Gary Neville is a REF

So inspired by this. Working on a WIP, another which may it see the light of day someday. An AU where Gary gets kicked out the the United youth academy and becomes a referee instead. Carra has his Liverpool career.

[[Absolutely inspired by this marvelous fic here as well, where both of them became refs instead of footballers, please give it love: PLAY THE WHISTLE by saltstreets ]] credit: @zevons

Snippet of my WIP here.....

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“It’s a fuckin’ shambles, Gaz.”

Gary should’ve known better than to answer his phone. It’s a beautiful day for football. Which has fuck all to do with Gary. Gary’s on holiday. At home maybe, but it still counts. He’d even had a lie-in ‘til nearly half seven.

He doesn’t, won’t, can’t hold back a weary sigh, soul-deep. He’s got a headache already. Worse, he already knows he won’t say no in the end.

Still.

“I can’t fuckin’ do it, Stuart. I’m on holiday.”

“What, in fuckin’ Bury?”

“How d’you know I’m still in Bury? Maybe I’m in Ibiza!”

“Fuck you are, you boring cunt. You’ve probably been in the back garden, tellin’ the daisies which way to grow.”

“Fuck off.” They both laugh, it’s fucking true innit.

“Fuck me.” He can’t do it. He will do it.

“Already got me lad on the way, son. He’ll scoop you up, you’ll be on the pitch in thirty. Lovely day for it.”

“They’ll not go for it, Stu.” For fucking obvious reasons. “Raffa won’t, anyways.”

“Already had it out with ‘em, you mong, ‘course I have. Sir Alex and Raffa are well up for it. Talked you up, didn’t I? No one I’d trust to do the job right. Sterling lad, absolutely professional he is, our Gary Neville, no one else for it.”

“No one else stupid enough to take it on, you mean.”

“Right you are, son!”

Stuart laughs some more at Gary’s pain. It’s a thing they do. “It don’t hurt you’re a short taxi ride away, either.”

“This is mad, this is.” Gary shakes his head. “If the scousers even let me off the pitch in one piece, I’m gonna get absolutely killed by the fans, no matter the result. Both sides, probably.”

“Yeah. But you’ll be golden in my books, Nev, don’t you worry about that.”

Gary feels a bit sick. “This is me fucked, you understand that, right?”

“Listen,” Stuart actually sounds worryingly sincere. “I wouldn’t ask it if we didn’t need you, Gaz. Really. I know it’s unorthodox, but I’ve made everything absolutely crystal with the managers. The press is being made aware. It’s the wrong time of year for a re-play, innit. Everyone wants to play today. I’ll protect you, lad, I swear it. It’ll be alright.”

He can see it now: Ex-Academy Player Officiates Derby Match, Ripped to Pieces By Former Teammates and Blood-Thirsty Scousers Alike!!

Gary tries to grasp at anything to make the situation better in his mind. “It’ll be Keane and Gerrard to captain, I assume?”

There’s a suspicious pause. Stuart sounds mildly apologetic. 

“Err, well. Gerrard’s out today, actually, knee’s acting up again. It’ll be Carragher in his place.”

Oh, well, fuck Gary Neville then. Just fuck him all day long.

“Oh, well, that’s more good news then, Stuart. The only moderately sane man in Liverpool is out on injury, in his stead an Actual Fucking Lunatic.” He is absolutely insane is Carragher. “Between him and Keane, it’s gonna be sunshine and fucking daisies. I can’t wait to be spoken to with nothing but dignity and respect for ninety minutes.”

Suddenly, Gary hears the desperate honks of a car horn idling impatiently just outside the kitchen window. Stuart must hear it over the phone, he sounds absolutely elated to ring off.

“That’ll be our Dave, then. Off you go, Gaz, that’s a good lad! Don’t forget your whistle, you’re gonna need it today, sure!”

Christ.

It’s gonna be a fuckin’ shambles.

