Worst refereeing decisions you've seen go against us?

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

I remember Bryan Robson of Man Yanoited treading on the ball at Villa Park and getting a penalty, about 1991 I think at a guess?

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

One that hasn't been mentioned....Chris Herd getting sent off against WBA infront of the Holte End when we were 1 up. His only crime? Getting up after falling to the ground after a collision with Olsson.

That cnut Dowd was the ref on that occasion aswell!

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And...I've mentioned this on here before... both Olsson and Woy stated on MOTD that Herd had stamped on Olsson - he was cleared of the red 2 days later. So why wasn't some action taken against Olsson and Woy for telling complete lies on national tv? (and what made it possibly look like a stamp was Olsson holding Herd's foot!). So he lied about a fellow professional on Nat TV AND committed the offence in the first place!
Punishment from the FA: F**K ALL!

[curiousorange]

I always thought Melchiot bought that free-kick in the Cup Final incredibly cheaply. I'm not saying you haven't seen them given, but...I'd still walk a mile over broken glass to shit on that bloke's cereal.

Other than the ones that have been mentioned, I dimly recall a 1-0 loss to Bolton in the 2000's where we battered them senseless and they won 1-0 from a dodgy penalty - Gary Speed, I think. I can't quite remember the incident but I remember being very aggrieved, but that could be because we didn't win.

[N'Zimidy]

One that hasn't been mentioned....Chris Herd getting sent off against WBA infront of the Holte End when we were 1 up. His only crime? Getting up after falling to the ground after a collision with Olsson.

That cnut Dowd was the ref on that occasion aswell!

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And...I've mentioned this on here before... both Olsson and Woy stated on MOTD that Herd had stamped on Olsson - he was cleared of the red 2 days later. So why wasn't some action taken against Olsson and Woy for telling complete lies on national tv? (and what made it possibly look like a stamp was Olsson holding Herd's foot!). So he lied about a fellow professional on Nat TV AND committed the offence in the first place!
Punishment from the FA: F**K ALL!

I came into the thread to post exactly that. Another dreadful decision by that fat fuck Dowd and pathetic that Woy and Olsson could go through with such slander on an interview and not even get a slap on the wrist from the FA. That whole day was shit.

[Dave]

Another dreadful decision by that fat fuck Dowd

To be fair, he wasn't in the least bit interested until the linesman told him about something that he imagined that he saw.

At that point, there's not really much he can do other than go with it.

[olaftab]

Surely the decision by the OT pet referee to play 7 minutes of injury time that allowed Manu to equalise and score the winner against Sheffield Wednesday has to be one of the worst?

[mr woo]

One of the biggest impacting refereeing travesties in our history didn't even happen in a Villa game.

I give you Mike Peck. Man Utd V Sheffield Weds. 1993.

The original 'its ok Fergie, we'll just carry on till you score'.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Another dreadful decision by that fat fuck Dowd

To be fair, he wasn't in the least bit interested until the linesman told him about something that he imagined that he saw.

At that point, there's not really much he can do other than go with it.

True Dave.
I'm still pretty fu**in' miffed though at Olsson and Woy's actions/words afterwards though and wish both of the lying twats much bad shit.

[ADVILLAFAN]

At least with the Gerrard one where he dived and then scored the cheating freekick, there was a sense of some justice.

He said after the game "sometimes these things go for you and sometimes they don't, these things even themselves out over the course of a season".

Then Chelsea got a ridiculous penalty the week afterwards to beat them and "Stevie G" had forgotten that it was just 'these things even themselves out over the course of a season'.   

[rob_bridge]

One that still pisses me off, and possibly because I had several discussions about this with a brummie red in the weeks after, is Gerrard diving to win the free kick against us on the first day of the season a few years ago. Blatant dive, punished by an outstanding free kick in all fairness, but such a feeling of being cheated out of a credible point. (they were a good side then)

This one for me. The bastard asked for the free kick after coming out of his dive and ref looked at him and obliged.

