Bluesince1979
Well-Known Member
I have a story.. and i really do need to be careful on names.Instructions from above I think.
I used to watch my lad play rugby alongside a premier League ref. No names but you can work it out.
I was giving him some gentle stick about sending SWP off the day before, and he was defending the decision, all very amicably.
Then he got a phone call and moved away to take it. When he came back he was furious and told me the "powers that be" had told him to reverse it so the card was rescinded. He said the reason was something to do with "ongoing negotiations" or some such, nothing to do with the decision itself. Then in the media it said he'd changed his mind on seeing the video. That was total bollox.
My dad used to be heavily involved with professional gamblers, going back to the 90s.
One day he was a guest of a huge bookie/gambler at a barnsley game where a notorious ref was reffing. After the game , the bookie met the ref and gave him an envelope, a brown one. Bookie just said to my dad “total bookings”