Lemme show you how the media work against Arsenal and how Sky Sports and PGMOL's crisis management has been executed step by step

1. Soothing down the mass with Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher's social posts opposing Arteta and Arsenal

Keep in mind soothing down the mass is the first and foremost action to be carried out when an "organization" sniff a sign of a potential crisis.

This then got exposed by Teamnewsandtix and Keith Hackett, a former prem ref, that Sky Sports was furious they didn't get as much insights as social media ACC like tix and Dale Johnson.

2. Directing the mass from 3 possible reasons to disallow that goal to solely ball in/out of play with an abnormal number of analyses/coverages

Very weird to devote a large amount of airtime to slam Arteta and Arsenal on a LONDON DERBY between Spurs and Chelsea innit?

Webb made a whole program called Mic'd Up dedicated solely to the ball out/on field. Not a single word on Gordon's possible offside or Bruno G.'s foul on Big Gabi -> The mass automatically focus on the fucking ball instead of the other two reasons (and a potential handball which everyone skips).

3. Attacking and framing Arteta with a noticeable series of articles

In the Sky Sport's program and the article above, they especially brought up the clip of Mikel saying "mistake happens" circulated over the internet recently to frame him as a hypocrite toward Liverpool's disallowed goal and that he only criticized VAR when the decision is against Arsenal. In fact, the clip was taken on 6.10.2023, a week after that LIVTOT game and the question was just about ref officiating in general, NOBODY MENTIONED LIVERPOOL AND DIAZ. The presser in which he directly commented on that game and showed clear sympathy to Liverpool and Klopp was the pre-match v LENS on 2.10.2023, taken via telephone by Mirror as the press conference was delayed due to storm.

Audio source published by Mirror, listen from 1.55-3.55:

Funny enough multiple Liverpool fan accounts and websites even quoted him to bolster their stance that they were robbed lol what a bunch of amnesiac ungrateful morons.

And tons of articles slating Arteta off. Don't tell me that many coverages about one published in a very short span of time are not PLANNED. And these are just a few of them. Notice the wording lol.

4. Last but not least, defaming Arsenal unprovoked to direct the mass completely from their inept refs

Tell me why on Earth did they have to post that Ben White's own goal out of thin air right after there's news Arteta will not back down?

In conclusion, this is a very clean case study for communication and journalism learners. That's what PR specialists and agencies with ethics and morals should never do to defend your clients/business/organization.

I hate this ref, I hate Jamie Carragher, but most of all I hate Gary fucking Neville even though he’s not on comms tonight.

just heard gary neville say that it's almost like you have to restart a game at 90mins because you could be playing for another frantic 10mins. thoughts on extending the extra time like this?

In many ways I’m a fan of the extended time because while time wasting tactics are part of the game the stats showing how much time the ball is and isn’t in play during average matches is taking the piss. But I think there’s still major problems with it (ie teams will still waste time in the extra 10 minutes but the ref blows right on 10 minutes anyway defeating the whole point of it). I’d like to see a stop clock trialled instead where there’s no guess work on whether there’s too much or little added time but of course then there’s still the subjectivity of when to stop the clock but it might be a good idea as opposed to the unknown 15 minutes you might get hit with when you’re on your last legs because VAR did some sort of nonsense early in the half

Back at it again with another Carraville disaster fic. Very out of my comfort zone to write and I did like no research but here it is. 

Jamie had always been a person who felt. He felt everything so much more intensely than the rest of his teammates: every emotion, every win, and, perhaps most importantly, every loss. 

He just felt so empty when Ricardo saved that penalty. He felt the life, the hope, the fire leave his body all at once. He was on autopilot as he trudged back to the line of players on half field. Everything had gone to shit. Stevie had missed a penalty. Stevie. If that wasn’t a sign that they were cursed nothing was. 

Fucking Ronaldo stepped up like he hadn’t crushed enough of Jamie’s dreams. He kissed the ball and set it on the pitch. Jamie didn’t even think about punching him, his heart just sank. It sank even further as he stuck it in the right corner. 