Yes - Stan was the offender. This is Stan who never made a tackle in the first 2 years so by definition couldn't have fouled the cheating fuppin twunt.

One of the worst was that Malcolm Christie goal for Boro - he even stopped himself (as he was about 2 metres offside) to check the lino hadn;t given it offside. Think ref evened it up when he gave us a pen in the 2nd half for a baltant dive - I think that was by Stan IIRC.

[PaulTheVillan]

Halsey letting Henry take a quick free kick at VP having told the Villa players to wait for the whistle.

I'm still angry about that.

[PaulTheVillan]

One that hasn't been mentioned....Chris Herd getting sent off against WBA infront of the Holte End when we were 1 up. His only crime? Getting up after falling to the ground after a collision with Olsson.

That cnut Dowd was the ref on that occasion aswell!

?
And...I've mentioned this on here before... both Olsson and Woy stated on MOTD that Herd had stamped on Olsson - he was cleared of the red 2 days later. So why wasn't some action taken against Olsson and Woy for telling complete lies on national tv? (and what made it possibly look like a stamp was Olsson holding Herd's foot!). So he lied about a fellow professional on Nat TV AND committed the offence in the first place!
Punishment from the FA: F**K ALL!

I came into the thread to post exactly that. Another dreadful decision by that fat fuck Dowd and pathetic that Woy and Olsson could go through with such slander on an interview and not even get a slap on the wrist from the FA. That whole day was shit.

From where I sit in the holte it looked like Herd kicked out and I could understand at the time why he got a red card.

[Mike Jeffries]

That complete cock end Halsey making our wall go back 10 yards whilst shielding the ball from Henry with his fat body. Then quickly steps out of the way (As he must have been requested to do by Henry) and Henry puts it into the net whilst no one was ready

I remember an image being shopped of him where you could see the corner of an Arsenal shirt under his ref one - tosser

Oh and that piece of shit from the baggies not being executed on the spot for breaking Cropleys leg at VP

The only decision, that has led me to ring a radio station and rant is the Henry free kick one so I'll go with that.  In all the discussion of it afterwards and a number of supposedly similar incidents the BBC pulled out of the archives, the one thing that was clear was that in none of the other examples did the ref actually stand in the way and interfere with the play in the way Halsey did (All the other ref's stepped aside and gave the defending team a clear view of what was happening at least! before they blew the whistle).   

I'm over it now though......(He lies!).
 

[paul_e]

One that hasn't been mentioned....Chris Herd getting sent off against WBA infront of the Holte End when we were 1 up. His only crime? Getting up after falling to the ground after a collision with Olsson.

That cnut Dowd was the ref on that occasion aswell!

?
And...I've mentioned this on here before... both Olsson and Woy stated on MOTD that Herd had stamped on Olsson - he was cleared of the red 2 days later. So why wasn't some action taken against Olsson and Woy for telling complete lies on national tv? (and what made it possibly look like a stamp was Olsson holding Herd's foot!). So he lied about a fellow professional on Nat TV AND committed the offence in the first place!
Punishment from the FA: F**K ALL!

I came into the thread to post exactly that. Another dreadful decision by that fat fuck Dowd and pathetic that Woy and Olsson could go through with such slander on an interview and not even get a slap on the wrist from the FA. That whole day was shit.

From where I sit in the holte it looked like Herd kicked out and I could understand at the time why he got a red card.

I agree, I can understand why it was given, the ref was conned completely, that woy and olsson were so blatant in lying about it on TV was what pissed me off the most, and the fact that the red card was upheld and olsson didn't get punished.  I find it utterly pathetic that there is still a rule that says the FA can't undermine the ref by changing a decision after the fact, everyone in the world can see it was the wrong call but an out of date rule means players are getting away with it.  The Mcmanaman one against Newcastle last year being as good an example as you'll see, there is no way to justify him not receiving a ban for that.

[VillaAlways]

The red card was rescinded wasn't it ?