Mourinho BLASTS referee Phil Dowd: “You’re too fat to referee”
Football
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Mirror
| Jan 13, 2015
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| (L) Referee Phil Dowd is “too fat” and "should retire" (R)Jose Mourinho |
Jose Mourinho launched an astonishing rant at Phil Dowd and shouted: “You're too fat to referee.”
Witnesses to the amazing rant in the tunnel at Tottenham claim Mourinho “lost the plot” as he shouted furiously at Premier League referee Dowd after Chelsea’s defeat on New Year’s Day.
Mourinho has since been charged with misconduct by the Football Association for claiming there is a “campaign” against Chelsea following a draw at Southampton three days earlier.
But his rant at Dowd saw him question the referee’s weight, as he shouted: “You’re too fat to referee, you should retire” and then added: “You’ve cost us.”
The amazing outburst came in front of several witnesses in the tunnel and happened after stewards frantically shut the big blue double doors at the top of the White Hart Lane tunnel as the players, managers and officials left the pitch.
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It is understood that Mourinho later went into Dowd’s dressing room and the pair must have made peace because the incident was not in the referee’s official report.
But Mourinho later accused Dowd of being “too slow” in his post-match media interviews as he was upset at a string of decisions.
Mourinho was furious that Chelsea were not given a handball decision when they were leading 1-0 and eventually went on to lose the game 5-3.
The Portuguese coach has until 6pm tonight (TUE) to respond to the FA charge relating to his post match comments at Southampton when Chelsea saw Cesc Fabregas booked for an alleged dive even though TV replays suggested it should have been a penalty.
Dowd, who is 52 later this month, was reported to have failed a fitness test in May 2012.
Sir Alex Ferguson also questioned Dowd’s fitness record when he was in charge of Manchester United.
The Football Association and the Premier League said they were unaware of the tunnel incident as Dowd hat not reported it.
The Premier League stressed Dowd is a leading official and has passed his fitness test to referee.