There have been all kinds of fantasy inspired theories spreading the internet this week about Manchester United and referees. Some of them penned by absolute loons, some pushed on by those looking for approval and others by people who would take anything that Jeff Winter says as valuable.
The general gist of them and the underlying message is: It's not fair, Ferguson picks the referees and runs the show and that's why Manchester United have been successful, it's an establishment thing, it's all fixed, everyone knows it, it's true, look at the FACTS, you're in denial if you don't agree, I bet you believe the American government about 9/11, it's there for everyone to see, blah blah blah
These things normally slip away but when they're picked up and pushed by some of Twitterati (shouldn't that first i be an a?) they get a whole new life. The main snippet which has been passed around the internet is this:
It sounds damning but when reality is applied it falls to pieces. Our friends @United_Stuff started to debunk it and we've taken it on from there. The referees to have Premier League matches at Old Trafford last season were:
Dean
Jones
Walton
Dowd
Probert
Oliver
Mason
Halsey
Foy
Clattenburg
Attwell
Webb
Only 5 referees, those in green, got more than one game and 7, those in blue, didn't. Therefore it's more likely for a referee to have just the one match, and this is the situation with both Dean and Clattenburg. So what was painted to be an odd situation was anything but, indeed Mike Dean was the referee for the last game at Old Trafford of the previous season, against Blackpool.
All in all, Manchester United had 15 different referees for Premier League games last season. There's nothing strange at all, and it's odd that people still spend so much time trying to find a conspiracy.
Regarding Foy, the referees association said "There is absolutely no truth in suggestions Chris has been demoted or punished in some way.
"Chris has refereed more Premier League games than most this season and there is a rota system in place.
"We have been delighted with the standard of Chris's performances. He's having a good season."
Referees are allocated six weeks before matches but changed if there's an injury, Foy was always scheduled for the League Two game. Unless The FA were physic that Manchester United would lose then it's another conspiracy theory debunked.
But why was Pluto relegated from a planet? What did Pluto know? The Americans will do anything to hide the fact they know there's aliens watching us, are they on Pluto and was Pluto about to talk? See, paranoid football fans, there are far more important things out there to question.
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