Anthony Buttimer

[Trainee]

He has to be sacked after tonight:

1.when the ball went out of play He made the Order of Malta guys walk the perimeter of the pitch(even though the ball was out of play) instead of letting them crossing the pitch to Jamie McKensie who was in a bad way after flying into the wall.

2. New Rule
If a player needs to put back on his boots - yellow Card

wont even go into some of the decisons he made as Im happy we got a point pats were the better team

[bluepowers]

same in the Limerick Vs Fingal Game Tuesday Scully Had A Few Words With Him

[Charlie Darwin]

2. New Rule
If a player needs to put back on his boots - yellow Card
Wait, what happened here?

I don't actually have much experience of Buttimer - I've heard horror stories but he's been OK every match I've been at.

[bingoballs]

Buttimer is a joke as are 90% of the referee's in this league, and I would include the mighty Alan Kelly in that.

[bullit]

Stupid thread realy,but could run to 16 pages!!

[GuisaSaigon]

If there was a referee's observer at the game last night he has to be suspended, he's a complete lunatic. Made us wear our away kit and then wore a blue shirt himself that was a lot closer to Pats away shirt than our home kit. Making the stretcher go the whole way around the outside of the pitch instead of letting them cross the half way line to McKensie was really messed up and shows the frame of mind of this scumbag. Countless ridiculous decisions all night, he obviously had a vendetta after the club put in a complaint about his last appearance in Terryland. Ban this muppet now!

[Dodge]

1.when the ball went out of play He made the Order of Malta guys walk the perimeter of the pitch(even though the ball was out of play) instead of letting them crossing the pitch to Jamie McKensie who was in a bad way after flying into the wall.
He was getting treatment from the physio while the game was ongoing and the Order of malta walked around about 5 minutes after the incident. He's off the pitch so the game should be allowed continue


2. New Rule
If a player needs to put back on his boots - yellow Card


Pats got a corner. Player didn't go to tie his laces immediately. Then went down in the penalty box. was told to get up and carry on. Corner rresulted in goal kick for Galway and as barry ryan was talkinga kick out he took his boots off om the 6 yard line to change them. Buttimer told him to go off the pitch if he wanted to do it, and he didn't move. Yellow card was the correct decision.

He's a fool because of the ersey thing (constantly) but he was OK last night. made a few small mistakes but didn't have a major decision to make.

[Jofspring]

For the Limerick match he gave our young right full a second yellow for a slip which took down a fingal player. Even the fingal player couldn't believe he was sent off for it. 5 minutes later Shane Clarke was chasing a ball that was heading towards the box, it was between Clarke and the keeper for the ball as Clarke got across the front of the defender, the defender then took down Clarke as he got near the ball and the keeper cleared. The ref just said play away. How a player being last man back can't be sent off for a foul but somebody slipping can i'll never know. He made a few bad decisions the other way in the second half, not to mention missing loads of handballs for both teams.

[Copa Mundial]

If there was a referee's observer at the game last night he has to be suspended, he's a complete lunatic. Made us wear our away kit and then wore a blue shirt himself that was a lot closer to Pats away shirt than our home kit. Making the stretcher go the whole way around the outside of the pitch instead of letting them cross the half way line to McKensie was really messed up and shows the frame of mind of this scumbag. Countless ridiculous decisions all night, he obviously had a vendetta after the club put in a complaint about his last appearance in Terryland. Ban this muppet now!

Scumbag...Vendetta...Muppet....Seriously?

Id question who has the vendetta here!! Judging by Dodge's response the referee seems to have acted within the Laws of the Game

[GuisaSaigon]

Scumbag...Vendetta...Muppet....Seriously?



Yes!!

[Lim till i die]

This thread right here is why football is great!!

Two different sets of fans looking at the exact same thing and drawing completely different conclusions. :D

[Lamper.sffc]

For the Limerick match he gave our young right full a second yellow for a slip which took down a fingal player. Even the fingal player couldn't believe he was sent off for it. 5 minutes later Shane Clarke was chasing a ball that was heading towards the box, it was between Clarke and the keeper for the ball as Clarke got across the front of the defender, the defender then took down Clarke as he got near the ball and the keeper cleared. The ref just said play away. How a player being last man back can't be sent off for a foul but somebody slipping can i'll never know. He made a few bad decisions the other way in the second half, not to mention missing loads of handballs for both teams.