As they screamed and tackled Ronaldo in jubilation, Stevie sunk to the ground. Jamie heard a sob from his left. He looked over and saw Rio was also on the ground. The sound could have also come from Lamps and John who were crying into each other’s shirts. The Portugal players swinging their shirts was a gut punch. The English fans seemed to be shell shocked. 

Jamie looked around at the English bodies collapsed on the pitch. He looked over to Stevie. Neville sat on his heels on Stevie’s left. He grabbed Stevie’s arm and seemed to whisper something in his ear. He pulled Stevie up and pushed him into Jamie’s arms. Jamie held Stevie’s head against his shoulder and dragged them towards the tunnel. 

Before they could disappear to the depressing safety of the dressing room, they heard a sudden uptake and noise behind them. It was Neville. Gary Bloody Neville shaking hands with the Portugal players. Unlike the Portuguese, not even trying to mask their giant, smug grins, Neville was the picture of neutrality, a steeled neutrality. His eyebrows were furrowed like they usually were. His lips were slightly protruding but nothing close to a pout. Jamie only looked away when he felt Stevie’s knee start to give out under them. He slung Stevie’s arm around his shoulder to support his weight and carefully brought them to their lockers. 

There were already a few players in the dressing room when he and Stevie hobbled in. Heads were buried in hands. Jamie pretended not to hear the sniffling and sharp breaths of his teammates. Hell, if he were alone he’d be sniffling too. 

A few minutes later Beckham herded the stragglers in. John was still a wreck--Rio too--though the rest of them had calmed down a bit. Lamps was no longer sobbing but Jamie could see the big wet stain on his shirt and his red-rimmed eyes. Neville led Walcott in, a hand around his shoulder. He brought him over to his locker and sat them down on the bench in front of it. Neville was shirtless, his muddied, white England kit draped across his left shoulder, the one not occupied by Walcott. 

Sven came in a few minutes later. He was alone, not with Grip as he almost always was. He said a few words before leaving them alone. It was probably a good choice. None of them were best pleased with him. Jamie certainly blamed him, though not exclusively. He blamed Ronaldo. He blamed the ref. Most overwhelmingly, he blamed himself. If he had fucking scored that penalty they would’ve had a chance. If he just hadn’t hit the bar. He should’ve practised more, taking penalties. Not that there was even a thought in his mind before the game that he’d have to step up and take one. Jamie just wanted to punch something. A wall. Himself. Anything would do. 

Jamie looked up from his feet when he heard some small giggles coming from the left side of the dressing room. The sound was coming from Walcott. Soft, little, reluctant giggles escaped from him as Neville quietly told him jokes with a slight upturn to his lips. Jamie decided he was a good target--not Walcott, Neville--and got up. 

He approached Walcott. “Can I borrow him for a minute?” Jamie didn’t dare look at Neville in all this, just took Walcott’s nod as a sign to grab Neville by his arm and drag him into the hallway. Beckham stuck his head out after them, a look of concern on his face. Jamie sighed. 

“I’m not gonna hurt him, Becks. Promise. Go back inside.” Beckham stuck out his pinkie finger for Jamie to curl his own around. This act seemingly satisfied him enough to close the door leaving them alone. Jamie took this opportunity to slam and pin Neville against the wall. The shirt balanced on his shoulder fell to the floor in a grass-stained heap. 

“Thought you said you weren’t going to hurt me,” Neville joked once again. 

“You don’t fucking care, do you?” Jamie snarled. Neville’s eyes widened under him. “You don’t care about this team. You don’t care about this country. You don’t care about those fans.” Jamie removed his hand from Neville’s bare chest and was using it gesture wildly as he talked. God, it felt good to feel something. Murderous rage wasn’t his first choice emotion but it would certainly do. 

“I knew you were stupid,” Neville said, “but I didn’t know you were this bloody thick.” Jamie ignored the way his eyes narrowed, the way he sucked in his cheeks. Jamie grabbed at the badge on his shirt. 

“To me, this means something. It means that I have a little more respect when we’ve just broken the hearts of every fucking person in this fucking country. It’s not a fucking joke to the rest of us in there.” Neville snaps. After a shocking display of strength, Jamie finds himself pressed against the wall. 

