They've just appointed Hugh Dallas as their head referee. We all fondly remember his neutrality and competence, although I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call him the Craig Thomson of his era.
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...ague-1-3493970
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31-07-2014 01:24 PM #1Solipsist
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The standard of refereeing in Greece must be abysmal
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31-07-2014 01:41 PM #2Testimonial Due
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Given the staggering amount of match fixing, corruption and other dodgy goings on in Greek leagues, this is to be welcomed. You can argue about his (Hugh Dallas) competence or otherwise, but the Greeks decided to bring in a foreigner to oversee their refereeing appointments in an effort to clean up their game record, which must have been one of the worst ever. AEK got relegated to the bottom tier for doing a Rangers/Yams debt building scheme, while another couple of teams were also relegated. Greek society on the whole is blighted with "φακελακος", which roughly translates as "little brown envelopes".
Time will tell if Mr Dallas is immune to these envelopes or not............
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31-07-2014 03:01 PM #3Testimonial Due
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Hugh Dallas, former Head of Referee Development in Scotland. And people wonder why our current crop are so poor.
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31-07-2014 03:26 PM #4Left by mutual consent!
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Hugh Dallas is an absolute gentleman.
Met him a few times
Hope he does well
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31-07-2014 03:29 PM #5@hibs.net private member
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Personally , I thought Hugh Dallas was an excellent referee ...certainly far better than recent "top refs " ...
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31-07-2014 05:16 PM #6Testimonial Due
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He was a weak referee who picked his targets to look in control. He had agendas which he could never quite hide. Originally Posted by bigwheel
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31-07-2014 05:23 PM #7@hibs.net private member
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And what were his agendas ? Originally Posted by Geo_1875
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31-07-2014 05:26 PM #8Left by mutual consent!
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Aye, I've never got this either. Originally Posted by bigwheel
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Dallas is a big Motherwell fan.
The guy refereed at a World Cup which I don't think has been achieved by another Scottish ref since.
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31-07-2014 05:46 PM #9@hibs.net private member
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exactly, a big motherwell fan, who was our best referee by far of his generation....we seem to be taking on paranoia from other teams too now Originally Posted by cleanyman
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31-07-2014 06:20 PM #10@hibs.net private member
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And for some strange reason, The rangers hate his son, Andrew, who's now a ref as well Originally Posted by bigwheel
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01-08-2014 11:46 AM #11Testimonial Due
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Read the reports of his email misdemeanours? Originally Posted by bigwheel
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