He actually got so bad we where starting to just laugh at the decisions he was making, whether it was for us or against us. It seemed at times that he would make some stupid decisions against Limerick and then would try and redress it by making them against Fingal and this is how the game went, favouring one team over the other at different points in the game. Your sending off seemed harsh (like the first game) and I remember him booking williams for winning the ball. Absolute joke
In saying all that, the majority of refs are terrible in the league. I thought when we got out of the first division the standard would improve. How naive was I

[fionnsci]

Yes, the refs make mistakes. The best refs in the world make mistakes in every single game. These refs aren't the best refs in the world so naturally, they will make a few more. Making a mistake doesn't mean a ref isn't good.

What seems more likely, that "90p/c of the refs in this country are crap" - the refs who have proved themselves through the years to be the most compotent and able to the FAI or that many football fans jump immediately to the conclusion that a ref is no good when a few decisions go against their team, a team in which they have a deep emotional investment thus negating any possibility of them having a neutral point of view?

The latter methinks.

This is their reputation on the line, their livelihood, their future. They are not biased, they do not have vendettas, they try their best. One of the worst experiences of my life came last year reffing a teenager's game. I gave two penalties to the same team soon after eachother and was subjected to the worst abuse I have ever endured from the opposition sidelines. I was accused of bias, incompotence and racism by parents and coaches all in front of the players to whom I was trying to display control and leadership. I was undermined and made feel genuinely fearful and intimidated.

The referee has been made out to be some sort of villain in football. The referee is not the villain, he is there to try and stop and punish any unlawful behaviour. He doesn't always get it right for any number of reasons but he will always try his best to.

If any of you spent a few months as a ref you'd probably understand a bit better what it's like. So get over it and start talking about football. Some of the stuff I have to hear in LOI grounds makes me sick.

[seand]

You know a referee is REALLY bad when you can't understand decisions that are going in your favour. Step forward Richie Winter and the Amazing Random Decision Generator.

[juan]

You know a referee is REALLY bad when you can't understand decisions that are going in your favour. Step forward Richie Winter and the Amazing Random Decision Generator.
Poor Richie is just showing intiative. He clearly feels that the LOI matches need a fun factor. It all adds to the matchday experience.

[Paddyfield]

Is Buttimer the same ref who said "I will race you for your wages" to one of the Galway United players, earlier in the season?

[sligo23]

The c*nt must actually be colour blind.

[WoodquayBoy]

I think the yellow for Conneely was correct, have a different take on it to Dodge - I think he was booked for leaving the field of play without permission - but nonetheless it was a yellow. As for the REd Cross, McKenzie was down injured but off the field of play, it wasn't a head injury so Buttimer didn't have to let them run across the pitch. A bit of common sense would have been nice, but strictly speaking, he was within his rights
There was a referee observer at the game. Nothing will come of that though, as it was Buttimer's fellow Cork man, Eddie Foley.
Yes it was Buttimer who challenged Anto Flood to a race for his wages. I thought the jersey thing was a joke as well

[Hibs4Ever]

He is refereeing tomorrow nights qualifier between Sweden and San Marino

[Dodge]

I think the yellow for Conneely was correct, have a different take on it to Dodge - I think he was booked for leaving the field of play without permission - but nonetheless it was a yellow.

He wasn't off the pitch when booked. Buttimer clearly instructed him to leave the field

[pineapple stu]

Some of the stuff I have to hear in LOI grounds makes me sick.
At our game against Drogheda on Friday, one of the Drogs players was called offside. One Drogs lad roared at the ref (correectly) that he couldn't have been offside from a goal kick. Course, the punt upfield was actually a free-kick from about the same place a goal kick would have been taken. Had a bit of a chuckle at that. It's almost second nature now to assume the referee is a know-nothing twit, when in fairness, they do usually know more than anyone else in the ground.

