Ref Riley Is Axed

[the wes 7,212]

Controversial ref Mike Riley is axed from the Premier League list this weekend.

The Yorkshire official – who came in for heavy flak for failing to send off Chelsea’s Ashley Cole against Spurs and for not reporting Cole and team-mates for harassing him – has been handed Charlton v Wolves on Saturday and Carlisle v Notting-ham Forest three days later.

It is a clear sign of the Premier League’s dissatisfaction of Riley and he looks certain to be kept away from key games for the rest of the season.

The White Hart Lane 4-4 thriller was Riley’s first game back after being dropped from the Premier League list the weekend before following a poor performance in the Blackburn v Fulham game on March 8.

[pippin 0]

why he didnt realy arse up possibly ash should have gone but there was hardly a catalogue of mistakes... the whole ashley thing has gone ott ... then on the flip side you have steve bennet who sends off that livershite muppet and gets berated by dick brain grey for being card happy :huh:

[Ollie 4,400]

Wolves vs Charlton and Carlisle vs Forest are huge games. I dunno how you can demote someone just because he judged ash's actions worthy of a yellow. And ppl wonder why so many ppl get sent off? what is football coming too. Absolute joke. Every high/studs up tackle from now, specially with Riley in charge is gonna get sent off now. Teams are gonna start getting 15 reds a season.