Does anyone now doubt the FA and its officials are corrupt

[jacko74]

Whats the point in writing a strongly worded letter to the F.A.? Why not just write directly to the likes of Whatmore and Gill (C.O. arsenal F.C. and SCUM F.C.)

The answer is to get Kenyon in asap and start playing the sky4 at their own corrupt, devious, cheating, snide own game.

 

[2sheikhs]

Some unbelievably embarrassing posts, some facts - warning, you may need to take off blue tinted specs in order to read without self combusting...

Minimum of 4 minutes added time was indicated by the 4th offical as Bellamy celebrated.

89'55" Bellamy scores. Spends 85 secs larging it in front of the fans and fannying about getting back in his own half.

91'20" Game restarts. No added time has yet been played.

92'30" Sub. Only 1 minute 10 added time played.

93'00" Game restarts.

95'30" Mickey bloody Owen scores. 3'40" added time played

96'20" Game restarts. 20 secs added time left.

96'40" 4 mins up - Full Time.

At the end of May,you can proudly boast that you were the only team to have beaten this seasons champions.

 

[Falling Star]

you defo are not meant to add on extra time for substitutions, goals or any other distraction. The average time a ball is in play at a football match is something like 29 minutes, if they added on for all stoppages the match would never end!

The referee should only add injury time if the game has to be STOPPED as someone is injured. The game isn't stopped when someone scores so there should never have been any added injury time in the first place. Also they shouldn't add time on because someone is making a substitution.

Quote from the 'Laws of The Game' handbook -

Allowance For Time Lost

a) substitutions

b) assessment of injury to players

c) removal of injured players from the field of play for treatment

d) wasting time

e) any other cause

imo goal-scoring celebrations would come under d) wasting time or e) any other cause

There is no stated period of time given in the rule book for how much should be added on to the 90 but these things are covered at PGMO meetings to aid consistency (no, really) and ensure that all officials use the same methods. Its a load of bollocks as we all know because these rules are implemented according to each game and the rags are a different breed when it comes to implementing tried and trusted practice.

 

[Spelcheka]

We'll have our day.
In the meantime, they're living on borrowed time - and everyone knows it - including Taggart.
It just pisses me off when you see who they borrow it from !
Keep believing.
Proud of everyone.

 

[Falling Star]

Thats right Spelcheka, City need to use this as a spur for the rest of the campaign. I watched the game on a web stream so couldn't see the foul that led to the free kick that led eventually to the winner but it did seem a lot closer to the halfway line than where it was actually taken? Maybe splitting hairs I know but it seems to happen at 'top 4' grounds more than it should, this game was never going to end until the rags had at least one more chance to score was it? It reminded me of the FA Cup tie at OT in 99 when Liverpool were 1-0 up (courtesy of Owen) for practically the entire match then the rags scored twice in the final 2 minutes to win it, they were so close to having their treble ruined and I am convinced that game gave them the confidence to believe they could not be beaten that season. No 'added time' controversy in that particular game but a dubious free kick was awarded against that infamous henchman Jamie Redknapp around the same area as todays last-gasp free kick was. Makes you suspicious doesn't it?

Maybe the rags are just that good at grabbing late winners and maybe they get a helping hand occasionally ;-)

 

[hgblue]

Has anyone seen a replay of the two free kicks that led to United's third and fourth goals? There's been a lot of focus on the added time, but these free kicks looked extremely dubious to me in real time.

 

[Hooch]

Some unbelievably embarrassing posts, some facts - warning, you may need to take off blue tinted specs in order to read without self combusting...

Minimum of 4 minutes added time was indicated by the 4th offical as Bellamy celebrated.

89'55" Bellamy scores. Spends 85 secs larging it in front of the fans and fannying about getting back in his own half.

91'20" Game restarts. No added time has yet been played.

92'30" Sub. Only 1 minute 10 added time played.

93'00" Game restarts.

95'30" Mickey bloody Owen scores. 3'40" added time played

96'20" Game restarts. 20 secs added time left.

96'40" 4 mins up - Full Time.

Spends 85 seconds fannying around? Are you being serious, it was half that!

The free-kick previous to the goal shouldn't of been played, and once we cleared it the whistle should've been blown, and this is around the 96th minute mark!

 

[Gordyola]

Has anyone seen a replay of the two free kicks that led to United's third and fourth goals? There's been a lot of focus on the added time, but these free kicks looked extremely dubious to me in real time.

The free kick that was given that resulted in the third was NEVER a fouls and also the position that it was taken from was 4 yards inside

 

[brady0]

you defo are not meant to add on extra time for substitutions, goals or any other distraction. The average time a ball is in play at a football match is something like 29 minutes, if they added on for all stoppages the match would never end!

The referee should only add injury time if the game has to be STOPPED as someone is injured. The game isn't stopped when someone scores so there should never have been any added injury time in the first place. Also they shouldn't add time on because someone is making a substitution.

Quote from the 'Laws of The Game' handbook -

Allowance For Time Lost

a) substitutions

b) assessment of injury to players

c) removal of injured players from the field of play for treatment

d) wasting time

e) any other cause

imo goal-scoring celebrations would come under d) wasting time or e) any other cause

There is no stated period of time given in the rule book for how much should be added on to the 90 but these things are covered at PGMO meetings to aid consistency (no, really) and ensure that all officials use the same methods. Its a load of bollocks as we all know because these rules are implemented according to each game and the rags are a different breed when it comes to implementing tried and trusted practice.

fair enough mate. i was always told as a ref that you only add time on for injurys but i suppose it is really up to the individual ref. Having 'any other cause' in the rules means there will never be consistency.

 

[Gordyola]

Some unbelievably embarrassing posts, some facts - warning, you may need to take off blue tinted specs in order to read without self combusting...

Minimum of 4 minutes added time was indicated by the 4th offical as Bellamy celebrated.

89'55" Bellamy scores. Spends 85 secs larging it in front of the fans and fannying about getting back in his own half.

91'20" Game restarts. No added time has yet been played.

92'30" Sub. Only 1 minute 10 added time played.

93'00" Game restarts.

95'30" Mickey bloody Owen scores. 3'40" added time played

96'20" Game restarts. 20 secs added time left.

96'40" 4 mins up - Full Time.

Ok RAG the celebration for City's third was timed at 45 not 85seconds (thats a ridiculous statement) so by your calculations time was up when he scored
Also 4 minutes was too much as well considering the stopages