Omars moving finger writes.....

How does the I.F.A. allocate referees for matches I wonder, take Tuesday night’s match away to the Glens. The I.F.A. appointed Trevor Moutray to officiate for this game, did they consider for one moment that Trevor lived within 5 miles of the ground and was hardly likely to be completely unbiased. Never mind the fact that he is for all intents and purposes a ‘local’ boy, he does also have to live in the area and he would hardly want to antagonise any of the locals. Surely they could’ve found a ‘neutral’ referee from somewhere, they’re not that scarce on the ground. But then it is the I.F.A. I’m talking about here, the same organisation that ‘turns a blind eye’ to the fact that Glentoran’s ground is nowhere near the standard required by European law, but still gives them a licence to compete in European games. The small band of United supporters who made the journey to the Oval on Tuesday night, were ‘fleeced’ by the Glens at the turnstiles having to pay £8 for what can best be described as ‘makeshift’ stadium and then left without a ‘pot to piss in’, literally. We foolishly thought that our new ‘supremo’ Howard Wilkinson would do away with these ‘draconian’ practices, but have found out that he’s as impotent as all the other dead wood. Glentoran’s ground would hardly pass the standard laid down for Intermediate league football, but it’s somehow considered okay for the Premier league. Does the I.F.A. not have the power to veto any ground that doesn’t come up to the required standard, or are they a load of old ‘f----ts. Ah well it could be worse I suppose, we could’ve lost three points instead of claiming a rare victory. After all the disappointments of the last few years, it’s great to finally break our jinx at the East Belfast venue. At the end of the day, we got the ‘Wright result’ and coupled with a win this Saturday it’ll set us up very nicely for the visit to the ‘scum’ on  Boxing Day. Hopefully they won’t appoint Frankie Hiles to be referee for that game, now that would really be ‘putting the cat among the pigeons’!