Sentence examples for referees from inspiring English sources

There is plenty of evidence already of the increasing disjoint between players and referees, and also of a certain arrogance among the current generation of rather puffed-up and self-regarding professional referees.

The Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore, said: "At the Premier League we are open to developments that enhance the competition and it was clear from watching the World Cup in Brazil that vanishing spray benefitted referees, players, and all of those who watched the matches.

We'd be inclined not to believe him about this, or the story about splitting a pair of boots ("I took the left, he took the right") with a friend for his first ever game, but since he did own up to diving and having a go at referees during his playing days in the same interview, we're prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt.

That means Teresa Rivero, the country's only female club president, famous for attacking referees with umbrellas and falling asleep in the directors' box, is gone.

You are a small piss club that doesn't get any recognition from referees.

Brines, who also astonishingly failed to award Celtic a late penalty on Tuesday, offered the latest evidence that Scotland's referees are bad, not biased.

The paper by Bengtsson and others was submitted to Environmental Research Letters in mid-February and rejected in early March after reports by two international referees found "significant scientific errors".

So let's stop going on about referees!

"Some people are being ridiculous when it comes to referees" – and again.

According to Blatter, he reached agreement with Netanyahu on several key areas, including providing laissez passer documents to Palestinian athletes, referees and sports officials; an exemption from customs on all sports equipment to the Palestinian Football Association and the establishment of a committee to hear disagreements.

I have observed in many matches that professional fouls are being ignored by referees and that there's a lot of grabbing going on.