“It’s not a fucking joke to me. I care about this country and I’ve played for this country a hell of a lot more than you ever have or ever will. Just because I can step my arse up and be mature about the whole fucking situation doesn’t mean I don’t have fucking feelings!” Jamie was stunned for a second. He wasn’t sure why Neville pushing him against the wall knocked him out of it so much, but he tried quickly to regain his composure and, most of all, his anger. 

“Didn’t seem mature to be having a laugh with Walcott ten seconds after we get knocked out of the World fucking Cup!” He huffed, “I mean JT’s sobbing on the floor in there, mate, and you and Walcott are having a fucking giggle? Bollocks.” 

“You just don’t get it, do you?” Neville asked, clearly not looking for a response, “I’m the fucking captain, Carragher. My job is to pull that group of lads together and made sure they don’t get so drunk tonight they get run over by a bus.”

“Last I checked, Beckham was the captain and you were just his little puppy dog sidekick.” There was a flash in Neville’s eyes. Almost like he’d gone too far. Almost like he’d struck a nerve. Good, he thought. Neville recovered quickly though. 

“Wore the bloody armband tonight, didn’t I?” He was so smug about it. If he hadn’t promised Beckham he wouldn’t damage him, Jamie would’ve punched him square in his ugly nose. He told Neville as much and Neville, the bastard, laughed at him. Jamie was seriously reconsidering his promise. “It’s not my fucking fault that you missed a penalty. Seriously couldn’t wait for the ref to blow the whistle? You scousers always ruin everything.” He could tell at this point that Neville was trying to wind him up. What he hated the most was that it was working. 

“It’s like you want me to punch you. Bet you’d like that, wouldn’t you? You that touch-starved? Not getting any from you precious Becks?” There it was. He struck that nerve again. He could see it in Neville’s eyes. In a moment, Neville was moving. Jamie expected him to storm off or to punch him. He can safely say that the exact last thing he expected was for the Manc to kiss him. 

It wasn’t biting or rough like Jamie would’ve expected--again, not that he was expecting this in the slightest. It really was a kiss, all soft, romantic like. Gary’s shockingly smooth lips just pressed to his as his left hand held the back of Jamie’s head, right hand gripping the badge of his shirt. Gary’s eyes were squeezed shut in determination. After about thirty seconds, Jamie’s closed too despite his best efforts. Then, as quickly as it started, Gary pulled back. He stayed put though. He swayed on the balls of his feet in front of Jamie, waiting for him to respond. Jamie swore his brain was short-circuiting. 

“Know why Beckham keeps you around, now. Bet those lips are good at other things as well.” He blurts it out without thinking. He immediately wishes he’d shut up when he sees the slight smirk to Gary’s lips disappear. 

“You fucking bastard,” Gary mutters as he shoves Jamie back against the wall, hard, and walks away. Jamie slides down the wall to sit on his heels. His fingers brush against his lips reminding him of the smooth, firm pressure. Fuck. 

The quicker I get to pain the better.

Ahem. Speaking of aggressive hate sex... friendly reminder that these are actual words spoken by Gary Neville  ​

if gary neville says var should overrule the ref ONE MORE TIME when var literally CANNOT DO THAT i am going to SCREAM

Oh you can also add the "Jamie Carragher takes Gary Neville around Bootle" Overlap episode from last year to the masterpost! It's really interesting in explaining Carra's Liverpool upbringing, his outlook on his career and also his England career - the part where he remembers Gary offering to take a penalty in his stead before he missed it for England is awww

Ah yes the fandom has spoken! For those inerested in further deep dive into the carraville doomhole, this one has everything from aggressive touching disguised as boxing sparring 😉 to a heartfelt one to one about some key moments of their personal lives!

Tagging @bluskype for ref to previous ask!

Would you dive for your country?

