October 2009, Manchester United v Sunderland resulted in a disappointing 2-2 draw at Old Trafford. Alan Wiley was the subject of Fergie's tongue, when he said, "You see referees abroad who are as fit as a butchers' dogs. We have some here who are not fit; he was taking 30 seconds to book a player, he was needing a rest, it was ridiculous." Sir Alex was found guilty of improper conduct, fined £20,000 and given a 2 match ban.
In March 2011 after a league defeat at Stamford Bridge, Martin Atkinson was on the receiving end of another Fergie criticism, who said "You want a fair referee, you want a strong referee; we didn't get that and when I saw who was refereeing I feared the worse." Fergie was fined £30,000 for improper conduct and was given a five match ban.
In January 2005, Peterborough North End in the local Sunday league were playing the Royal Mail and their game was not just reported in the local "rag" but made national news. A PNE player made an uncomplimentary remark to Andy Wain and Wain lost his temper, eyeballing the player. The startled PNE goalkeeper realised that this was not an opposition player but the ref. Wain was so embarrassed by his behaviour that he sent himself off! There was no replacement, so Wain had to abandon the game.
"It was totally unprofessional", he said, "so I had to go". He was fined £50 and banned from refereeing for 35 days by the Northampton FA. here's some more stuff.
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Richard Mulcaster first made reference to a "referee" in "foteball" who was the "judge over the parties". A referee was mention in Rochdale in 1842 when the Bodyguards Club played the Fearnought Club. In those days "gentlemen" who played the game would never comment a "foul", so incidents were "referred" to the neutral umpire as he was called then, by an umpire representing each team. So the name "referee" came about. In 1891, the three officials evolved into two linesmen and one referee, in charge of referals!
In 1872, Alfred Stair was the first FA Cup Final referee. He was a Civil Servant, officiating the cup final between The Royal Engineers (umpired by JH Giffard) and The Wanderers (umpired by J Kirkpartick).
In 1875, the famous Charles Alcock reffed the final, Segar Bastard did it in 1878 and Francis Marindin was in charge of every final between 1880-90.
Arthur Kingscott did two Finals in 1900 and 1901 and his son did the final in 1931. Mind you his dad was the FA Treasurer at the time!
Sir Stanley Rous, very much the main man in FA circles, was the "man in the middle" in 1934 and local lad Keith Hackett was an assistant referee in 1979 and was the main man in 1981.
Anyone know the most recent FA Cup Final referee?
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