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A You Are The Ref cartoon showing an incident in a penalty shootout.Fernando Torres is the chosen portrait.. You Are The Ref is a British comic strip which has run in various publications since 1957, featuring a series of improbable hypothetical football scenarios that then invites the reader to make the refereeing decision.
In May 2012, Andy Capp (as well as Flo, Chalkie White, the Vicar, and Jackie the Barman) appeared as an animated series for the first time in promotional material for The Trinity Mirror-owned MirrorBingo.com website. The animation was created by Teesside-born Chris Hunneysett, who drew from his own background to place Andy Capp in Middlesbrough.
Pierluigi Collina (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpjɛrluˈiːdʒi kolˈliːna]; born 13 February 1960) is an Italian former football referee.He was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics six consecutive times from 1998 to 2003.
Ramón Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (14 September 1939 – 4 April 2015) was a Uruguayan professional association football referee.He is the only referee in the history of the FIFA World Cup to have been appointed to two consecutive Final matches: in 1974 in Munich, and in 1978 in Buenos Aires.
Farina was born in Ovada on 19 September 1962. In a 27-year career, he refereed several high-profile matches in Serie A and the UEFA Champions League, including the 2006 UEFA Super Cup final in Monaco between Barcelona and Sevilla. [1]
Nicolae Rainea (19 November 1933 – 1 April 2015 [1]), nicknamed The Locomotive of the Carpathians, was a Romanian football referee and player.Among the most highly regarded referees of his generation, he is considered one of the best international officials of the 70s and 80s and, arguably, the finest Romanian referee of all time.
Ed Hochuli (1990–2017) back judge 1990–1991; referee 1992–2017; Art Holst (1966–1980) line judge, author of Sunday Zebras; Buddy Horton (1999–2017) back judge 1999–2002; field judge 2003–2017; Jim Howey (1999–2017) back judge 1999–2008; field judge 2009–2011; head linesman 2012–2017
Despite being the man in the middle for the famous Wolves versus Honvéd match in 1954 (his award of a penalty against Kovaks allowing Wolves to come back into the tie), Leafe is known on the continent as the referee who once disallowed 4 goals in the "El Clásico" match-up between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in a 2nd round match in the European Cup.