Football is undoubtedly one of the most popular sports in the world and has millions of spectators from across the globe. However, like most sports, there are many controversies, and arguably, the biggest controversy at the moment is diving. Although this is a rule violation, many players still practice this often. And if you thought the development of instant replays like VAR would get rid of this problem, you are mistaken.

Players often deceive the referee in an attempt to gain an advantage over the opposition. This could be from diving in or around the opposition’s penalty box, or just to regain possession when it is lost or about to be lost. As football fans, we’re always quick to blame the ref for making bad decisions, after watching the replays, but in a fast-paced game like football, it can sometimes be hard to tell the difference between an intentional dive, and a foul. As there is so much focus on simulation in football recently, referees are becoming more vigilant and are developing techniques to identify factors of diving and of actual fouls, and how to differentiate these signs. The referee has to: consider the position of the ball on the field; the score line at the time of the incident; individual player behaviours; the reaction of the player after the foul, and the time delay of the player’s reaction after the foul has occurred.

In modern day football it is acceptable for a player to roll around theatrically, from the minimalist amount of contact. This deception makes it extremely hard for referees to distinguish between an actual foul, and a dive. It is so common now that players are even creating ways to make the dive look more realistic. I’m sure you’ve seen it for yourself, when players drag their trailing foot so it’s more likely to get caught on the defender; or when a player rolling around on the floor keeps glancing up to make sure the ref is entertained

Remember in 2009, when Eduardo da Silva won a controversial penalty for Arsenal against Celtic, during the champions league qualifiers, securing the win and moving them on to the group stages? Well, da Silva ended up getting a ban from UEFA on charges of simulation. Then surprisingly, when appealed, the ban was revoked, sparking further confusion about the anti-diving regulations. Although the technology for using instant replays is developing, this circumstance shows that cameras can’t always clearly separate a foul from a dive. Since then, UEFA have been more hesitant about charging players for simulation. To make your own judgement about the incident, you can watch a video of it here.

It’s easy for us to judge, shouting from our sofas, but…

Imagine you’re playing for your country in the final of the World Cup, there’s 5 minutes left of extra time and the score is 1-1. You make a surging run into the box, cutting in for a shot but the touch is heavy, its tight. It might be too tight. Then you notice the defender leaving his leg out for a split second. All the hard work you’ve put in at training over these years and you finally have an opportunity to make it all worthwhile. Would you dive for your county?

If you’re interested in looking further into the debate, from the perspective of Jamie Carragher, Howard Webb and Gary Neville, then click here to watch the video.

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References:

Alvarez, N., 2016. Foul Play: Soccer’s “Infamous Thespians” and the Cultural Politics of Diving. The Drama Review, 60 (1), 10-24.

Morris, P., Lewis, D., 2010. Tackling Diving: The perception of Deceptive Intentions in Association Football. Journal of Nonverbal Behaviour, 34 (1), 1-13.

Renden, P., Kerstens, S., Oudejans, R., Cañal-Bruland, R., 2014. Foul or dive? Motor contributions to judging ambiguous foul situations in football. European Journal of Sport Science, 14 (1), 221-227.

Acknowledgements:

Williams, S., 2012. Red Card [photograph]. Old Trafford, Manchester: Flickr.

Gary Neville and David Beckham arguing with each other and the ref

Ref Watch: Dermot Gallagher on Mohamed Salah, Bruno Fernandes and West Ham's penalty against Newcastle

Ref Watch: Dermot Gallagher on Mohamed Salah, Bruno Fernandes and West Ham’s penalty against Newcastle

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Liverpool deserve a good manager like Alan Pardew. MojoMan replied: They need to get Alan Curbishley in, and fast. More replies 26 down. There are far more serious and important things currently going on in the world around us. Reply posted by mortons, at 20 Feb mortons.

