Referee Michael Oliver’s Newcastle Allegiance Raises Concerns

English referee Michael Oliver infuriated many Manchester United fans by awarding a shocking penalty to West Ham United in their win at the weekend.

He tasked referee David Coote to look at a non-existent challenge from Matthijs de Ligt on Danny Ings, basically urging to give the penalty.

After the game, a picture of Oliver posing in a Newcastle United kit started going viral.

This is a picture from many years ago showing the referee in a bar with a couple of mates. Oliver is actually born and raised in Northumberland, which is close by to the Tyneside.

Oliver has admitted to being a Newcastle fan in the past, stating: “”I never referee Newcastle game.We have to declare if we have an allegiance to any club or if a family member works at a club. You can’t do any match involving that team and I can’t do Sunderland, either, for obvious reasons.”

The Premier League restrict referees to officiate matches involving teams from where they reside in or the region where they were born into.

There is a conspiracy that he screwed Manchester United as they are Newcastle’s close competitors for a top-6 spot in the Premier League.

Michael Oliver, the massive Newcastle fan, a direct rival to us in the fight for a European place.

It's an absolute joke of a decision with no clear and obvious error. How long are you going to let it go on for @FA_PGMOL? He screws us over time and time again. #WHUMNU #MUFC pic.twitter.com/xz3BmG1jps

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— Jonathan Bland (@Jonty_Bland) October 27, 2024

Michael Oliver is a 40 year old well known Newcastle fan who accepts private work over in the UAE. He grew up in an era where his boyhood club were genuine and a times heated rivals of Manchester Utd. He works for Manchester City’s owners. It really doesn’t take a genius does it.

— Mike (@Mike87_United) October 27, 2024

Michael Oliver is a Newcastle fan. Newcastle’s fanbase are absolutely obsessed with us to an unhealthy level. They hate United. He should not be anywhere near United games

— Marcus (@MJW393) October 27, 2024

Michael Oliver, Newcastle fan who is paid to do freelance work by City’s owners. Nobody can tell me with a straight face that this Pen is awarded against Man City @FA_PGMOL DISGRACE

— Mark S (@07Simmo) October 27, 2024

Hideous decision by Michael Oliver!

No surprises though, he's a Newcastle fan and United would have tormented his team in his childhood.

Bias.#MUFC pic.twitter.com/Xg9fppbzQt

— W. ✍️ (@WaseemUtd) October 27, 2024

Oliver has revealed he even travels for Newcastle’s matches at times and was in attendance in the away stand in Newcastle’s game against Sheffield United in the 2020/21 Premier League season, stating: “I went to Sheffield United with Newcastle as a fan in the away end last season and we thought we had had a goal disallowed.”