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Top 6: Player-referee clashes

By now, you might have seen this shocking tackle on Valencia’s Sergio Canales by referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (and in case you haven’t – yes, you did read that correctly)…

Naturally, we at Football Burp have taken this as our queue to gather together a bunch of clips of players and referees engaging in a variety of set-tos, altercations, melees, kerfuffles, spats and brouhahas. Enjoy…
Player-referee fights
Ref: An' WHAT?

1. Paulo Di Canio Shoves Paul Alcock

…and that would have sounded like a euphemism if we hadn’t included the referee’s first name there…

2. Savage Gets Elbowed

…the long-awaited follow-up to Freddy Got Fingered…

3. Ref Takes on All-Comers

…may or may not still be going…

4. Ref Strikes Back

…seemingly a black and white thing…

5. Ref lamps player he’s just sent off…

…successfully fends of succession of flying kicks…

6. Good grief…

…nutter…

Honourable mention #1

…the lesser-spotted Brazilian diving ref…

Honourable mention #2

…Figure 3.8: The Boob Brush…