{"id":285626,"date":"2011-03-01T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/01\/chelsea-manchester-united-special-will-red-card-specialist-martin-atkinson-send-off-backchat-king-wayne-rooney\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T13:24:00","slug":"chelsea-manchester-united-special-will-red-card-specialist-martin-atkinson-send-off-backchat-king-wayne-rooney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/chelsea-manchester-united-special-will-red-card-specialist-martin-atkinson-send-off-backchat-king-wayne-rooney\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#8211; Manchester United special: Will red card specialist Martin Atkinson send off &#8216;backchat king&#8217; Wayne Rooney?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Patrick Reilly<\/h3>\n<h4>1 Mar 2011 13:24:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.5910034602\">\n<div readability=\"22.4254143646\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL: Martin Atkinson - Wayne Rooney, Manchester United v Aston Villa (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/76a511ac63270_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL: Martin Atkinson &#8211; Wayne Rooney, Manchester United v Aston Villa (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"28.8921713442\"><\/p>\n<p>        Even the bookmakers can&#8217;t price a market on who is the more lucky to be playing this evening in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> match: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1142\/ashley-cole\">Ashley Cole<\/a>\u00a0 for aiming an air-rifle bullet in the direction of a work experience student, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1681\/wayne-rooney\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> for aiming an elbow in the direction of a fellow professional?<br \/><strong> <br \/><\/strong>Tonight&#8217;s referee Martin Atkinson will have his hands full dealing with the England international team-mates. Cole, with his habit of turning his back to officials, and Rooney who has inherited the title of &#8216;backchat king&#8217; from Hristo Stoichkov. However, unlike the great Bulgarian his heir apparent has yet to master the art of insulting referees in multiple languages. <\/p>\n<p>Martin Atkinson has the task of handling the pair and if history is anything to go on he&#8217;ll be getting out his trusty red card at some point. The official has already handed out an impressive nine of them this season including two to Wigan players in their 2-0 defeat to Manchester United last November. <br \/><strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d07dd6dc125179hp2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/strong>Atkinson started as he meant to go on, flashing two on the opening day of the season in the Liverpool &#8211; Arsenal match, another in the Arsenal &#8211; Birmingham game in October with one red being shown in the Sunderland &#8211; Stoke game in November. <\/p>\n<p>Michael Essien will remember Atkinson after he sent him off after scoring against Fulham before handing out two in the Wigan &#8211; Man Utd game also in November. <\/p>\n<p>His red card went into temporary hiatus (five games) before it came out again just in time for Christmas. Atkinson handed out six yellows and a red in the boxing day clash between Tottenham and Aston Villa and then went a full eight games before handing out another red in the recent Villa &#8211; Blackburn game. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin Atkinson Stats (2010\/11)<\/strong><br \/>Games &#8211; 28 <br \/>Yellow Cards &#8211; 94 <br \/>Red Cards &#8211; 9 <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps unsurprisingly the bookies have factored this in pricing another Atkinson red tonight at <strong>2\/1<\/strong> compared to <strong>4\/11<\/strong> against. Usually that price would be around <strong>4\/1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be surprised if Atkinson points to the spot either. He&#8217;s awarded more penalties than any other official this season (10) and is worth a punt at <strong>11\/4<\/strong> to do so again at Stamford Bridge. <\/p>\n<p>After getting away with it against Wigan don&#8217;t rule out a bit justice\/refereeing solidarity kicking in this evening and United&#8217;s hot head seeing red. <br \/><strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/06e0f3e145759_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"80\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong>Red Card Refunds &#8211; Sportingbet Offer<\/strong><br \/><em>Place a pre-match First Goalscorer, Anytime Goalscorer, Correct Score or Scorecast bet on tonight&#8217;s Chelsea &#8211; Manchester United match and if a red card is shown &#8211; Sportingbet will refund your losing stake as a free bet! <\/em><br \/><strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/clk;229772345;54697910;v\"><em><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Sign up with Sportingbet for a free bet of up to \u00a350<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/851382a698294.jpg\" alt=\"Bet Now\" width=\"115\" height=\"17\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em><br \/><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/76a511ac63270_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2995\/betting\/2011\/03\/01\/2374367\/chelsea-manchester-united-special-will-red-card-specialist\" title=\"Chelsea - Manchester United special: Will red card specialist Martin Atkinson send off 'backchat king' Wayne Rooney?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea &#8211; Manchester United special: Will red card specialist Martin Atkinson send off &#8216;backchat king&#8217; Wayne Rooney?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Patrick Reilly 1 Mar 2011 13:24:00 EPL: Martin Atkinson &#8211; Wayne Rooney, Manchester United v Aston Villa (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Even the bookmakers can&#8217;t price a market on who is the more lucky to be playing this evening in the Chelsea &#8211; Manchester United match: Ashley Cole \u00a0 for aiming an air-rifle bullet in the direction of a work experience student, or Wayne Rooney for aiming an elbow in the direction of a fellow professional? Tonight&#8217;s referee Martin Atkinson will have his hands full dealing with the England international team-mates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea - Manchester United special: Will red card specialist Martin Atkinson send off &#039;backchat king&#039; Wayne Rooney? - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/chelsea-manchester-united-special-will-red-card-specialist-martin-atkinson-send-off-backchat-king-wayne-rooney\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea - Manchester United special: Will red card specialist Martin Atkinson send off &#039;backchat king&#039; Wayne Rooney? - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Patrick Reilly 1 Mar 2011 13:24:00 EPL: Martin Atkinson - Wayne Rooney, Manchester United v Aston Villa (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Even the bookmakers can&#039;t price a market on who is the more lucky to be playing this evening in the Chelsea - Manchester United match: Ashley Cole \u00a0 for aiming an air-rifle bullet in the direction of a work experience student, or Wayne Rooney for aiming an elbow in the direction of a fellow professional? 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