Graham Poll has claimed that he
decided to retire from refereeing a season early because the
Football Association would not back him in his row with Chelsea
after he sent off John Terry for two bookable
offences.
Poll, 43, who refereed the Championship play-off final at Wembley
on Monday, disputes Terrys claim that he had changed his mind
about the reason for dismissing the Chelsea captain during a
bad-tempered game against Tottenham in November.
Poll dismissed Terry for two bookable offences in a stormy match
against Tottenham last November.Terry claimed Poll told him to
F*** off and the official had changed his mind over the reason
for the red card
Chelsea players had alleged after the
match that Poll had told two of them that their discipline was out
of order and that they needed to be taught a lesson.
Terry was fined £10,000 after admitting improper conduct but Poll
said he was shocked when the FA would not charge Chelsea after he
had reported the club for intimidation.though he was not ban for
the next match.
Poll now says that he is disappointed by FA chief executive Brian
Barwicks failure to support him in the face of Chelseas
allegations. He feels that the FA are not standing up for the
thousands of people who referee matches at every level of the
game.
Thanks FA for not backing a bias ref
that disallow drogba goal from an corner claiming to have saw a
foul 40 yards out and sending John Terry Off For Various Different
Reasons
Seems Like our next year title challange is Looking good