season for a lesser offence. Shocking display from the ref today but to be honest in parts we were shocking too.

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Apart from the first Bolton goal he did well today. Did the linesman flag for it though?

[Beefymcfc]

Apart from the first Bolton goal he did well today. Did the linesman flag for it though?

Are you the new 'Attention Seeking Whore'?

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

Apart from the first Bolton goal he did well today. Did the linesman flag for it though?

Are you the new 'Attention Seeking Whore'?

Are you another one childishly calling people names for expressing their opinion? Just how old are you incidentally?

[Im_Spartacus]

The worst referee since Graham Poll!

Their off-side goal, the fact that Cohen comitted about 6 fouls before being booked, booking Bellamy for a dive when the Bolton player obviously made no contact with the ball, sending Bellamy off.

He should be demoted, again!

In fairness on the Bellamy incident, when I saw it my first thought was a dive, as he had evaded the tackle perfectly well, and only fell over comedy style on his next step when he realised he had over-hit the ball.

Bellamy should have gone down on contact, as he didnt I can sort of understand why the ref thought Bellamy was having him over.

What are you saying ? Really !! Bellamy went down on contact . An absolutely atrocious piece of refereeing...... Nothing else.

Bellamy was fouled full stop, period. .....

Bellamy did not go down on contact, he took an extra step then fell which is why he was booked.

I know just as well as you do that it was a free kick, but......take your blue specs off.....he went over after he had lost control of the ball

[Mase]

I want to ask why no action was taken against Jussi jaskawhatshisname when he smacks his own player in the face. I am sure by the letter of the law that violent conduct wheather against the ops or your own team mate is a red card. Fuller got sent off last season for a lesser offence. Shocking display from the ref today but to be honest in parts we were shocking too.

don't forget Dyer and Bowyer! I loved watching that fight, can't believe the ref sent them both off. I'd have made them hug each other on the pitch in front of everyone.

Thing with Clattenburg is he actually thinks he's a hard man. He actually shouts in players faces, waves his arms in front of their faces and is an all round shite referee!

[Beefymcfc]

Apart from the first Bolton goal he did well today. Did the linesman flag for it though?

Are you the new 'Attention Seeking Whore'?

Are you another one childishly calling people names for expressing their opinion? Just how old are you incidentally?

Sorry pal, I'll hold my head down in shame! However, now my head's back up, how do you work out that the refs had a good game, considering that I am now watching MoTD and have just seen the offside goal?

PS. I would never feel the need to state what I stated unless there was a real need. I would defy any on here to say that the ref wasn't pathetic today.

PPS. Just seen the Bellers sending off, and yes, you are totally wrong!!!

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

I stand by my initial decision after seeing it a few times. I resent being called in separate threads for doing so.

[King Kev]

This proves it the officials were bent,

He said: “My assistant manager (Mark Bowen) has knocked on the referee’s door and wasn’t too impressed by what was said and the excuses given.

“We are really frustrated with his performance and the performance of the other officials. The first goal is clearly offside. Why the hell they found it difficult to get that one right I have no idea.

“I also don’t appreciate when the referees coming out for the second half start making comment about who they do or do not like in my team. They might be having a laugh and a joke. I have to be careful here as we are talking about integrity.”

This is from MH.

I'd be willing to bet a sizable amount of money that Mr Clattenburg said something disparaging about Craig Bellamy.

This needs to be reported to the powers that be, we can't allow knob-heads with fragile egos to be influencing the outcome of Premier League matches.

[King Kev]

Here is some of the bent fucker's history;

Clattenburg was heavily criticised by supporters in 2002 following his failure to send off Stockport County defender Dave Challinor for a foul on Martin Pringle during a game against Grimsby Town. Pringle's leg was broken in two places and his career effectively ended by the foul, yet Clattenburg opted to give only a yellow card to Challinor. Remarkably, Stockport's then player-manager Carlton Palmer was also booked by Clattenburg for dissent - arguing that his own player should have been sent off.

