Hate Man Utd

See this BBC link to confirm Man Utd needed the help of a dodgy penalty to secure the Premiership title. Who was the ref??? Phil Dowd, hmmmmmm. Blackburn keeper clearly acting as a spring board for a gymnastics routine for a player heading away from the goal.

I write this part way through the match! All the talk before the match (refreshingly) is about the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool Manager and not about the Mancs. Howard Webb soon puts an end to that and gives Man Utd a penalty after Berbatov dives in the box in the first minute. Later in the first half he lets a 2 footed challenge by a Man Utd player go, only to send off Gerrard for a similar challenge moments later.

Disgraceful is not strong enough! Nani dives in the box looking for a penalty, should have been booked for diving, then makes a deliberate handball, another booking and sending off??? The Spurs goalie puts the ball down for a free kick and Nani kicks it into the net and a goal is awarded. Only at Old Trafford, what a joke.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish thought the officials had eventually made the correct decision which led to the equaliser and the match finishing 1-1. Was he being diplomatic or respectful to the referee? Comments please!

“The linesman’s flagged for it and we felt that if he flagged for it then it shouldn’t be given,” McLeish said. “I thought at the time that it should have been given offside. We thought Rooney interfered with the guy who put it in the net.” For full article click here.

Referee for the record was Mark Clattenburg, his first appearance on this blog!

Great win! The biggest 3rd round upset of 2009/10 in the FA Cup. The start of the decade and a Man Utd home defeat. The commentator on ITV said with about 10 mins to go that injury time would be added in multiples of 5 minute intervals, how well informed was he (?) with 5 mins being added of “fergie time” (God knows where that came from). Wes Brown staying on the pitch after multiple fouls, after being booked defies belief. So the Leeds team won with the ref in the Mancs pocket! Great!!!!

Here is a quote from The Sun website:

The union for referees has demanded the FA get tough with the Manchester United boss for accusing Alan Wiley of being unfit. Ferguson accused Wiley of being unfit to referee United’s clash with Sunderland at Old Trafford last Saturday.

It is a clear smoke screen to divert attention from Wiley being in Fergies pocket, after Wiley played enough extra time for Man Utd to score in injury time (again). Or was Fergie’s upset because the idea was enough extra time should have been played to score 2 goals and thus a Man Utd win??? If Fergie is thrown out of football as a consequence of this (unlikely but possible, apparently) it will be so he can appeal against it - win - and take the cash as a pension pot .

Sunderland the victims of an Old Trafford injury time goal this time, to make the final score 2-2. It was pleasing to see Man Utd not win but it is funny (not) to see that the ref was Alan Wiley.

As sourced from The Guardian. The link presents the evidence that Man Utd get more injury time when they are loosing compared to when there are drawing or winning.

The Guardian has looked at all of United’s league matches at Old Trafford since the start of the 2006-07 season and discovered that, on average, there has been over a minute extra added by referees when United do not have the lead after 90 minutes, compared to when they are in front.

OK Man Utd 4 - 3 Man City and a late late goal…. covered elsewhere on this blog. However, while Craig Bellamy is in the headlines for slapping a fan who is  ”charged with going onto a playing area without lawful authority or excuse”, Gary Neville is branded a lunatic for his celebrations in front of the Man City fans. A very similar scenario which led to Emmanuel Adebayor missing the derby match for his celebtation of a goal in front of opposition fans (Arsenal). Also and very interestingly, we have unconfirmed stories from a Man City fan in the ground that Furguson hugged Alan Wiley in celebration of the “injury time” winner. We would love to hear from anyone who saw this or provide a link to photos / videos etc.

All the above, if confirmed (in the case of the later point), points to corruption and biased press / media, something we a Man Utd have been aware of, but proof is something else…… Comments please.

Please post links to this article on other sites you may visit and hopefully more information will come to light, the truth is out there………

Man Utd 4-3 Man City with the winning goal scored in the 6th minute of added time. Even ex red and City Manager Mark Hughes was enraged and after all he knows the play til you win rules and on this occasion those rules must have been exceeded .

For the record:

Referee: Martin Atkinson, Fourth official: Alan Wiley