sorry if there is a thread along the same lines as this but I dont know how this bloke can still earn a living of refereeing in the best league in the world, he is an utter joke of a man
Merseyside derby incident
Clattenburg came under heavy criticism following his controversial officiating of the local derby match between Everton and Liverpool on 20 October 2007 [22]. During the match, he made a number of poor 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 pulled down Everton's Joleon Lescott in the Liverpool six yard box.[23] [24]. He also seemed to have been influenced by Steven Gerrard in his decision to send of Tony Hibbert as he initially took the yellow card out to book the defender, however after an interaction, albeit a brief one, with Gerrard, Clattenburg changed his mind and sent off Hibbert. As a result of the match, he was suspended from officiating the following weekend's Premier League matches as a result and has never refereed an Everton game since.
He is best known for disallowing a goal by Pedro Mendes for Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford in 2005, which replays showed had clearly crossed the line, that will be the one that Roy Carroll had to dig out of the net, the one that was more over the line than Lampards against Germany during the WC.
Not only should he never of ref'd an Everton match again, I'd of gone as far as to say any match ever again.