Amidst the sumptuous competition that was Euro 2008, ran the campaign for respect towards referees. If you stretch your mind back you can possibly remember the cringe worthy cameo from our (post-Croatia) talismanic coach Fabio – the great – Capello. Now like many football fans I operate the fence hopping position, let me explain; things go right, then my view is that referees do get a hard time and deserve all the respect in the world. Things go wrong, then a chorus of, ‘he don’t know what he’s doin!!’ is but a prelude to the torrent of abuse that will leave my lips within the confines of 90 minutes, and in truth beyond the 90 minutes.

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Is there no place for a director of football in England? Recent situations such as Alan Curbishley’s tenuous position at West Ham and Kevin Keegan’s at Newcastle would appear to have already answered the question.

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Now like many people across the country, I am someone who takes great interest in perhaps one of, if not the greatest football league in the world; the Premiership. The level of football is often sublime; the atmosphere at the games electric and on top of all of that, the number of superstars present in the game gives season ticket holders across the country something to get excited about on match day, even more so if you happen to be a fan of one the promoted clubs that come up each season and quite often end up going back down again.

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