Goodison the hardest place to referee

[Ihaters]

Everton...
Remember that decision that went our way?
What Suarez's offside years back..
Yeah

Liverpool
Remember that decision that went our way?
Last game?
Yeah
Which one?

 

[WycombeToffee]

I think what this proves is that in the big games that will stand out in the referees minds, usually the derby, they've given a host of terrible decisions against us that have been met with howls of derision. Things like this being "let go" by a certain referee.

Resulting in this...

But probably also because our crowd loves a good moan even if the decision isn't the wrong one. lol

This was exactly 9 years ago today. Where has the time gone?

 

[PITA]

Was just about to post that! Hilarious seeing slippy knee-sliding in front of us before he realised the game had restarted!!!

To be fair to Slippy, he's given us some great memories.

 

[TraffordBlue]

Remember that Coates was blatantly fouling Jagielka to win the original header, and it was a clear dive that won them the free kick in the first place. Osman didn't touch the Kopite. That offside decision righted a wrong as far as I'm concerned.

Blatant foul that was conveniently dismissed by all the pundits so they could persist with their outrage at the incorrect offside decision lol.

 

[Khalekan]

Remember that Coates was blatantly fouling Jagielka to win the original header, and it was a clear dive that won them the free kick in the first place. Osman didn't touch the Kopite. That offside decision righted a wrong as far as I'm concerned.

Not only that, but Ratboy should not have been on the pitch after his fouls on Disdin and Mirallas.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Also Gary McCallister winning a free kick in his own half and deciding he was alright taking it 20 yards further forward so he could score directly... God there have been some absurdly bad decisions in derby matches.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

He wasn't impressed when I was waving twenties at him when he was warming up in a near empty ground.

"Go on take it, there's hardly anyone in yet nobody will see"

 

[ToffeeDan]

Only one I can think off.....the day Rat Boy had a goal disallowed when he was onside.

Oh sure he was miles onside but the fact that Coates was using Jagielka as a stepladder to lay the goal on a plate for him (so obviously preceded the non-goal) was apparently deemed irrelevant.

(Edit: It seems my memory wasn't failing me!)

 

[4737carlin]

If he thinks its hard he wants to try being an Everton player as they got the brunt of it!!

 

[Khalekan]

It hasn't stopped referees from having total Howlers at Goodison in the past, don't really remember many contentious decisions that have gone our way.........Can remember plenty that have gone against us.

I have thought of a ither one we got away with.

When Mirallas broke Ratboy in the 3-3.

That was the most blatant red card offence I have ever seen......and it would have been red but for the RS medico haranguing tgevref to produce one lol

 

[Muggins]

Maybe referees go to Goodison with the mind set of "don't let the crowed influence your decision" - so when the goodison faithful go crazy over a foul / penalty etc the natural instinct is to do the opposite?

I remember we went a record number of games without being awarded a penalty

I wonder if the crowd started singing how good the ref is, would he start to give favourable decisions? He proabably wouldn't know it's happening.

 

[ToffeeDan]

I used to dislike Peter Walton greatly. He was of course the bugger who refused us 2 pens (or whatever) and 2 goals (onside, thanks assistant ref) in the 1-0 win over Blackburn (we had an early red card to contend with after Turner stepped out of his area - so we played with 10 men for 80 plus minutes and battered them - 2006). Then apparently he said Goodison was his favourite ground and he was delighted to finish with a game here against Newcastle (2008) where we won 3-1. So you never know sometimes..

 

[No8Bally]

 

[maccavennie]

I used to dislike Peter Walton greatly. He was of course the bugger who refused us 2 pens (or whatever) and 2 goals (onside, thanks assistant ref) in the 1-0 win over Blackburn (we had an early red card to contend with after Turner stepped out of his area - so we played with 10 men for 80 plus minutes and battered them - 2006). Then apparently he said Goodison was his favourite ground and he was delighted to finish with a game here against Newcastle (2008) where we won 3-1. So you never know sometimes..

That Blackburn game was boss. Beatties best game in an Everton shirt imo, put in one hell of a shift that game.

 

[captainvindaloo]

I wonder if the crowd started singing how good the ref is, would he start to give favourable decisions? He proabably wouldn't know it's happening.

Let's not do that. Would only be interpreted as sarcasm and cost us a penalty and two sendings off.