Commentators Quote by Peter Drury

The ref was vertically 15 yards away.

— Kevin Keegan

A ten-foot keeper really should have stopped that.

— Ron Atkinson

There are many penalties which referees don't see. Sometimes they are right, and many other times, they are wrong. That is football.

— Sergio Ramos

That was the perfect penalty - apart from he missed it.

— Rob McCaffrey

You don't notice the referee during the game unless he makes a bad call.

— Drew Curtis

You can't put your arm around the referee! That's ungentlemanly conduct.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

— Bobby Charlton

It was five, but it could have been six, seven or eight goals, in my opinion.

— Robin van Persie

The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

— Bill Shankly

The limits are set by the referees. Those are the ones who are in charge of making sure this is football and not American…

— Luis Enrique

The fact is football players get beat all the time in the course of a game. But if it happens to a defensive tackle,…

— Jason Sehorn

The keeper was unsighted - he still didn't see it.

— Ron Atkinson