What is it with Phil Dowd?

[PeterWithesShin]

He runs like Carlos Cuellar.

[bertlambshank]

He runs like Carlos Cuellar.

What the fat c*** can run?
I was just getting a blank screen,just seen it bloody funny.

[OCD]

That's funny Leeg.

[frank black]

Legion, that was funny...our refs are very Am Dram compared to that Lovey....

[rob_bridge]

Who was that ref in the mid 90s who openly supported us (was in one edition of claret and blue) and he kept on giving Chelsea dodgy 90 minute penalties in the cup?

Mike Reed? Gave Chelsea a pen vs Leicester which got Danny Baker the sack because he went off on one on 5live after. The same year Ellerey missed Chesterfield hit one off the bar and over the line vs Boro to go 3-1 up. In the end they lost the replay and Chelsea beat Boro in the final.

Reed was my mate's estate agent and told him (my mate) that he was a Blues fan.

I remember when the Hammers played the bin dippers in the FA Cup and they originally selected Mike Dean (From Merseyside) to ref the final. You couldn't make it up.

Is that story about Dowd's kids true or is it an urban myth

I can guarantee you that Mike Reed is a Villa fan.  He is the brother-in-law of my brother, and I've met and talked with him on many occasions.
There is no way he is a blue nose.

Fair enough - he must have said it to my mate (the ultimate passive Villa fan) as a joke, it was 17 or 18 yars ago

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Yep Mike Reed is a Villa fan, I used to know him through work, (his old day job) decent bloke. Of the current refs, Andre Mariner is a Villa fan, which is why he never refs our games despite him now being one of the top refs in the Premier. He lives Sheldon way I think.

[SoccerHQ]

Who was that ref in the mid 90s who openly supported us (was in one edition of claret and blue) and he kept on giving Chelsea dodgy 90 minute penalties in the cup?

Mike Reed? Gave Chelsea a pen vs Leicester which got Danny Baker the sack because he went off on one on 5live after. The same year Ellerey missed Chesterfield hit one off the bar and over the line vs Boro to go 3-1 up. In the end they lost the replay and Chelsea beat Boro in the final.

Yeah that's him. He also gave Chelsea a dodgy 90th minute penalty when they were losing 1-0 to Oxford in the 3rd round in 99 I think.

[Somniloquism]

Out of interest and with the supposed ITK's about his antics near OT, who did Dowd put down as the team he supports 'officially'?

[SoccerHQ]

Stoke or Port Vale?

He lives in Congleton which I was informed of when I had a PM from one of the Stokies who used to post on here around the Carling cup final episode.

[danlanza]

That's just wrong that is.

[rob_bridge]

He just looks like a bit of a dick. If he was a character in a kid's TV show he'd be evil.

Herd should have nutted him.

Jeeps he does carry a bit of timber all right.

[danlanza]

He is just a fat twat who doesn't like us. A bit like Fat i can eat fifty curries Barry from the Noses

[avfc_1874]

I wonder what refereeing masterclass this fat mess will pull off tonight....

[paul_e]

davevillan, can you defend the yellow card for Clark tonight?  Can you defend not even giving a foul for the challenge on Gabby?

Those are the decisions that are the problem, both were either blatently favouring Bradford or utter incompetence, and no I didn't need to see them from multiple angles and in slow-mo, they were shit in real-time.

I know referees don't have it easy but things like that make them deserve everything they get, much like him not sending Vidic off in the final.

[Toronto Villa]

He's just a fat ring piece who seems to have a boner for us. Fuck him. We'll win tonight in spite of his efforts to deny us.