Referees: love them or hate them, we can't play without them

With John Obi Mikel recently receiving a three-match ban and a £60,000 fine for threatening referee Mark Clattenburg, just how consistent is punishment for the abuse of officials?

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Chelsea have nothing to apologise for

It’s becoming a regularity to see the name Chelsea Football Club dragged through the mud, sadly.

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Clattenburg saga embarrassing for Chelsea

Following yesterday's decision from the FA to clear Mark Clattenburg of using a racial slur during Chelsea and Man United's Premier League clash on the 28th October, the West London club are left with egg on their face after yet inducing yet another reputation shredding drama.

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The boy who cried wolf

We’re all familiar with tale from Aesop’s Fables, outlining the boy who cried wolf. It concerns a shepherd boy repeatedly tricking the local villagers that a wolf was attacking his flock, only for the young lad to be giving a false alarm.

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Ferguson the Silverback

In the aftermath of the hugely controversial and entertaining encounter between Chelsea and Man United this weekend there has been an onslaught of jokes/abuse/parodies of referee Mark Clattenburg's performance. Fergie's 12th man some say whilst Howard Webb is on the bench.It is all very funny because there is no doubt Fernando Torres did not deserve a second yellow in the match, just not for Chelsea fans.

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Football continues to go backwards

What is happening with football at the moment? The face of the beautiful game is being tarnished.

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