Jerseybean Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 The pioneer of the no-look yellow card. Celebrated on his own after a successful play-on led to a goal. Hid the match ball under his shirt after a Sergio Agüero hat-trick. Once said "off you pop" before sending off Lewis Dunk. First referee in history to brandish 100 red cards. Caught on TV standing on seats celebrating Tranmere Rovers' play-off win. 560 games, 11,876 fouls, 186 penalties, 2,046 yellow cards, 114 red cards, one Mike Dean. A legend of the English game retires. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 Never forgiven him, along with Peter Ndlovu and Trevor Francis, for robbing us blind against Birmingham in 1999. 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Northern Red said: Never forgiven him, along with Peter Ndlovu and Trevor Francis, for robbing us blind against Birmingham in 1999. Yep, absolute prick. Made everything about him, inconsistent, poor ref. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Jerseybean said: The pioneer of the no-look yellow card. Celebrated on his own after a successful play-on led to a goal. Hid the match ball under his shirt after a Sergio Agüero hat-trick. Once said "off you pop" before sending off Lewis Dunk. First referee in history to brandish 100 red cards. Caught on TV standing on seats celebrating Tranmere Rovers' play-off win. 560 games, 11,876 fouls, 186 penalties, 2,046 yellow cards, 114 red cards, one Mike Dean. A legend of the English game retires. #FunkyMoped Edited May 24, 2022 by exAtyeoMax 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 Heard the comparison to Dermot Gallagher, Gallagher had a red card roughly every 11 games, Dean had a red card every 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P'head Red Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 22 minutes ago, Jerseybean said: The pioneer of the no-look yellow card. Celebrated on his own after a successful play-on led to a goal. Hid the match ball under his shirt after a Sergio Agüero hat-trick. Once said "off you pop" before sending off Lewis Dunk. First referee in history to brandish 100 red cards. Caught on TV standing on seats celebrating Tranmere Rovers' play-off win. 560 games, 11,876 fouls, 186 penalties, 2,046 yellow cards, 114 red cards, one Mike Dean. A legend of the English game retires. Also a record number of chickens slaughtered for a professional referee. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 I'm not sure I can name one decent ref?! He was as bad as everyone else! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgy Red Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 I was sat behind him at a restaurant in Benidorm about 6 years ago and he was with his wife having a meal. He seemed like a decent enough guy when a few people recognised him and asked for pictures. Being a referee is a bit of a thankless task to be fair and whilst we all like to give the "bloke in black" some abuse, i'm sure they are all doing the job with the best of intentions. He has always been a character and i think the Premier League will be a poorer place without him. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Northern Red said: Never forgiven him, along with Peter Ndlovu and Trevor Francis, for robbing us blind against Birmingham in 1999. Was about to quote the same game. One of worst refereeing performances ever seen at the Gate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malago Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) Up there with Jeff Winter, Graham Poll, Mike Riley and David Ellery as one of the worst referees in living memory. Edited May 25, 2022 by Malago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 My hat goes off to anyone like Mike Dean who can control a load of overpaid, diving, injury feigning, moaning, cheating prima Donna's. Plenty of managers can't. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Mad Cyril said: My hat goes off to anyone like Mike Dean who can control a load of overpaid, diving, injury feigning, moaning, cheating prima Donna's. Plenty of managers can't. Agreed. Refs get dogs abuse constantly, and increased media and technology means every detail can be scrutinised. I wasn’t his biggest fan myself but I wouldn’t fancy the job. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider hoss rules Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 The one thing all refs need is the chance to almost do a presser after matches to give their view. The PGMO don't let them. We've all given dogs abuse to refs over decisions we didn't get, but I don't honestly believe they are deliberately making some of the perceived errors out of spite or dislike of any particular side. Some are better than others and ply their trade at the top level of the game, the same applies to players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globe Trotter Posted May 25, 2022 Report Share Posted May 25, 2022 12 hours ago, Super said: I'm not sure I can name one decent ref?! He was as bad as everyone else! Michael Oliver is very good in my opinion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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