As I may have mentioned before, I know nothing about football, so I was one of the few people who didn’t bother watching England’s Euro 2004 swansong.
However, I couldn’t miss the fact that referee Urs Meier's decision to disallow Sol Campbell's header on Thursday evening was not very well received.
I had a number of emails the next day pointing out that Urs Meier has his own website on which he welcomes comments and emails. His official site was unavailable earlier today, presumably due to what Sally Boazman likes to call “sheer volume of traffic”, but if you want to try for yourself, you’ll find the link below.
In the meantime a collection of sites protesting about Mr Meier’s decisions have emerged over the weekend. Best of those is We Were Robbed which includes a page of the best Euro 2004 viral emails currently in circulation but Dodgy Refs is also worth a look.
STOP PRESS: (Tuesday June 29th) Thanks to Sandy McDermott who emailed me to tip me off about Videoreplay.org - a new petition site to vote for Video Replay facilities in football, (as we already have in Rugby, Hockey and American Football) to allowing the official to look at the incident at pitch side and make an informed decision on whether to allow a particular point.
Finally, if you’re quick, Ebay are currently taking bids on Urs Meier’s Rose Tinted Spectacles.
LINKS
>> Urs Meier: Official Site
>> We Were Robbed
>> Bid on Urs Meier’s rose-tinted spectacles
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