THAT DISALLOWED GOAL OFFICIAL F.A EXPLANATION

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here is the statement from the site,sorry to the non football fans :)

FA explains United goal ruling

An FA spokesman after the game absolved the linesman of any responsibility for the apparently mistaken decision not to award a goal to Spurs after a shot from the halfway line crossed the goal line by at least a meter.

"The shot came in from an unusual distance and as such caught the linesman out of position forcing him to race back towards the goal as the play developed", explained
the spokesman, "As he ran, the United scarf he was wearing under his shirt came loose and fluttered up into his face obscuring his view and preventing him from making the call. It was just one of those things."

In response to further questions from the Press the spokesman explained "If they don't already have a United tattoo most officials on game day try to wear a scarf or a replica shirt under their regulation kit to show their support for the worlds greatest club. The linesman in this case had chosen to wear a United scarf, a common choice that is in keeping with FA guidelines. The root cause of the
problem lies not with the linesman but with the players and management of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club who
broke one the most important unwritten rules of the English FA: They placed a shot on target at Old Trafford. Martin Jol is new to this country and perhaps he s not yet familiar with some of our finer traditions. Fortunately if he doesn't yet understand that for the greater good of the game visiting teams, by tradition, are not expected to try to score at Old Trafford then our officials are in a position to help Mr Jol make that cultural adjustment."

Chuckling to himself the FA spokesman added "The goal had to be disallowed to avoid us descending down a slippery slope that would be bad for the national game. It's a fine line the officials have to walk. If they award a goal this week, next week someone might expect a penalty or ask that Van Nistleroy be booked for diving. Can you imagine? That would just never do. No no no. Shocking, just the thought of it."

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LOL being a liverpool fan i have to love this post - it explains soooo much in the modern FA. Plus it shows y chelsea are having to buy the championship (no-ones yet noticed the £50million they've paid the FA this year)

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lol elv
so bof,,did you read elv's post or just scan through it looking for pictures or cartoons

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nah i tried knickin the wheels off it but there werent any so i resorted to readin the post

(actually i aint scouse (no offense intended to any liverpulians on here) but i have supported the team since i was about 4-5)

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i have supported the team since i was about 4-5)
8 years then? That's dedication for you. Good boy!

And personally I don't see much wrong with the report on the match ... all seems fair to me. *PDT_Armat:

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12/13 yrs m8y - not bad compared to u glory supporters lol

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Good One Elv lmao!,
Im a Southampton Man Meself and im Proud. Too bad were 19th tho :D

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lmfao! n1 elv & lmao @ the knucklehead ox PDT_Armat:

[fifty5]

As yr resident yid, nothing suprises me wether it be tottenham or man utd. Cant even think of the last time we beat Man U at Old trafford (prolly when they were crap in the 80's and everyone was supporting liverpool PDT_Armat: )

And the linesman ran like a big gir PDT_Armat: l

[fifty5]

Nice site btw PDT_Armat:

(sorry, no edit button, so just more spam)

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bof zp have u actually read this?? do you believe it?? i really cant tell perhaps im the stupid one PDT_Armat:

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i've read this thread three times and still dont understand it...

...what is this thing 'football'?

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it explains soooo much in the modern FA. Plus it shows y chelsea are having to buy the championship (no-ones yet noticed the £50million they've paid the FA this year)

course i did - and there was my take on it - the later posts were following the development of the topic

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it explains soooo much in the modern FA. Plus it shows y chelsea are having to buy the championship (no-ones yet noticed the £50million they've paid the FA this year)
errr ... I think ELV was asking if you realised the report he posted was a spoof, and therefore doesn't actually explain ANYTHING about the FA. PDT_Armat:

[fifty5]

Oh i get it alright, but there is some truth in it trust me PDT_Armat:

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PDT_Armat:

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i knew it was a spoof and so was my reply - this is the 2nd time i've heard this type of story and they were variations of the same thing. The first one was from a mate of mine at college:
In light of Manchester United’s performance so far this season, the Football Association have announced several new changes to the rules of play that came into effect from the 1st of January 2005.

“Recently referees have been finding it harder and harder to help Manchester United win games at Old Trafford.” Keith Brown explained, speaking on behalf of the FA. “In light of this, we felt it was necessary to make several rule changes in order to facilitate the process.”

The two new rules relate to the technical circumstances in which a goal can be awarded to the opposition. From 1st of January, opposition shots which enter the goal mouth will not be classed as “goals” if:

1) They don’t touch the back of the net

2) The goalkeeper has touched it with his fingers

“We’ve been pleasantly surprised by the lack of negative feedback to these changes.” commented FA Chairman Geoff Thompson on Sky News earlier today. “To be honest, we were expecting a bit of a backlash, but most clubs seem to have just accepted this with a degree of resignation.”

The changes represent the latest effort on the part of the FA to ensure that Manchester United continue to be a leading force in English football. Some have accused the FA of bowing to the commercial weight of Manchester United, but Geoff Thompson denies that this is the case. “To be honest, we do it for the fans.” explained Geoff. “Its bad enough that they have to put up with a team that features two Neville brothers, it would be unfair to make them see their team lose as well.”

“Besides” he added, “There’s an element of English pride involved. United fans are generally recognised as being the most sanctimonious bastards in the world. They’d lose that position to Real Madrid fans if they were finally forced to admit that their team was crap.”

These new changes do represent a change in thinking at the FA. Over the last few years, the FA had mainly concentrated on helping Manchester United by making it easier for them to score, but lately this policy has been becoming increasingly ineffective.

“We used to focus our efforts on giving Manchester United free kicks in dangerous areas,” Thompson explained, “but since Beckham’s departure this technique just hasn’t worked at all. Similarly, we’re still actively pursuing the policy of never ruling United players offside - but to be frank this only works when Van Nistelroy is playing. The rest of them couldn’t score in a Brothel.” (Except Rooney of course)!

“We’ve been thinking of focusing more on helping their defence for a while now. The policy of never granting opposition teams penalties has been one of our most successful over the last five years or so, and the trials of the new ‘Thierry Henry is offside if a United player has his hand up’ rule have been pretty positive too. We’re hoping that these new rules will have similar effects.”

“Well we did consider just giving them a 2-0 head start and letting them play rush goalies,” he replied when asked if he didn’t feel the new rules weren’t a bit out of order, “but we decided that would probably going too far.”

“We haven’t ruled that out completely in the future though.” He added hastily after a moment’s thought.

The changes saw their first real success against Spurs this week. “Arsene warned me that stuff like this happens when I spoke to him shortly after I arrived, but I didn’t think he was actually being serious,” commented Tottenham Manager Martin Jol after the match, “and before you ask, no I’m not the bloke who helped Emilio Estevez in The Mighty Ducks.”

Other managers have also expressed their disappointment at the changes. “I didn’t see the challenge, but I have no doubt that Vieira is innocent,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, when asked to comment on the FA’s decision. “Oh wait - you mean the decision to change the rules? Well to be frank after seven years in England I’ve come to expect this kind of thing.”

Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho even stopped counting his money long enough to blow a raspberry and make some random comment about how Chelsea were better than everyone else, so disappointed was he at the FA’s decision.

Leeds Manager Kevin Blackwell was also initially asked to comment, until everyone remembered that they were in the First Division these days so didn’t matter anymore

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Leeds Manager Kevin Blackwell was also initially asked to comment, until everyone remembered that they were in the First Division these days so didn’t matter anymore

lmao :) as a leeds fan i find that part very........................true :(