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Or corrupt its debatable.

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If you're going to be corrupt you'd give each team 5 penalties each. A 5-5 draw at the bookies would be greater odds than 0-0 :)

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Referee should be demoted for 2 seasons, terrible decision

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Not if yeh wanted the Wombles to win,? down to 10 men plus 9 extra mins on top of disallowed good goal, it makes me wonder.

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delighted with the point against an in form side away from home but after watching the goals rush I just can,t believe what I saw. clive Thomas got all manner of stick when he blew the whistle whilst a corner was in the air before someone scored a goal from it. but whistling kettle yesterday did something I,ve never seen in 60 years of playing watching and refereeing. I always wait till the ball is in mid field or gone out of play before ending a half or at full time. that stops any arguments whatsoever. this would not take place by a new young referee doing his first under 9,s match. you don't need technowledgy for these things its called common sense. we all know kettle and his other pals will be out next week causing their self induced mayhem. they are not cheats but I,ve always wondered how some have got where they got in the first place, I do know there is a lot of creeping and pushing certain people in refereeing. could tell you loads of stories but would take me hours and my finger would be blunt. only hope the two points lost will not affect us at the end of the season. if there was any doubt about the side this should really galvanise them as it seems to be Stanley against the world.

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Without wanting to go to far off track I quit reffing because of the politics and the brown nosing. It's who you know what you know gets you to the top ;)

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We all know how many debateable decisions we've had from referees, it must sometimes sound to others like we're making excuses for a disappointing result & yes, some of these decisions are part of football & as Coley says what makes it the game it is BUT the ludicrous one by Trevor Kettle yesterday isn't only being berated by Stanley fans, the reactions to the clip on Facebook & Twitter say it all & yet, no doubt he will not face any action because of it & will carry on bumbling his way through more games - seemingly untouchable & above any reproach - that can't be right! Wimbledon must've thought all their Christmases had come at once.
Stanley meanwhile have to just put a brave face on it & carry on, just hope he isn't assigned to a game at the Crown anytime soon!

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We watched the Football League programme last night and the commentary said they have never , ever known a ref blow his whistle at that moment before . I wonder if he would do that had he been ref at United games ???? an utter disgrace.

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I sincerely hope yer right monkey hanger @ the guy aint a cheat, but i aint naive enough to believe there is no corruption in football or any sport for that matter, though i reckon theres more stupidity.

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The referee for the postponed Portsmouth game was Trevor Kettle; which means it's "his" game for the re-arranged date!!

The good news is that he also has been assigned at game at Bradford which was off for some reason; which has also been scheduled for Tuesday the 8th.

Happy to report Mr Kettle's off to Valley Parade at the minute.

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Thank god for that, though he should really be off to oblivion imho.

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My sentiments entirely!!!!

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bet he,ll be mr perfect as he will be under scrutiny there. will be getting ready for our play off games.

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if the game had been a world cup qualifier, big European game or played in south America I would agree on cheating and corruption as it goes hand in hand with these competitions and countries.

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If that decision had been made in certain other countries then many, rightly or wrongly, might have immediately put it down to match-fixing. But instead we must be content with it being just pedantic ineptitude.
The football authorities (remember, at their summit sits FIFA:eek:) struggle to deal with the former but it's pathetic that they don't even seem to care about the latter.
To my eye, Mr.Kettle didn't appear fit enough to ref the match yesterday. I noticed in the warm up he was less than thorough, compared with most other refs we see going through their pre-match routines. Maybe it had something to do with the fact, according to the young dude who stood next to me, he seemed to wearing trainers, not studs. Whether it was his lack of grip :rolleyes: on the pitch or the spread around his middle, he struggled to keep up with the play.
But let's forget his and all the other muppet decisions we've seen.
My praise goes to the entire team who didn't let such nonsense unsettle them and restricted the home team to very few serious chances whilst creating plenty themselves (the video gives a very unbalanced representation of the attacking chances throughout the match).
Must also say how much I'm impressed with Professor Coleman's post-match interviews this season. He has shown an admirable sense of perspective and must be in with a chance to win the 'most improved performance' of the season.