Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia
Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering.
Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully the reputation of Hollywood movie stars – all in the name of ‘free education for all’.
Wikipedia’s framework is built on the Wikimedia Commons project – a media file repository making available‘public domain and freely-licensed educational media content’ - that is, no ‘copyrighted’ content.
Which is why we see Bob Wilson, a Scottish international goalkeeper, a man with more than 230 Arsenal appearances under his belt, a respected television broadcaster, paying for petrol in Hatfield, Hertfordshire as his official Wikipedia photograph. He isn’t the only one however. There are many, many more…
Here are five of the best that were submitted this week, in no particular order:
Lee Probert (@MattTickner)
Spotted by @MattTickner
Lee W. Probert (born 13 August 1972) is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League. He lives in Wiltshire.
Probert began refereeing in 1986, in leagues local to Bristol, and later in the Football Conference South. He was promoted to the assistant referees’ list of the Football League in 1998, and made the step up to full referee in the League five years later. Probert was been included in the Select Group of 19 referees for the 2007-08 Premier League season and he has gone on to manage over 100 games in the Premier League.
Lee Probert here, looks like he’s about to attack a header at the near post. Eyes on the game Lee…
Graham Poll (@Jimmydan)
Spotted by @Jimmydan
Graham Poll (born 29 July 1963 in Tring, Hertfordshire) is an English former football referee in the Premier League and is considered the best English referee of the last 25 years in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
Poll took up the whistle in 1980, progressing from the Isthmian League to become a Football League assistant referee in 1986. Five years later he became a full Football League referee, before being selected for the list of Premier League referees in 1993.
With 26 years of experience, he was regarded as one of the most prominent referees in the Premiership, often taking charge of the highest profile games. His final domestic game in a career spanning 1544 matches was the Championship play-off final on 28 May 2007 between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion.
As well as refereeing the 2005 UEFA Cup Final he was the English representative at 2 World Cups and UEFA Euro 2000.
Everyone’s favourite refereeing superstar Graham Poll is on his way to the magistrates, having been taken to court by the Socceroos for crimes against football…
Urs Meier (@MattTickner)
Spotted by @MattTickner
Urs Meier (born January 22, 1959 in Würenlos, Aargau) is a retired, Swiss football referee, a grocer by trade who owns a brand of household appliances in Würenlos, Switzerland.
From 1994 until 2004 he was an international FIFA referee. He was elected by an expert jury to be the second-best referee in 2002 and third-best in 2004.
He officiated at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, taking charge of the semi-final between South Korea and Germany in 2002. He also refereed the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final as well that year. He also appeared at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, refereeing the quarter-final between England and Portugal in 2004.
Meier received FIFA appointments and refereed in the Swiss top division until he reached the mandatory retirement age for each. He appears as an expert summariser on the German television channel ZDF during World Cups and European Championships.
Everyone’s favourite grocer-turned-television personality, sorry, no offence Pudding Face, Urs Meier seems to have been dabbling in a bit of quiz show hosting given his attire.
Luis Medina Cantalejo (@MattTickner)
Spotted by @MattTickner
Luis Medina Cantalejo (born 1 March 1964) is a retired Spanish football referee.
Professionally, Medina Cantalejo is a sports assessor who lives in Tomares, west of Seville. He was one of the few officials allowed to officiate the domestic clashes between Real Madrid and Barcelona. His first experience as an international referee came on 4 September 2004, between Turkey and Georgia, in a preliminary qualifier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
He was promoted at the last minute to officiate matches at the finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup after assistants of two other referees failed to meet the FIFA standards. He subsequently officiated three matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Germany v. Poland, Netherlands v. Argentina, and Italy v. Australia.
Medina was appointed as fourth official for the FIFA World Cup Final between Italy and France and was involved in another important decision during the final, as none of the three officials on the field saw Zinedine Zidane headbutting Marco Materazzi.
It’s a shame that Cantalejo isn’t always as eagle-eyed as that night in the Olympiastadion as he’s clearly missed the face rape going on behind him.
Mokhtar Amalou (@MattTickner)
Spotted by @MattTickner
Mokhtar Amalou ( مختارامالو ) (born 14 August 1971, Algiers) is an Algerian FIFA football referee. He is married with two children, and works as head of communication in Algiers.
Amalou has been refereeing professionally since 2007. He has since been selected as a referee for African Championship u17 2011 qualifiers, CAF Confederation Cup 2010 and CAF Champions League 2010. He is also selected for the CAF championship qualifiers 2012.
Now this is what we like to see. Why is it that all referees are not sent to Algiers for their training? Mokhtar Amalou puts up with no form of dissent. The proof? He books people so hard, they fall over.
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