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World Cup 2010: Englishman Howard Webb to referee final

Thursday, 8 July 2010 17:57 UK

Englishman Howard Webb has been chosen to referee the World Cup final between Netherlands and Spain in Johannesburg on Sunday, Fifa has confirmed.

The 38-year-old Yorkshireman has had a good tournament so far, as have his assistants Michael Mullarkey and Darren Cann, who will join him in the final.

Webb is the first Englishman to referee the final since Jack Taylor in 1974.

He has refereed three World Cup matches in South Africa and has neither shown a red card nor awarded a penalty.

Webb's first match in charge was Spain's shock 1-0 defeat by Switzerland.

He was also in charge for Slovakia's 3-2 victory against Italy - which saw the defending champions knocked out of the tournament - and was praised for his handling of a dramatic finale to the match.

In the last-16 stage Webb refereed Brazil's 3-0 win over Chile, but he missed out on the quarter-finals and semi-finals.

Webb and his assistants Cann and Mullarkey have enjoyed a highly successful season, having already officiated the Champions League final in May, when Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich in Madrid.

And their performances have boosted English referees' standing around the world after the debacle in the 2006 World Cup when Graham Poll handed out three yellow cards to one player during the match between Australia and Croatia.

Source; http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 802425.stm

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So England will be represented at the FIFA World Cup Final 2010 in Johannesburg after all.

He's a great referee & IMO on a par with the fantastic & fabulous Pierluigi Collina.

Let's hope he & his team of officials have a really great game, without any controversy.

Good luck Howard Webb & your team.

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Did you notice who the ref sponsors are,

Specsavers

Yes I know they are . . . . north of the border!!

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Paul the Psychic Octopus picks Spain to win World Cup

July 9, 2010

Paul the Octopus has spoken, and he has come out for Spain in the World Cup final. No comment as of yet from Mani the Parakeet.

Washington mega-chef and Spain enthusiast Jose Andres has Paul's back, taking his brethren off the menu at all his restaurants until further notice.

Paul correctly picked Germany to defeat England, becoming a national hero and worldwide celebrity.

But then Paul picked Spain to defeat Germany in the semifinals, and public opinion of Paul in Germany took a LeBron-in-Cleveland-esque nosedive.

Source; http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccer ... ain_t.html

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im going with paul, in fact im gona pop in the bookies and put a bet on





sick squid.....

That pun does not work in this case.

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I think Paul was right again.....Germany won the third place play off 3-2.

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Paul the Octopus was right again, but is now on the BBQ . . . . . thank God that the Dirty Dutch did not win the final . . . . . well done Spain, the new World Champions & their manager Vicente del Bosque González, who was sacked in 2003 by Real Madrid AFTER a very successful period, including two EUFA Champions League titles in 2000 & 2002 & two La Liga titles in 2001 & 2003, plus other titles during that period.

Great vindication for del Bosque after the shabby way Real Madrid treated him!!!

What a horrible game for Howard Webb to referee; the kung-fu artist should have had a straight red!!

And thanks to Alex for making this thread a Sticky for the duration of the tournament.

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It was reported tonight... that Spain has now taken Octopus off the menu..

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

I thought Paul the Octopus was in the USA?

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He may well be .... but he has a rather large family....

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

And Spain... are now looking into the possibility of training him to be a goalkeeper

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Right Alex you can now lock this thread for another 4 years TF its over

More like 104 years as far as Scotland are concerned!!

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