[Demoshield]

He wasn't off the pitch when booked. Buttimer clearly instructed him to leave the field

As per the players brother, Seamie was booked for leaving the field of play without the officials permission

[Dodge]

Laughable so. As he didn't leave the field until after he was booked (and ordered to change his boots behidn the goal)

[WoodquayBoy]

As per the players brother, Seamie was booked for leaving the field of play without the officials permission

As I said . . .

[Demoshield]

Nothing surprises me anymore. However I was a little amused at the cup replay between GUFC & Salthill. Gufc left back clears the ball & smacks the assistant with it. The ball rebounds over the end line & the assistant awards a corner to Devon. After a lenghty debate the ref finally awards a throw to Devon with the assistant claiming "I was standing on the pitch when the ball hit me"

[Schumi]

Nothing surprises me anymore. However I was a little amused at the cup replay between GUFC & Salthill. Gufc left back clears the ball & smacks the assistant with it. The ball rebounds over the end line & the assistant awards a corner to Devon. After a lenghty debate the ref finally awards a throw to Devon with the assistant claiming "I was standing on the pitch when the ball hit me"
That's a good one, never heard of that happening before! Shouldn't a corner have been given if the ball didn't cross the touchline?

[Demoshield]

Well for starters he wasn't on the pitch when the ball hit him. I think that was all he could come up with to justify his call.
My reading of it would be that he is supposed to be standing off the pitch so therfore is not considered to be part of the pitch.
The ref, cornerflag & goalpost are part of the pitch so if the ball hits off them it's still in play or you carry on with throw/corner/goal kick what ever is appropiate. Could be wrong on that tho!

[**FrOsTy**]

Nothing better then up in Salthill earlier in the year. One of our players cleared the ball which was goin out for a throw in but the salthill player caught it well before itwent out. Standing yards from the ref he said "Come on lads it was going to go out anyway"

[pineapple stu]

The ref, cornerflag & goalpost are part of the pitch so if the ball hits off them it's still in play or you carry on with throw/corner/goal kick what ever is appropiate. Could be wrong on that tho!
Yeah, that's correct alright. I don't know if you can assume the linesman wasn't on the pitch because he shouldn't have been though. That's like assuming a dog wasn't on the pitch because he shouldn't, and we've all seen that in You Are The Ref.

[WoodquayBoy]

I stand corrected. He may have been booked for leaving the pitch, but he clearly didn't.

[WoodquayBoy]

And just to show we are not all referee bashers all of the time, well spotted the man in the middle in the Drogheda-UCD game, definite peno for Drogheda, defenders usually get away with tugs and pulls like that so well spotted ref

[Réiteoir]

He is refereeing tomorrow nights qualifier between Sweden and San Marino

No he's not - it's Dave McKeon on that game:

Sweden v San Marino
Referee: David Mckeon (IRL)
Assistant Referees: Marc Douglas (IRL), Allen Lynch (IRL)
Fourth Official: Neil Doyle (IRL)

[seand]

No he's not - it's Dave McKeon on that game:

Sweden v San Marino
Referee: David Mckeon (IRL)
Assistant Referees: Marc Douglas (IRL), Allen Lynch (IRL)
Fourth Official: Neil Doyle (IRL)


:shock: :shock: :shock:
Sometimes there just are not enough shocked smilies in the world

[Dodge]

I stand corrected.

As I said... :)

[DonO'Bate]

I think the yellow for Conneely was correct, have a different take on it to Dodge - I think he was booked for leaving the field of play without permission - but nonetheless it was a yellow. As for the REd Cross, McKenzie was down injured but off the field of play, it wasn't a head injury so Buttimer didn't have to let them run across the pitch. A bit of common sense would have been nice, but strictly speaking, he was within his rights
There was a referee observer at the game. Nothing will come of that though, as it was Buttimer's fellow Cork man, Eddie Foley.
Yes it was Buttimer who challenged Anto Flood to a race for his wages. I thought the jersey thing was a joke as well

The same Mr Foley who cost us the play off final against the Drogs when incorrectly ruled a Dave Goldbey goal offside and then went on to cover himself in glory at the WC.

