It’s a thankless job, isn’t it? You run up and down a football pitch for 90 minutes, blowing your whistle, flailing your arms ...

2. Once the pattern of discrimination has been determined, any other petitioner of the same race or group may, for a period of a year, seek through the referee a certificate qualifying him to vote ...

From the Premier League to Sunday league, from Manchester United to your local pub team, referees are facing abuse at every ...

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Troy Aikman Chides Referees After Patrick Mahomes Draws Another Marginal Whistle.