Utter nonesense.
A few years ago I got into a few arguments with Sunderland supporters who basically said the same thing about Madley always favouring City. Now I am 100% certain most City fans would not think this but they came out with a number of instances where they thought he had favoured us over them.
complete bollocks.
If you think referees aren’t influenced and are totally objective you’re living in cloud cuckoo land. So you think you are an insider, ITK as they say but you know no more or less than anyone else and I base my opinions on what I see with my own eyes. a few none City examples.
1. Graham Poll after he retired admitted he wasn’t allowed to award a penalty against Man Utd at Old Trafford, in return Ferguson knew he was unlikely to get a penalty awarded by Poll and this pissed Fergie off.
2. Graham Poll also stated, when Man United are winning you blow the full time whistle and don’t get shouted at.
3. Clattenburg admitting he bent the rules and didnt send off Spurs players when he should in 2016.
4. Prior to the 2016 FA Cup Final Clattenburg was pictured hugging Alex Ferguson, in the first half Palace had three occasions were they broke clear of the Man Utd defence only to be pulled back by Clattenburg and awarded a foul when advantage should have been played, Alan Pardew was seen remonstrating “three fucking times”.
I could go on but won’t, referees are professionals and have careers, they know that the old cartel clubs of Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal one or two more are overly represented on all governing bodies. They are also in influent in UEFA, so it’s you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.
