You Are the Ref – Reloaded

I’m sure you’re all familiar with Paul Trevillion’s iconic ‘You Are the Ref’ strips, currently running in the Guardian (with the help of Keith Hackett). Well, on a certain football forum, I found these, errr, ‘amended’ versions – which are amazing. Read on to see what I mean…

This is what they normally look like – genuine dilemmas that you may (but in all honesty probably won’t) face as a Ref… (You can click on any of the images for a bigger/readable version)

And here is the alternative interpretation…

Hopefully you agree that is genius. Some more…

So there we are. That last one is probably my favourite. In the words of Russell Crowe in Gladiator (what a film) – ‘Are you not entertained?’

I wish I could take the credit for them but alas I am not that funny, and credit where credit is due – I believe the creator goes under the pseudonym/username ‘Jim Beglin’s Hairy Knees’ on the Football365 Forum. Cheers Jim/JBHK. Drop me a line if you resent my plagiarism…