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Our favourite ref

Just read the BBC preview of tomorrow's game and wondered how on earth we won last season:

LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME

Everton 1-0 Arsenal
18 March 2007 - Ref: Mark Clattenburg
Everton scorer: Johnson 90
Brian Hill, Cape Town, RSA Posted 28/12/2007 at 17:51:15

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dave trudgeon
1 Posted 29/12/2007 at 10:07:51

i risk getting hung drawn and quartered but he had a good game from what i remember!

Rich Jones
2 Posted 29/12/2007 at 10:33:07

didnt his beloved reds benefit from our win

Santosh Benjamin
3 Posted 29/12/2007 at 10:56:23

Just watched the Johnson goal again on Youtube....was amazing...then went and watched the Ferguson winner against United in 2005 also on Youtube...made the hair on the back of my neck stand up..COYB..hope we can win again

James Elworthy
4 Posted 29/12/2007 at 11:25:07

Sometimes even the worst refs have good games like Styles against Bolton. His play on for the Cahill goal was excellent refereeing.
The linesmen are the ones who need to get their act together and the offside rule needs clarifying, Dunn made an attempt to head the ball and the ref overuled the linesman but surely the goalie was interfered with

Connor Rohrer
5 Posted 29/12/2007 at 11:45:34

Clattenburg actually had a great game last season when we played Arsenal. He let the game be competitive and tough so the football would flow and it was a great game to watch.

Paul Riley
6 Posted 29/12/2007 at 11:52:38

Because Arsenal that day, and Fabregas in particular were extremely lacklustre. We were pretty comfortable all game.

Ray Williams
7 Posted 29/12/2007 at 11:44:13

If you remember back to the Arsenal game last year, very early on AJ was rugby tackled from behind by Lehmann but Clattenburg gave nothing. As clear cut a penalty as you’ll ever see. Also, in a game that wasn’t dirty by any stretch of the imagination, we managed to pick up 6 yellow cards to Arsenal’s 0. Clattenburg at his best. We just forgot all about it because we’d scored the winner in the last minute.

Shaun Brennan
8 Posted 29/12/2007 at 12:11:20

It’s not Clattenburg now it’s Martin Atkinson (Yorkshire)

Harj Mulararwanitheram
9 Posted 29/12/2007 at 12:13:27

Don't forget Fernandes - he was supreme in that game - he had Fabregas & co on their back sides. What a player bring him back!

Steve Parry
10 Posted 29/12/2007 at 12:12:29

Top shout Ray.

Nick Xenos
11 Posted 29/12/2007 at 14:14:07

James, in regards to that offside incident at Man City midweek, Styles was correct to over-rule his assistant. Dunn was well beyond the front post and was in no way ’in the line of vision’ between the goalkeeper and the ball. He was correctly deemed as passive before Cruz duly deposited the ball into the back of the net. On a side note, I think it’s only a matter of time before City drop off the pace.

Tim Banks
12 Posted 29/12/2007 at 18:54:35

I don’t think Clattenburg is a bad ref to be honest. His performance in the derby was shocking, but every ref has a bad game. I think people would do well to just forget it and move on. It’s getting pretty boring now.

joe mcparland
13 Posted 29/12/2007 at 19:11:46

Another DICKHEAD ref. at the arsenal game.