Soccer

Of all the refs I can think of Atkinson is by far the worst with regard to
us. I know John Aldridge has said the same on local radio in the past. Not
only have there been major ones that come to mind, like when Torres was
kicked off the park at Reading in League Cup, or when Luis Garcia was sent
10 feet in the air at Anfield in the League Cup against Arsenal (he was
stretchered off and never played for us again)......Atkinson waived play on
and didn't even give a free kick.

I would love to see the stats....sorry I am far too lazy for that. In the
main whenever he refs us.....every 50-50 goes against us. As Bill says,
there should be enough evidence of bias against us. Which reminds me.....how
come Clattenburg can't ref us?

And Mike Dean who has a reputation for giving penalties and favouring the
big clubs cannot ref us because he is local.....surely the integrity of a
referee must rise above locality?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Thomas" <anfield@me.com>

> Some discussions on the YNWA forum that he has issues with Carroll [and
> Torres for that matter] and that Newcastle supporters felt the same way
> when Atkinson was ref, in his dealing with Carroll.