During the local derby match between Everton and Liverpool on 20 October 2007, he made a number of controversial decisions including declining Everton's appeals for a penalty in the third minute of added time, with the score at 1-2, when Jamie Carragher appeared to hold back Everton's Joleon Lescott in the Liverpool six yard box. He was suspended from officiating the following weekend's Premier League matches as a result.

Clattenburg was appointed to take charge of The FA Community Shield on 9 August 2008, with Dave Richardson and Ian Gosling assisting and Andre Marriner acting as fourth official. However, Clattenburg was suspended from refereeing, pending an investigation into alleged debts incurred by companies to which he is connected. Following the investigation into his personal life and business debts, the referees' governing body dismissed Clattenburg

How is this joker still in a job??

[Esky]

This proves it the officials were bent,

He said: “My assistant manager (Mark Bowen) has knocked on the referee’s door and wasn’t too impressed by what was said and the excuses given.

“We are really frustrated with his performance and the performance of the other officials. The first goal is clearly offside. Why the hell they found it difficult to get that one right I have no idea.

“I also don’t appreciate when the referees coming out for the second half start making comment about who they do or do not like in my team. They might be having a laugh and a joke. I have to be careful here as we are talking about integrity.”

This is from MH.

I'd be willing to bet a sizable amount of money that Mr Clattenburg said something disparaging about Craig Bellamy.

This needs to be reported to the powers that be, we can't allow knob-heads with fragile egos to be influencing the outcome of Premier League matches.

4-2 vs Arsenal and 3-3 vs Bolton. Has he had us for any other games this season?

[DoomMerchant]

The worst referee since Graham Poll!

Their off-side goal, the fact that Cohen comitted about 6 fouls before being booked, booking Bellamy for a dive when the Bolton player obviously made no contact with the ball, sending Bellamy off.

He should be demoted, again!

In fairness on the Bellamy incident, when I saw it my first thought was a dive, as he had evaded the tackle perfectly well, and only fell over comedy style on his next step when he realised he had over-hit the ball.

Bellamy should have gone down on contact, as he didnt I can sort of understand why the ref thought Bellamy was having him over.

What are you saying ? Really !! Bellamy went down on contact . An absolutely atrocious piece of refereeing...... Nothing else.

Bellamy was fouled full stop, period. .....

Bellamy did not go down on contact, he took an extra step then fell which is why he was booked.

I know just as well as you do that it was a free kick, but......take your blue specs off.....he went over after he had lost control of the ball

that's exactly what i saw...that extra step after the contact, under control...then a fall just didn't look right. It looked to me like if he wanted to could have pushed through, but he'd lost the ball heading out for a goal kick. I'll watch it again tonight, but that's what i saw live, and afterwards on replay.

Never in a million years should that act really have been a yellow card while yr on a yellow already, because there was contact...he tried to make a meal of the contact, but didn't do it well. Never a sending off that's for certain.

cheers

[zuricity]

Well I'm sorry you two , perhaps you should let somebody take you out when running at full pelt. See how you go to the ground.
He certainly did not dive. In fact he stood up immediately the bad tackle.

[Socrates]

He should be executed along with the other 3 officials yesterday.

[Kiss_The_Goat]

He's a terrible referee, who consistently makes the wrong call, is bent as fuck, with a known gambling problem. How is Mark Clattenburg still refereeing in the biggest league in the world?
Disgusting.

Seriously though, does he have a wager on the top 4 places without us in it, or did he have a few quid on a Bolton win yesterday, because i'm really struggling to understand his decisions from an objective viewpoint?

I really hope we kick up a fuss to the FA and ask for an inquiry into his and the linesmen's performance and appeal the Bellamy sending off. Twattenburg

[Fish111]

Awful performance from an awful referee but the linesman should get pelters too for his lack of vision for the first goal. Clattenburgs comments about our players should be investigated if one of the players mentioned was Bellamy, who he subsequently sent off. As for the Bellamy incident, he was running at pace and his trailing leg was taken, if that happened to anyone they would not go down immediately because of the pace involved and the fact it was a glancing blow on his leg, you are bound to take one or two more steps before falling. Definate foul, definately not a sending off. Shocking decision.