- The
- most
- high-profile
- referee
- this
- country
- has
- ever
- seen,
- the
- controversial
- and
- opinionated
- Graham
- Poll
- exposes
- the
- myth
- that
- referees
- are
- the
- game’s
- silent
- men,
- and
- opens
- the
- lid
- on
- the
- shocking
- and
- often
- unbelievable
- world
- of
- football
- that
- few
- outsiders
- get
- to
- see.Seeing
- Red
- is
- Graham
- Poll’s
- incisive
- insight
- into
- football
- from
- his
- prime
- position
- as
- the
- man
- in
- black,
- the
- one
- in
- control,
- the
- eye
- that
- sees
- all.
- A
- Premier
- League
- referee
- since
- 1991
- and
- ten
- years
- as
- an
- international
- referee,
- Graham
- Poll
- has
- handled
- some
- of
- the
- toughest
- games
- in
- the
- Premiership
- involving
- Arsenal,
- Manchester
- United,
- Liverpool
- and
- Chelsea,
- as
- well
- as
- European
- Championships
- and
- World
- Cups
- –
- in
- total
- over
- 1500
- matches.What
- is
- it
- like
- to
- referee
- the
- biggest
- matches
- in
- international
- football?
- What
- really
- goes
- on
- between
- the
- players
- in
- the
- tunnel
- before
- a
- match
- and
- in
- the
- dressing
- room
- after?
- Who
- are
- the
- nastiest
- footballers?
- And
- the
- funniest?
- Who
- is
- the
- smartest
- manager?
- And
- are
- the
- bureaucrats
- ruining
- the
- beautiful
- game?Controversial
- and
- opinionated,
- Poll
- has
- crossed
- swords
- with
- some
- of
- the
- biggest
- names
- in
- world
- football
- and
- shares
- private
- conversations
- with
- the
- likes
- of
- Alex
- Ferguson,
- Jose
- Mourinho,
- Sepp
- Blatter
- and
- Steve
- McClaren,
- and
- the
- inside
- story
- behind
- controversial
- incidents
- involving
- Roy
- Keane,
- David
- Beckham,
- Patrick
- Vieira
- and
- current
- England
- captain
- John
- Terry,
- among
- others.
- Poll
- also
- talks
- about
- the
- infamous
- 2006
- World
- Cup
- match
- when
- he
- failed
- to
- send
- off
- a
- Croatian
- player
- after
- three
- yellow
- cards
- in
- a
- crucial
- tie
- against
- Australia,
- returning
- home
- early
- in
- disgrace
- and
- with
- his
- career
- in
- meltdown.The
- games,
- the
- players,
- the
- managers,
- the
- suits
- –
- the
- most
- outspoken
- referee
- in
- the
- modern
- game
- tells
- it
- as
- it
- really is.
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