Worst referee?

[BohsPartisan]

After tonight, has to be Buttimer. Deegan's sending off was a joke. Yellow possibly but still would have been harsh. Murphy's sending off, definite foul alright but the position he was in most refs would have given a yellow. Then our goal was well offside and Crowe handled it. (that bit for balance in case anyone thinks I'm just having a moan). He's given 13 red cards this season, on average ten more than every other ref! Why has he not been disiplined?

[Candystripe]

So, is this a Derry fan posting.............. pretending he is a fan from another club?

TBF In any other league he would be struck off a long time ago.


So it obviously isn't just Buttimer be biast.........it is just he is totally ****e..

[mypost]

Alan Kelly.

I don't have to explain.

[brianw82]

13 red cards is ridiculous alright.

[Hibs4Ever]

Buttimer is without doubt, and by FAR, the worst ref I've ever seen. A complete and utter joke. Alan Kelly ain't far behind him

[MeathDrog]

Has to be Buttimer. Pity that he faces stiff opposition.

[De Town]

While Buttimer is brutal, I think its a bit harsh to single one out as they're all as shite as each other.

[SMorgan]

So, is this a Derry fan posting.............. pretending he is a fan from another club?

TBF In any other league he would be struck off a long time ago.


So it obviously isn't just Buttimer be biast.........it is just he is totally ****e..

In my opinion Hancock is the worst by a country mile. He appears to think we go to matches to watch him. However, I know this is a view that's unlikely to be shared by Bigs fans.

[CSFShels]

Callinan.

[Flexy]

After tonight, has to be Buttimer. Deegan's sending off was a joke. Yellow possibly but still would have been harsh. Murphy's sending off, definite foul alright but the position he was in most refs would have given a yellow. Then our goal was well offside and Crowe handled it. (that bit for balance in case anyone thinks I'm just having a moan). He's given 13 red cards this season, on average ten more than every other ref! Why has he not been disiplined?

Here here he is an utter joke 13 red cards in one season unbelievable, he must seek attention, was it not buttimer a couple of yrs back that was at the centre of kit scandal when he was saying there was a class of colours between the two teams. He should be struck off, a good ref is someone who isnt noticed during the game

[JC_GUFC]

After tonight, has to be Buttimer. Deegan's sending off was a joke. Yellow possibly but still would have been harsh.

I wasn't there but from the reports I read he received a second yellow for dissent. If the referee, rightly or wrongly, is booking you I think it's pretty obvious for a highly paid footballer chasing a league title not to start f-ing and blinding at him.
If I were a Bohs fan I'd be going crazy at Deegan. And that's 3 sendings off in about 25 games for him - that's not good enough.

[fionnsci]

The refs in the premiership are undeniably better than ours but look at the abuse they get every week from managers, players and the media yet they're not doing a harder job. Even if our refs were the best in the world we'd still have this thread complaining about them.


Buttimer

[BohsPartisan]

I wasn't there but from the reports I read he received a second yellow for dissent.

It was a straight red.No yellow was shown. It happened right in front of me.

[HulaHoop]

Without doubt Buttimer is the worst with Hancock close second. Truly terrible referees.

[dcfc_dee]

, a good ref is someone who isnt noticed during the game

Agree with that but if the ref has a decision to make they have to make it we all have been on the tail end of that wee scrot butthead but what can we do the FAI referee department cant seem to fault the incompetant rat so it a no win situation with him. Best ref in the LOI imho is the lad Doyle

[CarrickFan]

All of them.

[gael353]

Lads in the prem ye get the best of the bad refs in the first we get the shocking ones and in Limerick we get the trialist refs from some hot beds of football like Offaly! Im serious most of our games in Limerick this season have been done by first timers, taking instructions from the forth offical.

When we go to dublin we usually have Paul Cashachera reffing....played 15 won 0 drew 0 lost 15 so you can guess my opinions on him. Neill Doyle should been exterminated years ago.....see four years ago he was trailist in limerick too

[KildareFan]

Sean Grant from Wexford refereed the Kildare and Athlone game last night and along with his two assistants (Hilda McDermott was one, I don't know the other) gave the worst display of officiating I have ever seen at any level. Our first goal came from a move when the ball was clearly 2 yards out of play on Hilda's side but she seemed asleep for the whole game. The other assistant's best moments included pointing Kildare's way for a throw when there wasn't anybody within ten yards of the Kildare player who kicked it out, he eventually realised his mistake there but later in the game, he flagged an offside for an athlone striker despite the ball clearly being headed back by one of our players.

The referee showed 7 yellows to kildare players, 1 to Athlone. Initially it seemed that he sent our left full off because of a mistaken identity but apparently he said after the game that he was showing him a second yellow card for calling one of the athlone players a "f*****g dope". Hardly the worst of crimes and surely we'd be down to 3 a side football if that was enforced in every single.

These ref's are totally unaccountable, last week after the finn harps game, the ref was kept in with the assesor for over an hour after the game, I would imagine Grant and his "assistants" got the same treatment last night.

[Derry]

I have to say i've enjoyed reading the Bohs forum this morning. Not so long ago when he shafted Derry City in the final they all thought he was a great ref. Now i come on here and see a Bohs supporter complaining about him. My my.

[SalvadorSanchez]

Buttimer is a joke, picky, officious and whistle happy one minute then trys to let the game go after blatant fouls... he sent Shane Guthrie off for us last week for an incident he couldn't have seen... no consultation with the linesman nothing... complete idiocy...
Mark Gough is pretty bad too.... usually gives us nothing and then last seaon in a game against Bray he crucified Bray for nothing gave us 5-6 freekicks for nothing... in general the reffing is hopeless....
sounds like Deegan was harshly dealt with last night...