MillionMilesAway
Well-Known Member
It needs globalizing not expanding. Spanish/German refs are more likely to be neutral about a West Ham v Everton game than an English ref.
I'm Irish, dual citizenship in the UK and Ireland, a City supporter. I wouldn't be allowed to referee games by either Manchester club but I'd be allowed to referee Liverpool, Everton, Villa, Leeds, Hull, Arsenal, MK Dons, Spurs, Chelsea, West Ham and AFC Wimbledon games.
I'd quite happily fuck all of them bar Arsenal, the Hammers and Wimbledon. Even trying to be unbiased I'd subconsciously favour those teams.
That's the next level up, but requires all the FAs to work together and UEFA. I think that's a little unlikely.
I've said before that it's unlikely that of all our elite refs, only Oliver appears to support a PL team. In the last 30 years, I think that's also a little unlikely!