“The on-field official Stuart Attwell was dropped from the Premier League select group of officials in 2012. He was dropped because he’d made a string of high profile mistakes, which included losing control of several games and making some wild decisions”
“Attwell attracted heavy criticism for awarding Reading a goal against Watford when John Eustace had kicked the ball over the byline four yards wide of the goal before it was put back into play by Noel Hunt.”
7amkickoff’s blog on the latest PGMOL fiasco is good:
https://7amkickoff.com/index.php/2023/11/05/attwell-and-madley-incompetence-and-cowardice-award-newcastle-three-points-at-arsenals-expense/
“The on-field official Stuart Attwell was dropped from the Premier League select group of officials in 2012. He was dropped because he’d made a string of high profile mistakes, which included losing control of several games and making some wild decisions”
“Attwell attracted heavy criticism for awarding Reading a goal against Watford when John Eustace had kicked the ball over the byline four yards wide of the goal before it was put back into play by Noel Hunt.”
History repeats itself…