QuoteI really dont think he is, I think he used to be a season ticket holder once upon a time. Neil Doyle right?
Match Officials + Impartiality
Apparantly the ref between City and Rovers being televised on Friday night next is a Shamrock Rovers Club Shareholder. Surely this guy shouldn't be reffing games of this nature considering.
Should the guy be reffing at all when you think about it?
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
I really dont think he is, I think he used to be a season ticket holder once upon a time. Neil Doyle right?
Yous have nothing to worry about as Doyle always overcompensates for his past allegiances by reffing us off the park.
He used to sell the programmes back when we played in the RDS. You don't need to worry, in my experience he goes out of his way to show he's not biased towards rovers. I do agree though, that he shouldn't be allowed do rovers games, the league are leaving him wide open to these accusations.Originally Posted by El-Pietro
4 posts in and no one has mentioned the spelling mistake in the tital? Shame on you pedants!
Anyway Doyle is a poor ref, but like all of them isn't biased on the field.
Not a single one of them is biased for/against any club.
Need to think of a better excuse a face
Alan Kelly is the same for us. Never gives us any 50 50s and always sways towards the opposition to show hes not biased towards us as hes from Cork (plus is Danny Murphys brother in law)
I've also heard the bird that does Murphy's spray tan also does Kelly's bikini wax. ****ing jokeshop!
Agree with that. incompetence often mistaken for bias.
Heard it said over years that Doyle is member/fan/whatever of shams. Dont see why that would exclude him as I suppose most refs would have a favourite team, only becomes a problem if the ref lets that "interest" impact on their decision making.
Does make for original names to call the ref (as opposed to usual abuse/chants)and great excuse for opposition fans (until that damned MNS shows the ref was right).
We should probably be glad that they support LOI teams rather than Manchester United.
Technically i dont think we need an excuse when its a forgone conclusion
When do i get to say that Richie Winters is a plank and shouldn't never be let near a footie game again in his lifetime?
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
Maybe you're right, but the fact that 'past allegiances' come up at all would suggest that he should have been allotted another game.
"Even if the wind stops to blow
Even if the sea ceases to flow
Even if the sun ceases to rise
The name of Sligo Rovers will shine and shine forever like the morning star glittering in the sky."
I totally agree. In much the same way I don't think any refs from one city/town should ref a game that includes a club from that city/town unless both clubs are from there. If you get my garbled meaning.
Waterford's playoff game against Monaghan a couple of seasons ago was reffed by a guy who either lived in Monaghan or was originally from there (can't recall which). He had a shocker of a game, the worst I have ever seen, bar none, with three major decisions going against us. I was sick with anger over it. It was only a few weeks later that i realised we were totally outplayed anyway, and would have lost no matter who reffed it. But it caught my attention for that length of time because even the appearance of possible impropriety is a problem. Remove any doubt, that's my view. Fairer on the ref as well.
Woops..
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There has been a wave of poor spelling of late to be fair
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
No idear what you meen.
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Gettin' your excuse's in early ;-p
I agree , if there is any way the refs judgement may be questioned because of his allegiance to a club then he shouldnt be allowed to ref the game, but as the lads already posted he does go out of his way to to show he is impartial
Would you be complaining if Alan Kelly was ref?
Nahhh
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we really dont like Alan Kelly reffing our gamesWould you be complaining if Alan Kelly was ref?
Nahhh
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Woman ref done the Rovers Bohs match in Tallaght,she was ok.Rhonda Daly was her name is she related to Paddy?She had to endure the "does your kitchen know your here "chant.
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