Seeing Red (37 page)

engaged to Graham
121

Euro 2000
160
,
162
–
163
,
167

family holidays
128
–
129
,
269

gaining interest in football
125
–
126

Gemma's school performance
78

Giggs's goal incident
127
–
128

Graham appointed World Cup

referee
210

Graham phoned by Beckham
6

Graham receiving death

threats
131

Graham's 100th international

match
50
,
53
–
55

Graham's decision to retire
336

Graham's final match
68

Graham's views on
127

Lake District weekend
208

marriage to Graham
126

media interest in Graham
44
–
45

meeting Graham
123
–
125

move to Reading
151

Newcastle fans
187

public recognition of Graham
37
–
38

support for Graham
278
,
314
,
361

three yellow cards incident
5
–
6
,
307
,
313
,
326
,
328

Tring as home town
129

Tring house besieged by media
326
,
328

TV football coverage
79

UEFA Cup Final 2005
265

Valentine's Day incident
125
,
151

World Cup 2002
218

World Cup 2006
283
,
287
,
290
–
291
,
296

Worthington Cup Final 2004
236

Poll, Mary (sister)
74

Poll, Susan (sister)

birth of
74

Euro 2000
165

support for Graham
361

UEFA Cup semi-final 2007
50

Portillo, Javier
230

Poulsen, Christian
54

Prendergast, Peter

Chelsea v Manchester United 2007
56

knee injury
284
–
285

Polls on holiday
272

World Cup 2002
213

World Cup 2006
283
–
286

Prince William
294

ProZone analyses
171
–
172

Prutton, David
66
–
67

Pugh, Dave
182

Radcliffe, Paula
109

Rapaic, Milan
217

Rebrov, Sergei
302

Redknapp, Harry
347

Reed, Mike
25

refereeing

assessment marking
226

bad language during matches
14

biased attitude of media
63

bribery
188
–
189

challenge of
102
–
103

commonsense
348
–
349

communications equipment
176

consistency
348
–
349

Continental-style refereeing
50

diagonal system
52

dissent
350

ex-footballers as referees
345
–
346

FA Cup Finals
84

fans abusing referees
131
–
137
,
349

fitness
169
–
170

fitness testing
107
–
112

giving penalties
233
–
234

golden games
13
,
227

heart monitors
175
–
176

importance of experience
345
–
346

importance of honesty
24
–
25

intense scrutiny of referees
31

interpretation of Laws
8

intimidation of referees by

players
19
,
30

introduction of referees to

football
330

Laws of the Game
51
,
97
,
103
,
116
,
135
–
136
,
350
–
351

managers' aggression towards

referees
59

managers' talking to officials
43

manufactured referees
94
–
95

natural referees
95

need for support from FA
30
–
31

neutrality of referees
330
,
333

offensive language
117

officials making mistakes
40
–
41

officials' changing room
16

outstanding referees
93
–
95

people-carrier transport
174
,
187

player behaviour during set

pieces
190
–
191

players abusing referees
349
–
350

popularity versus respect
89
,
136

pre-season training
267

pressures on international

referees
281
–
282

professional camaraderie
178
–
180

professional referees
346
–
347

ProZone analysis
171
–
172
,
347

pyramid structure
333
–
334

refereeing ‘big' matches
70
–
71

refereeing as career
331

referees turning professional
128
,
152
,
156
–
157

referees' group meetings
178
–
183
,
256
,
270
–
271

referees' test
99
–
100

rivalry among professional

referees
184
–
185

role of assistant referees
344
–
345

rules on injured players
51

rules on retirement
38

security briefings
174

stopping divers
347
–
348

summer break
225

target-oriented attitude
150

time-keeping
351

use of technology
343
–
344

verbal assaults by managers
60
–
61
,
64

yellow card rule
2

Reid, Fred
99
–
100
,
196
,
210
,
339

Renato, Dirnei
53

Rennie, Uriah
7
–
8

charitable work
182

Poll drinking incident
268

Repka, Tomas
233

Ricardo
244

Rice, Pat
175

Richardson, Garry
362

Ridden, Ken

Euro 2000
160
,
167

Euro 2004
239
–
242

RefTalk website
155

Ridgeon, Dave
99

Rijkaard, Frank
250

Riley, Mike

Euro 2004
232
,
239
–
242

Manchester United v Arsenal 2004
252

selection of referees for World

Cup 2006
243
–
244

support for Poll
242

Robinson, Paul

criticized by Warnock
145
–
147

Tottenham v Chelsea 2006
14

Roderigo
265

Ronaldo
229
–
231

Ronaldo, Cristiano

Arsenal v Manchester United 2005
261

outstanding player
73

running speed
110

Rooney, Wayne

Arsenal v Manchester United 2005
261

diving
260

Poll drinking incident
272

swearing at Poll
116
–
118
,
261

Roth, Volker

assessing Poll
195
–
197
,
199

World Cup 2002
219
,
222
–
223

Rufus, Richard
90

Saha, Louis
257

Santini, Jacques
199

Savage, Robbie

banter with Poll
207
–
208

referees' toilet incident
204
–
207
,
211

Schmidhuber, Aaron
302

Scudamore, Richard

confidence in Poll
68

lack of support for referees
31

Poll's retirement
65
–
66

RefTalk website
155

support for Poll
325
,
362

Seaman, David
140
–
141

Seric, Anthony
308

Shanel, Tarik
33

Sharp, Debbie
162

Sharp, Phil

Australia v Croatia 2006
309

calf injury
286
–
287

Euro 2000
162
–
163

Gerrard incident
228

nominated for World Cup 2006
273
,
275

Paraguay v Colombia 2001
199

Roma v Real Madrid 2001
194

Slovenia v Russia 2001
192

three yellow cards incident
322

World Cup 2002
215
–
218

World Cup 2006
283
–
284
,
286
–
288
,
290
,
292
,
298
,
304
–
305

Sheffield United FC

demotion to Football League
144

FA Cup semi-final 2003
140
–
143

promotion to Premier League
145
,
147

Sheringham, Teddy

Q&A session
67

Worthington Cup Final 2002
203

Shevchenko, Andriy

outstanding player
73

World Cup 2006
302

Shield, Mark

three yellow cards incident
314
–
315
,
317

World Cup 2006
287
,
289
,
300

Shipperley, Neil
233

Short, Craig
145

Silvestre, Mikael
261

Simic, Dario

giving shirt to Poll
39

three yellow cards incident
313

World Cup 2006
310

Simon, Carlos
316

Simunic, Josip

Australian heritage
308

giving shirt to Poll
39

three yellow cards incident
2
,
309
–
311
,
313
,
321
,
323

World Cup 2002
224

Sinclair, Trevor
187

Sissou, Dr Panikos
362

Smith, Alan
57

Sodje, Sam
70

Soldado, Roberto
49

Song Billong, Alexandre
43
–
44

Southgate, Gareth

FA Cup Final 2000
87

feud with Warnock
147

Spirrin, Alex
189

Srna, Darijo
308

Staker, Gary
16
,
175

Staverton Park conference

centre
178
–
184
,
270
–
271

Stott, Kevin

three yellow cards incident
323

World Cup 2006
292

Strickland, Chris
300

Striegel, Eugene
312

Styles, Liz
50

Styles, Rob

referees' group meetings
182

stag night
278

support for Poll
242

three yellow cards incident
315
–
316

UEFA Cup semi-final 2007
50