Paul Jack Griffiths is at sweet as willie ..... Willie Young chops down Paul Allen in the 1980 FA Cup Final ... The concept gained notoriety in association football after an infamous incident in the 1980 FA Cup Final when Willie Young of The Arsenal committed a deliberate foul on Paul Allen of West Ham when Allen had a clear run at goal. As the laws of the game stood the referee, George Courtney, could only award West Ham a free kick, which he did. This provoked a national debate on deliberate fouls that denied opponents the chance to score a goal. At the time the English game was suffering a downturn in attendances and the chairmen of the Football League clubs decided to consider ways in which the game could be made exciting. A subcommittee was appointed to produce some suggestions chaired by Jimmy Hill and including Matt Busby and Bobby Charlton. The sub committee produced several suggestions including making the professional foul a mandatory red card offence which they submitted to the FA for consideration. All the suggestions were defeated. However the Football League was determined to have their way and instructed its referees that professional fouls, including deliberate handball to stop a goal being scored, should be deemed serious foul play which was and is a mandatory red card offence. The new interpretation was first issued to referees prior to the 1982 1983 season...FIFA first instructed its referees to send off for a professional foul prior to the 1990 World Cup and in 1991 FA added decisions to the law which provided that a player who committed a foul or handling offence that denied an obvious goal-scoring opportunity should be sent off for serious foul play. These decisions were incorporated in the laws in 1997...... @so willie young was responsible 4the introduction of the proffesional foul ... sweet as willie .....
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:23:00 +0000
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