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Originally Posted by churchman phil
Rubbish!! It is just a statement that a referee's judgement WILL be affected by the crowd to some degree regardless of the man's integrity. It isn't a slur at all as that would imply referee's deliberately award decisions to the bigger team which I never said they did.
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I think in the main you are on the right tracks. Subconsciously there must be an influence from a larger crowd. Stick your self in the middle of a football pitch with one person shouting penalty, then shove 70,000 people round the side of the pitch shouting penalty and see which has the most influence
. It's an instant trigger in the human brain.
Referees don't cheat despite the protestations of many fans, but they do get things wrong, thankfully nowhere near as many as they get right
