Not only does he possess the greatest haircut in the modern era of Premier League refereeing, Mark Clattenburg has now been given the task of refereeing this year’s FA Cup Final.
The game will be played between Crystal Palace and Manchester United on May 21, a repeat of the 1990 final.
“It came out of the blue,” Clattenburg told the FA’s official website. “These days you get told of what games you’re doing by text, but when you see a call coming in from The FA referees’ department you know it’s important.”
“You set yourself goals at the start of the season, and mine was to referee in The FA Cup Final. It’s an honour and a massive achievement,” he added.
Almost immediately after the announcement was made, fans of both sides were sharing their opinions on Twitter…
Palace fans weren’t too happy…
Palace royally screwed by the FA. Mark Clattenburg gives us absolutely nothing, may as well of made Rio Ferdinand the cup final ref.
— Col (@Orpingtondad) April 28, 2016
Clattenburg in the final. Fs. We'd be better off with Howard Webb in his Man Utd shirt
— Matt 🦅 (@mattclegg) April 28, 2016
United fans weren’t happy…
https://twitter.com/Joshua_Sweeney1/status/725644501864308736
clattenburg's got the fa cup final…great, that's a sending off for us and two penalties for palace already then #mufc
— Comrade Maxwell (@1999_adam) April 25, 2016
With this United supporter summing things up nicely…
Clattenburg is the ref for the FA cup final ..
United fans "Great we lose then"..
Other fans "Great, United win then"
He is just shite..
— Inactive – FT is cancerous. (@Mufc_inactive) April 28, 2016
But hey, it’s not all doom and gloom for ‘Clatts’, this Palace fan’s got his back:
https://twitter.com/RoDuSu/status/725643805253373952
