http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/referees/profile.appointments.html/anthony-taylor
Doesn't seem to be doing them many favours
Have you been living on Mars for the last 2 years?!
The answer's 'yes' of course. Taylor was a regular at the Swamp as a kid and his family are all card carrying rags from Wythenshawe. However, by shamelessly passing himself off as an Altrincham fan he is affiliated to the Cheshire FA and is thus eligible to referee both City AND United, who are both Lancashire FA clubs. It is an absolute disgrace that this fucking red wanker is being allowed to take charge of a game that is crucial to both us and them for the same reason, and for the umpteenth time why City do not make a very public fuss about it is beyond my comprehension. He will give us absolutely nothing, just as he always does
I'm not doubting what you've said as I've heard similar from others but can it be proved that he was a regular at the swamp as a kid?
Yes, it's no secret. Taylor has said it himself
He went to Alty Grammar in the same year as my mate and he's said to me a few times that Taylor was genuinely an Alty fan at school. Another mate of mine (Chrissy Adams) used to play for Alty and Taylor went to speak to him when he saw him one day and was keen to see how he was and who he was playing for. I think he genuinely is an Alty fan.Is altrincham code for rag ?
If that's on record then there's nothing better than a social media campaign to get something done about it.
The club can't be seen to be publically questioning the integrity of a ref but there's nothing stopping us.