The Truth is Out There - The Dim in Beirut
City Fans: Here's Evidence Of The United Referee Conspiracy - Sabotage Times
These articles about referees and man yoo. I've just been talking about it with a manc at work (who's otherwise a nice guy). He raised the question about how the figures in the article stack up against averages and he's probably got a point. There's not a lot in these articles about average games reffed per team per ref per year, the bloke who wrote them tends to use extremes like Clattenburg v Webb.
I'm convinced Ferguson has undue influence on the game and match officials
For instance, last night he was fuming at the officials at full time about Carroll's human missile launch on Evra and DeGea (good work Andy). Lo and behold in the second half they're handed a second half equaliser from a blatantly offside Van Persie strike.
However, I'm wondering if anyone has any averages on referees, how often they ref other teams and how ref selection works. Is there an elite group of "top" referees who are picked for bigger games for example?