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Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish was punched in the back of the head by a pitch-invading fan during his side’s game with Birmingham City. The Second City Derby is usually known to be a fiery affair with Grealish often receiving abuse from the Birmingham fans. What happened at St Andrew’s? Four key things to know… 1. Aston Villa travelled to bitter rivals Birmingham for the second Birmingham Derby of the season. 2. With the game goalless after eight minutes, a Birmingham fan ran onto the pitch. 3. He went on to punch Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish in the back of his head. 4. Police have since confirmed the fan has been arrested and taken into custody. But in Sunday’s edition of the rivalry, one fan took things too far, finding his way onto the pitch within the first 10 minutes. It came just after Grealish had fired an effort across goal, with the ball going out for a corner. But, before the kick was taken, the fan ran up behind Grealish and punched the back of his head – sending the midfielder to the floor. The incident was met with some cheers from Birmingham fans behind the goal, but Aston Villa players were quick to surround the man who was also being dealt with by a steward. – "An absolute disgrace!" A fan has run onto the field and attacked Jack Grealish from behind. pic.twitter.com/G0ycBp36N3 — Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) March 10, 2019 Birmingham’s players tried to calm their opponents down while also checking on Grealish, as the fan was led off the pitch – once again to cheers. In the aftermath of the incident, Sky Sports’ co-commentator Danny Higginbotham said: “Words just absolutely fail me. “What an absolute disgrace. Absolute disgrace to see anything like that on the football field. “And the way that Grealish has reacted, fair play to him.” Shocking scenes in the #SecondCityDerby as a fan storms onto the field and punches Jack Grealish. pic.twitter.com/nMO1eHO7jO — Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) March 10, 2019 Higginbotham’s views were echoed by ex-Birmingham midfielder Darren Carter, who told BBC West Midlands: “It is a rivalry and you get passionate but you should never come on to the pitch. “That is diabolical behaviour.” West Midlands Police have since confirmed the fan has been taken into custody for the incident. ARREST: Following the incident on the pitch involving an attack on an Aston Villa player; a man has been arrested and en route to a custody block. Further details to follow. pic.twitter.com/fed9KrHBgl — West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) March 10, 2019 Subscribe to Squawka’s Youtube channel here. Football reacts to “disgraceful” incidentIt’s not often the majority of football shares the same opinion on a matter, but fans, pundits and ex-players alike were quick to express their disgust at the Birmingham fan punching Grealish. Shocking, disgusting, get out of our game. pic.twitter.com/sNxsxNfQaS — DAVID JONES (@DavidJonesSky) March 10, 2019 Idiot of the year… congrats on your lifetime ban https://t.co/ocr8RBVzWZ — Raheem Sterling (@sterling7) March 10, 2019 The ref should walk the players off with the 3 points going to Villa! Disgusting https://t.co/2yuGpD4wVu — Ryan Mason (@RyanMason) March 10, 2019 Twice in three days we’ve seen players attacked by supporters, what is going on? Football needs to stamp this out quickly. Only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt. — Charlie Adam (@Charlie26Adam) March 10, 2019 The club are going have to take a huge punishment for this to act as a deterrent in the future . A Points deduction or Empty stadium for 10 games ! https://t.co/wQtcAUuvnx — Gary Neville (@GNev2) March 10, 2019 Wow what have I just seen at St Andrews!! Outrageous @JackGrealish1 — Kevin Davies (@Kevin__Davies) March 10, 2019 Can’t believe this https://t.co/X5QU4Jg62M — Trevoh Chalobah (@TrevohChalobah) March 10, 2019 How can this be allowed to happen. Assault charge and banned for life surely — SteveMarleyPhoto (@stevedigiphoto) March 10, 2019 Prison. Full extent of the law needs to be applied here; this cannot be allowed to set a precedent. What a shameful day for football. — Bristol Palace (@Bristol_Palace) March 10, 2019 Gotta do jail time for that. Shocking. — Scott Gibson (@gibson259) March 10, 2019 Do some decent jail time for that I reckon, madness — Sean McC (@SeanyMac9) March 10, 2019 Absolutely disgraceful, what’s happened to football over the last few weeks — spennyj66 (@spennjy66) March 10, 2019 The post Jack Grealish attacked by fan during Second City Derby appeared first on Squawka News. #JackGrealish #AstonVilla #BirminghamCity