[Paddyfield]

The same Mr Foley who cost us the play off final against the Drogs when incorrectly ruled a Dave Goldbey goal offside and then went on to cover himself in glory at the WC.

God bless your memory Don.

Kelly was reffing the match with his peroxide Jedward hairstyle.

[Mr A]

Was that the same Kelly who permitted Herrick to kick us off the park in the semi?

[pineapple stu]

And just to show we are not all referee bashers all of the time, well spotted the man in the middle in the Drogheda-UCD game, definite peno for Drogheda, defenders usually get away with tugs and pulls like that so well spotted ref
Yep, good spot alright.

But never a second yellow offence.

[osarusan]

But never a second yellow offence.

It seems to be the norm nowadays that if a penalty is given, a yellow card is shown (unless a red is).

[Schumi]

It seems to be the norm nowadays that if a penalty is given, a yellow card is shown (unless a red is).

Both in this case.

[razor]

He's a fool because of the jersey thing (constantly) Buttimer does seem to be consistantly pedantic on the jersey thing.
Maybe the lad is in fact colour blind
Is a test for colour blindness a requirement for referees?

[gufct]

Guess who we got for our cup Quarter Final .Im bringing a Silver Bullet.

[Charlie Darwin]

You should be so lucky to have a Champions League behind-the-goal-bloke for your cup quarter final. There's only 2 of them around!

[juan]

Guess who we got for our cup Quarter Final .Im bringing a Silver Bullet.
Only a stake to the heart will finish him off.

[gufct]

I give up lads in 35 years of going to loi games ive never seen a more egotistical clown.He ruined what looked like being a very good cup quarter final ands it wasnt just GUFC fans that thought that last night.Its ridiculous that referees are getting away with shocking performances week in week out while Managers,Players and fans suffer like the Glenn Fitzpatrick incident on MNS.

[mypost]

He ruined what looked like being a very good cup quarter final

Get that excuse in early. If the result was close, you'd have a case. The result was 6-0. It wasn't all dependent on the red card.

[douglas local]

Buttimer does seem to be consistantly pedantic on the jersey thing.
Maybe the lad is in fact colour blind
Is a test for colour blindness a requirement for referees?


i have seen buttimer in action in munster senior league games and having told teams to change their socks he then wore the same colour socks as one of the teams involved. he really loves the controversy

[gufct]

Get that excuse in early. If the result was close, you'd have a case. The result was 6-0. It wasn't all dependent on the red card.

Wasnt using it as an excuse just stating what the majority of Rovers Fans that I talked to last night said as well.

[geezer]

Get that excuse in early. If the result was close, you'd have a case. The result was 6-0. It wasn't all dependent on the red card.


It was all over after the goal and the keeper sent off . The likes of Buttimer and Pat Kelly are small men who love power and the sad thing is they extract money out of our league and laugh in our faces. Prats. The rest of us are out there buying season tickets, paying in to league games when the clubs get stuck even though we have season tickets, encouraging people to come to games. Walking housing estates putting flyers in to letterboxes about upcoming games and tosspots like these 2 milk the honeypot and love the attention. Its a disgrace

[GGAJD]

Wasnt using it as an excuse just stating what the majority of Rovers Fans that I talked to last night said as well.

Probably the only decision he got right all night was no foul on Ryan in the build up for the first goal. The coke fiend got himself a yellow and then shoved buttimer on the shoulder resulting in a red, idiocy from ryan really. Agreed it stopped the game being any real contest but that was also down to how clinical rovers were. Two goal of the season contenders from Chambers and the rest were all very well worked. The tackle on Sean o Connor for me warranted a card at least, a two footed lunge off the deck and not even a free, the lino standing five feet away looked at buttimer and the midget shaked his head so nothing given, SOC was then stretchered off and went up to the hospital I believe, I hope it's not as bad as it looked. All in all a good nights work for the Hoops but hopefully we left a few goals for next week when I'd hope (for football's sake) Mr Buttimer won't be in the middle.