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Birmingham manager Alex McLeish thought the officials had eventually made the correct decision which led to the equaliser and the match finishing 1-1. Was he being diplomatic or respectful to the referee? Comments please!

“The linesman’s flagged for it and we felt that if he flagged for it then it shouldn’t be given,” McLeish said. “I thought at the time that it should have been given offside. We thought Rooney interfered with the guy who put it in the net.” For full article click here.

Referee for the record was Mark Clattenburg, his first appearance on this blog!

Great win! The biggest 3rd round upset of 2009/10 in the FA Cup. The start of the decade and a Man Utd home defeat. The commentator on ITV said with about 10 mins to go that injury time would be added in multiples of 5 minute intervals, how well informed was he (?) with 5 mins being added of “fergie time” (God knows where that came from). Wes Brown staying on the pitch after multiple fouls, after being booked defies belief. So the Leeds team won with the ref in the Mancs pocket! Great!!!!

Here is a quote from The Sun website:

The union for referees has demanded the FA get tough with the Manchester United boss for accusing Alan Wiley of being unfit. Ferguson accused Wiley of being unfit to referee United’s clash with Sunderland at Old Trafford last Saturday.

It is a clear smoke screen to divert attention from Wiley being in Fergies pocket, after Wiley played enough extra time for Man Utd to score in injury time (again). Or was Fergie’s upset because the idea was enough extra time should have been played to score 2 goals and thus a Man Utd win??? If Fergie is thrown out of football as a consequence of this (unlikely but possible, apparently) it will be so he can appeal against it - win - and take the cash as a pension pot .

Sunderland the victims of an Old Trafford injury time goal this time, to make the final score 2-2. It was pleasing to see Man Utd not win but it is funny (not) to see that the ref was Alan Wiley.

As sourced from The Guardian. The link presents the evidence that Man Utd get more injury time when they are loosing compared to when there are drawing or winning.

The Guardian has looked at all of United’s league matches at Old Trafford since the start of the 2006-07 season and discovered that, on average, there has been over a minute extra added by referees when United do not have the lead after 90 minutes, compared to when they are in front.

OK Man Utd 4 - 3 Man City and a late late goal…. covered elsewhere on this blog. However, while Craig Bellamy is in the headlines for slapping a fan who is  ”charged with going onto a playing area without lawful authority or excuse”, Gary Neville is branded a lunatic for his celebrations in front of the Man City fans. A very similar scenario which led to Emmanuel Adebayor missing the derby match for his celebtation of a goal in front of opposition fans (Arsenal). Also and very interestingly, we have unconfirmed stories from a Man City fan in the ground that Furguson hugged Alan Wiley in celebration of the “injury time” winner. We would love to hear from anyone who saw this or provide a link to photos / videos etc.

All the above, if confirmed (in the case of the later point), points to corruption and biased press / media, something we a Man Utd have been aware of, but proof is something else…… Comments please.

Please post links to this article on other sites you may visit and hopefully more information will come to light, the truth is out there………

Man Utd 4-3 Man City with the winning goal scored in the 6th minute of added time. Even ex red and City Manager Mark Hughes was enraged and after all he knows the play til you win rules and on this occasion those rules must have been exceeded .

For the record:

Referee: Martin Atkinson, Fourth official: Alan Wiley

Arsene Wenger has added a new phrase to the English Language: “Old Traffordish“. Roughly translated it refers to poor penalty decisions that go to Manchester United at Old Trafford.

“The penalty decision was ‘Old Traffordish’. There were a lot of things that happened which were beyond belief. The ref made the decision from the middle of their half, so I don’t know how. It is difficult to go home without a point when these things happen. You know what you are going to get every time you come to Old Trafford.”, Said Wenger.

The ref was Mike Dean for the record. Arsenal lost 2-1 with their own penalty claim turned down and a late goal disallowed.

It won’t come as a surprise to people who hate Manchester United that Vidic putting his hand into the face of Wigan’s Rodallega, as refereed by Howard Webb or the Man Utd players surrounding referee Chris Foy versus Chelsea in the Community Shield are to go unpunished.

Of course this will be biased…..

The pivotal moment was when Man Utd were 1-0 up on the day (2-0) on aggregate. Ronaldo dives and wins a free kick, John O’Shea pushes the end of the wall out of the way and Ronaldo scores a “wonder goal”. It’s all a cheat - but will you see an account of this in the press? I think not - please correct me if I’m wrong. At 1-0 down on the night Arsenal could have rallied and the result (especially with the home crowd still interested) could have been so different.

To cap it off I’m in the newsagents and I see a front page banner image on The Sun (I could be wrong to the newspaper as I cannot find it on their website, but it was one of the tabloids) of Ronaldo with arms out stretched (representing the Crucifixion) and the text “Cristiano Almighty” - an obvious reference to God or Jesus Christ status. This is just too bloody much! Religious heresy - comments please!!!!

I’m aware Man Utd fans feel aggrieved at the ref - but one player missing the final or all of them is the argument I’m putting up here.

As a foot note I read that an Arsenal fan took his own life after the match.