Bolton Januray 4rth 2003: Referee Graham Barber goes off injured and is substituted with the fourth official Mr D.Pugh during the FA Cup third round match between Bolton Wanderers and Sunderland at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton.
Saturday Mar 15 2008:The game between Manutd and Derby County was held up as referee Phil Dowd's thigh gets injured and was treated along with Roy Carroll who suffered a problem in his groin .Referee Phil Dowd limped off with that hamstring problem and he was replaced by Trevor Kettle for the final five minutes.Derby fresh from there six goal trauma off from Chelsea displayed a terrific effort with gods on there side saving them from shambles. With suspended Kuszack and injured VDS, the match saw the return of Foster who was a bit doggy with his clearance , but with two terrific saves and awesome distribution the lad was up there with an impression.
Ronaldo currently the messiah for united was battered brutally through out the match with nasty challenges. But at the end rescued his side in the 75th minute; executing a terrific finish on a half volley, showing the notch of his technical skill with terrific balance while finishing off the pass from rooney and goal !!. Ronaldo afterwards made a technical error in his goal celebration in which he pointed "i made five attempts for this goal"(which turned out to be more then that). With thirty one goals under his belt Ronaldo is not far away from Best record and surely the odds are in favor for him to break that.
Finally the drama doesn't ended here, the referee got injured at the later part of the game , at the same time fourth official struggled to officiate a substitution as he was about to replace the referee funny Ain' it.
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