Newell's controversial wordsChampionship Luton Town by 606 Sport Hosts (U3702819) 11 November 2006 Luton manager Mike Newell caused a stir after his side's loss to QPR by saying the following about assistant referee Amy Rayner: Latest 10 commentsRead members' comments or add your own
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Old-Father-Thames (U4064770) posted Jun 14, 2007 and men never make that sort of mistake of course posted Jun 14, 2007 old father thames,
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Yossarian (U2042512) posted Jun 14, 2007 I'm always a bit suspect about woman being involved with proper football. Why would they want to? What are they trying to prove? I couldn't take a female official seriously - it's an aggressive sport and I could certainly never crunch into a female player... I know this makes me sound like a dinosaur to some people but it's football.
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Finn723 (U6728793) posted Jun 14, 2007 The thing is you want to be refed by someone who knows what its like to be in the game and end of the day the mens and womens game are very different, its fair to say a man couldnt ref a womans game and a woman the mens
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Cynic (U1752897) posted Jun 22, 2007 That's right, before women were given the vote men were busy building an empire to exploit everybody they possibly could so they could. Hurrah for men. Hurrah hurrah hurrah. posted Jun 22, 2007 comment by Cynic
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john-OLA (U13911955) posted Apr 11, 2009 I was at school with Michael Newell, was in the cub scouts wiyh him. He was a good lad, I won't hear a word against him. Is no one allowed to speak their mind anymore?
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SpookyRichard (U6588663) posted Apr 11, 2009 Not if they're spouting sexist nonsense.
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Phrasmotic (U5509534) posted Apr 11, 2009 "I was at school with Michael Newell, was in the cub scouts wiyh him. He was a good lad, I won't hear a word against him. Is no one allowed to speak their mind anymore?" Comment on this articleMY RELATED LINKSThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites |