Referee Watch 2026/27

[badgerbee]

Kevin O'Connor said at the Bees United AGM this evening that the referee who awarded the penalty against Doncaster which Trotta missed was none other than Michael Oliver.

And that was a poor decision too.......
That placed him in the limelight......

 

[North London Bee]

It still remains a totally baffling decision which amazingly Doncaster barely protested about.

 

[mattbee]

And that was a poor decision too.......
That placed him in the limelight......

He was first on my radar when he gave Notts County a penalty against us for a handball when it hit Glen Poole from extremely close range and never been keen on him since.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

He was first on my radar when he gave Notts County a penalty against us for a handball when it hit Glen Poole from extremely close range and never been keen on him since.

And Atwell of course has form with us sending off centre forwards for accidental collisions.

 

[londonlegal]

In my opinion, and this is slowed down a bit, you can see the Brighton player get up and actually make moves towards Thiago. You can clearly see Thiago is just reacting to this confrontation, actually go to shrug him off but due to Chema forward thrust to Thiago mean Thiagos push away becomes an arm in to face.

The law states negligible. This, to me, is clearly negligible.

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Am I the only one who thought their player actually led with his head into Igor? "a headbutting motion"! I don't think the action could be viewed as deliberate but the panel seems blocked in politically.
And yet you can kick a player lying prone on the floor and its not even a yellow (Fernandes on Foden). I wonder though if the Leon Osman point from MOTD will get looked at later-all these incidents involve a player antagonising and simulating to get the reaction and red. It is unedifying and I can't imagine the game likes this in the long run. Or I am being naiive.

 

[King Bee]

Am I the only one who thought their player actually led with his head into Igor? "a headbutting motion"! I don't think the action could be viewed as deliberate but the panel seems blocked in politically.
And yet you can kick a player lying prone on the floor and its not even a yellow (Fernandes on Foden). I wonder though if the Leon Osman point from MOTD will get looked at later-all these incidents involve a player antagonising and simulating to get the reaction and red. It is unedifying and I can't imagine the game likes this in the long run. Or I am being naiive.

No you are not the only one. I suspect members of the Bees hierarchy also thought the same, as did I and several others on this board….