I watched the football match between the Republic of Ireland and Estonia last Friday. As the Hungarian referee made decision after decision that favoured the Irish visitors, it was firstly frustrating, then infuriating, then contemptible. I am not the only one who believes that the match we saw last Friday was not fairly refereed. Other too point out that Estonia should not have had to face two red cards and a penalty There is then the question of why Estonia faced this biased match? Personally I do not think that UEFA or FIFA would have decided that Ireland deserved a measure of recompense for the Hand of Gaul , although Armenia have formally complained that they suffered similar bias when they played Ireland. I do think it is possible that Football may be suffering from the same kind of problem as Cricket . Ireland is a betting mad nation, and huge wagers are staked whenever the Republic plays. I am no expert, but to my eye, the quality of refereeing...
Musings on World events from the perspective of a Social and an Economic Liberal.