Some viewers may have done a double-take early Saturday while watching the replay of Liverpool's first goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers to see if Fernando Torres was offside or not. With hair bobbing up and down, it was a female assistant referee who made the critical decision to keep her flag down, allowing Torres to run on and take a pass from Raul Meireles and for Torres to slide the ball into the back of the net.

If you think modern-day tackles by the likes of Nigel de Jong and Ryan Shawcross are horrible, take a look at the above video from a 1970 Manchester derby where United legend George Best comes late to a ball and fiercely tackles City's Glyn Pardoe. The result was a horrific broken leg for Pardoe, a double fracture in fact, and the referee didn't even immediately stop the play to award a foul or red card.

TV presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys were forced to apologies after they made sexist off-air comments about a female assistant referee during Liverpool's 3-0 win at Wolves on Saturday.

Sian Massey was the assistant in question, and the criticizing comments were made public yesterday.

TV presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys were forced to apologies after they made sexist off-air comments about a female assistant referee during Liverpool's 3-0 win at Wolves on Saturday.

Sian Massey was the assistant in question, and the criticizing comments were made public yesterday.

Andy Gray has been sacked by Sky Sports according to Sky News.

The former Everton, Aston Villa and Wolves footballer, who rose to new fame as one of the top football analysts in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports, was sacked due to sexist comments made about female assistant referee Sian Massey who made her second appearance as an assistant referee in a Premier League match on January 22, 2011 for the Wolverhampton against Liverpool match.

A video of Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys was released tonight revealing more sexist remarks made by the man who is at the center of the controversy that ignited Saturday after he and Andy Gray said several sexist comments about female assistant referee Sian Massey.

In the newly released video, Keys discusses one of Jamie Redknapp's ex-girlfriends.

Sian Massey, the female assistant referee who impressed many on her sophomoric Premier League appearance Saturday, has been the victim of several alleged sexist comments made by Sky Sports presenters Richard Keys and Andy Gray according to Mail On Sunday newspaper.

During Saturday's match at Wolverhampton Wanderers's Molineux ground, Massey correctly ruled that Liverpool's Fernando Torres was onside for the opening goal against Wolves.

Women don't know the offside rule As OTP reported yesterday, Sky Sports presenters Richard Keys and Andy Gray were caught on tape making disparaging comments about assistant referee Sian Massey, who officiated at the Wolves v Liverpool match. The audio of the duo's exchange has now surfaced and it's just as damning as the transcript [.

By Ollie Irish

Keys: "Somebody better get down there and explain offside to her."
Gray: "Can you believe that? A female linesman. Women don't know the offside rule."
Keys: "'Course they don't.

Photograph: TalkSport

Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys conducted an interview on live radio Wednesday to say sorry and to share his side of the story regarding the controversy that erupted Saturday and continues to this day regarding comments he made about female assistant referee Sian Massey and West Ham United vice-chairwoman Karren Brady.

We see that Andy Gray was sacked yesterday for the sexist remarks (cira 19060s) he made about assistant referee Sian Massey, who was helping to referee the Wolves vs Liverpool game on Saturday, and we thought she did a good job at the time. Sian Massey she obviously knows a lot about the offside [.

An atmosphere of ‘hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil,' isn't an atmosphere of change or tolerance. Unseen, unheard, unsaid but still there and right or wrong, where will it go?
Former Sky Sports football analyst Andy Gray may sit (unemployed) and wonder why exactly he has lost his job.

Wait, what did you say Andy Gray was?

So, apparently there was a female assistant referee running the lines for the Wolves match. Having noted that she got a potentially tricky call right when judging Meireles onside in the lead-up to Torres' first goal though she then got a somewhat easier call on Maxi wrong as Torres rippled the side netting before everybody realised the play had been flagged offside I quickly forgot about her.

The boys have got form Sky Sports presenters Richard Keys and Andy Gray may have manage to steal the thunder of the weekend's Premier League fixtures with their sexist comments about female assistant referee Sian Massey, but it wasn't the first time the gruesome twosome have managed to offend the fairer sex with their punditry.

Sky Sports announced this morning that they have suspended presenters Richard Keys and Andy Gray due to the sexist comments they made about female assistant referee Sian Massey and West Ham United vice-chairwoman Karren Brady.

"I have spoken directly to both Richard Keys and Andy Gray this morning," said Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports.

Video of Andy Gray has been released featuring the Sky Sports presenter making more sexist comments about Sian Massey, the female assistant referee from Saturday's Wolves against Liverpool match.

The video segment was a pre-match interview conducted at Molineux. In the video (fast forward to minute 1:00), you can hear Gray being told that a female assistant referee would be in the match.

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Sky pundit made a day of it at Molineux If Richard Keys and Andy Gray were hoping the sexism row would blow over, they are going to have to wait a bit longer. New footage has now come to light of Gray taking another pop at female assistant referee Sian Massey before Liverpool's game at [...]

By Ollie Irish

Assistant referee Sian Massey in action on the touchline during Wolves vs Liverpool. Massey was the target of sexist comments by Sky's Andy Gray and Richard Keys, for which the pair were suspended.

Liverpool's Raul Meireles scores their second goal of the game at Wolves, with a perfectly executed dipping volley.

Sky Sports presenter Andy Gray is under increasing pressure after Sky News unexpectedly broadcast fresh footage of him making sexist remarks about assistant referee Sian Massey.

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I never like it when someone loses their job, but Andy Gray has been justly fired by Sky Sports for horrible comments he made about a female referee and other sexist shit-talk.

You and the OTP Podcast go together like leather and ready salted The Off The Post Podcast is much like female assistant referee Sian Massey: its knowledge of the game is questioned by some, it causes divisions in footballing circles, and (as far as we know) Andy Gray isn't a fan. In this week's [.

Andy Gray's sacking this evening came as a major shock to the football world. The Scotsman had been the face of Monday Night Football since the concept existed and a major player in the rise and dominance of Sky Sports the past few seasons. Some of his phrases have since become infamous from the moment he uttered the likes of 'take a bow son' and 'you don't save those'.

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By Geoff Reid

This past week has not been the best for Sky Sports back in England, with the sacking of long time expert Andy Gray, and the resignation of Richard Keys for off air comments made about female assistant referee, Sian Massey, during last Saturday's Wolves versus Liverpool Premiership match.