to register,you can vent your spleen to the FA about that gobshite Kettle. http://www.thefa.com/feedback/ i can't be arsed coz it'll not make any difference.
My complaint Afraid it will probably fall on deaf ears... I am a Barnsley fan, and would like to complain about the standard of refereeing in our last two matches. While this may sound like sour grapes, I would not take the trouble to conatact you unless I felt genuinely aggreived, which I do. The standard of refereeing in our last two games has been shocking. In the game away at Bristol, the ref sent off Campbell-Ryce for diving when there was clear contact. Fair enough if he does not consider it a penalty, but he cannot send him off unless it was a clear dive. Secondly, in the last minute there was a suspected handball and the ref put the whistle to his lips then bottled it. His performance in this game was generally diabolical, and is best summarised by 2 decisions in the second half. There was a challenge by Brian Howard which was clearly fair, yet the referee was going to award a foul but played on. There was also an incident later on where he did not award a foul, but the linesman flagged. He then booked the player without talking to the linesman. My question is this: how could he know it was a booking if he didn't think it was a foul and didn't talk to the linesman? This smacks of gross incompetence. This brings me on to today's game. Trevor Kettle, whose family are allegedly Stoke supporters, was allowed to referee a game involving them. Fair enough, he awarded us a penalty (which was blatant). He then proceeded to try and gift the game to Stoke. He was eager to card Barnsley, but reluctant when it came to Stoke (example-Liam Lawrence was mouthing off at every free kick awarded to Barnsley, but received no booking, but when Grant McCann did not immediately walk back 10 yards for a Stoke free kick he was booked without hesitation.) There was also the issue of Ricardo Fuller spitting at the Barnsley fans, and Liam Lawrence repeatedly gesturing towards the home crowd towards the end. Counting the booking the referee gave him, this was 3 bookings he should have received. Now, on to the Stoke penalties. The first one was not a penalty, and I defy you to watch a replay and tell me it was. As for the second, there was a suspected handball from a Stoke player leading up to the free kick (I am not sure of this admittedly, but it looked it at the time.) I have no complaints about Foster's sending off, it was definitely a second booking. However, I do have a problem with the penalty from the resulting free kick. There was a goalmouth scramble, resulting in a shot on goal, (so if there was a foul, surely the ref played play on, and the shot on goal was the end of it) and the ref blew his whistle. When he did this there seemed to be no appeal from the Stoke players, and several of them started to jog back to there own half, assuming the free kick had gone our way from one of the 50/50 tussles in the box. But no, a penalty was awarded. When Simon Davey asked the referee, he said it was for holding, but later changed his mind (presumably after seeing a replay) and then said it was for handball against Souza. I completely agree with Davey's comments about both referees, and feel that such incompetence should not go unpunished. I would like someone at the FA to watch videos of both games and review the referees' performances. I would also like to point out that if I acted similarly incompetently in my job, I would be queuing outside the job centre this coming tuesday.
I'd try this one but probably a waste of time Contact Us Football League Operations Centre Edward VII Quay Navigation Way Preston PR2 2YF Football League Commercial Office The Football League 30 Gloucester Place London W1U 8FL Tel (Both Offices): 0870 442 0 1888 Fax - Operations Centre: 0870 442 1188 e-mail: fl@football-league.co.uk
Eaststander stay away from this link It includes references to the FA's FAN Number that you can sign up for, or it's proper name of a "Football Association Number number" I want a number number.
mansfieldred absoulute quality post mate, couldnt have worded it half as good myself, well done pal (y)
