?% Villa. Who Premier League Referees really support.

[PaulTheVillan]

http://bit.ly/fPgo5b
 

[The Left Side]

Lots of Liverpool and Everton fans amongst the refs, they were probably all gloryhunters during the 80's.

[DeKuip]

The only Villa fan ref I can recall was Dennis Howell - later Minister for Sport, and the man who got us off being kicked out of the European Cup final.
Good men like him don't become refs or politicians anymore.

[aldridgeboy]

Its always surprised me that Refs dont openly declare who they support so they dont then ref a game involving that team just for transparency.

Dont get me wrong i dont think they would do anything untoward at all but if they made an honest mistake ( and by God they do) then I can imagine the fuss that would be made about it in the mrdia etc.

[PeterWithe]

Jeff Winter was pretty open about being a Boro fan, was he the one who thought the Liverpool Kop were applauding him in his last game? Twat.

[cdbearsfan]

Mark Halsey supports Bolton, and used to train with them (not sure if he still does?). Probably why he allowed fellow cloggers Sheff U and Albion to shaft us previously. Not sure why he favoured Arsenal against us though.

I wonder who Phil "Vidic" Dowd supports?

[Nev]

"Solihull official" Vic Callow, now retired, is a 'nose.

Mind you, it wouldn't matter how hard a ref would try to favour the rags, they'd still bollocks it up.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Not sure how accurate that is as I'm pretty sure Andre Mariner is a Villa fan. He lives in Brum (I've seen him in Sheldon a few times when I've been working over that way) and I think I'm right in saying he never seems to Ref our games..?

Mike Reid (retired Premier League Ref from the 90s) was a Villa fan. I once met him and he told me how he wasn't allowed to Ref Villa or Blues games! He also told me that he once sent off Partick Viera.

[TopDeck113]

He also told me that he once sent off Partick Viera.

Hardly unique.  Its not as if it'd give you bragging rights at the Referees Association annual dinner.

[TheSandman]

Andre Marriner was the man responsible for that ridiculous Shearer sending off against us years back.

[Legion]

The 'Ian Taylor' one?

[London Villan]

Andrea Marriner is definitely a Villa fan, and a good guy too!

[eamonn]

Dermot Gallagher is a Villan isn't he? Retired a while now though.

[The Left Side]

Dermot Gallagher is a Villan isn't he? Retired a while now though.

Is he the one from Banbury, if so I think he hated us so he could be a nose?

[RogerS]

The only Villa fan ref I can recall was Dennis Howell - later Minister for Sport, and the man who got us off being kicked out of the European Cup final.
Good men like him don't become refs or politicians anymore.

Yep, a Villa man through and through. Shame he was MP for Small Heath really.