Referees’ Performances | 2024/2025

[levets]

I’ve read that he supports four different teams from various people who know for a ‘fact’ just in the last two days.

I don’t know for a fact, nor did I say it as a fact; like you I read it on a forum.

 

[Phil1]

It is awfully coincidental how many top flight refs support lower league clubs isn’t it.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I’ve read that he supports four different teams from various people who know for a ‘fact’ just in the last two days.

Ashton United fan from Olham perhaps ?

 

[M23 Citizen]

It is awfully coincidental how many top flight refs support lower league clubs isn’t it.

There are 184 football clubs in England. 120 of them are lower league.

Look at Greater Manchester: more fans go to watch all the other Greater Manchester clubs combined than even go to Old Trafford, never mind the Etihad.

(This is based on highest attendances of the season for each club… City’s is say 53,000, United’s is say 73,000, all the other Gtr Mcr clubs combined is over 75,000.)

 

[SatOnTheWall]

It was a stat that Opta produced. Showed we’re way down the list on overall time wasting but top of the list for time taken on goal kicks.

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I don’t think we’ll stay at the top of that but it shows there are times when Ederson takes his time depending on the match situation. He’s not particularly subtle about it when he does it either, which doesn’t help him.

Nice one, thanks!

 

[Stephen230]

I don’t know for a fact, nor did I say it as a fact; like you I read it on a forum.

I wasn’t including you in the four. As yours was a question rather than a statement. That’ll be 5 different teams if we do include Oldham.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

After 8 Games in the PL:

Percentage of fouls leading to a Yellow Card (I've specifically only included cards resulting from fouls only)
Opposition: 22.1%
City: 37.19%

Average fouls per game
Opposition: 10:25
City: 6.25

Average City possession
65.63%

Well, that makes it clear, tmt, that we are fouling ourselves and getting booked for it!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Well, that makes it clear, tmt, that we are fouling ourselves and getting booked for it!

I discounted bookings for time-wasting and dissent. ;-)

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I discounted bookings for time-wasting and dissent. ;-)

Isn't every blue on blue collision deemed a foul. LotG on Fouls, Direct Free Kicks, and the newly added bit by IFAB - Screwing Teams in Blue.

 

[jimharri]

What was the lovely Dermot's opinion on the Hammers' penalty?