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Originally Posted by bhlloy
The state of refereeing in British football if this is the best ref they can put out for the biggest game of the weekend (season?).
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IIRC, a number of experienced refs retired somewhat unexpectedly over the past few years, variously citing unrelenting abuse and also phoned/mailed death threats.
In addition the UK, like the US, has seen a decimation of numbers of refs at the grassroots. The EPL (like MLS) will always have referees, but the standard is going to continue to go down as there's just less and less competition.