{"id":18937,"date":"2025-08-05T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/former-premier-league-ref-admits-he-may-have-supported-leicester-during-the-pl-winning-season\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:21:51","slug":"former-premier-league-ref-admits-he-may-have-supported-leicester-during-the-pl-winning-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/former-premier-league-ref-admits-he-may-have-supported-leicester-during-the-pl-winning-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Premier League REF admits he may have supported Leicester during the PL-Winning season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/former-premier-league-ref-admits-he-may-have-supported-leicester-during-the-pl-winning-season\/#Kratenburg_could_cause_controversy_with_his_claims\" >Kratenburg could cause controversy with his claims<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/former-premier-league-ref-admits-he-may-have-supported-leicester-during-the-pl-winning-season\/#Krattenbergs_Simpson\" >Krattenberg&#8217;s Simpson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Leicester City mural lifting the Premier League trophy. (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Image)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Leicester City was able to win the Premier League title during the 2015\/16 season, and former Premier League referee Mark Krattenberg revealed that he may have handed a positive decision to Fox that year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an interview with The Mirror, Clattenburg revealed that he warned only two Leicester City players throughout the campaign as they were good guys. He also admitted that Leicester City players probably escaped without reservations or pauses due to subtle margins.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kratenburg_could_cause_controversy_with_his_claims\"><\/span>Kratenburg could cause controversy with his claims<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"italic text-black text-center font-group-large\">He said (h\/t foxesofleicester): &#8220;The Leicester boys found a really good crack, so they only warned two Leicester players throughout the season, and they were good people, so they probably got away a bit for the margins.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Such a revelation certainly can cause controversy and harm the campaign of the fox fairy tale. While there is no doubt they were the best team in the division that year, these claims from former Premier League referees could undermine their efforts and efforts.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Krattenbergs_Simpson\"><\/span>Krattenberg&#8217;s Simpson<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west-bromwich-albion-v-leicester-city-premier-league-1-414x298.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west-bromwich-albion-v-leicester-city-premier-league-1-630x453.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west-bromwich-albion-v-leicester-city-premier-league-1-768x552.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west-bromwich-albion-v-leicester-city-premier-league-1-770x554.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west-bromwich-albion-v-leicester-city-premier-league-1-900x647.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west-bromwich-albion-v-leicester-city-premier-league-1-1200x863.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west-bromwich-albion-v-leicester-city-premier-league-1-1536x1105.jpg.webp 1536w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/west-bromwich-albion-v-leicester-city-premier-league-1-2048x1473.jpg.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamie Birdy of Leicester City and Claudio Jacob of West Bromwich Albion. (Photo: Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meanwhile, former Leicester City defender Danny Simpson also decided not to send out some of his players that season as he claims Krattenberg admitted he wanted to beat Leicester City.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Simpson said: &#8220;I remember Krattenberg, my mate. I think he should have sent someone out. He said, &#8220;I should have sent you there, but I want you to win it&#8230; I think it was booze.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Leicester City had a talented team at the time, and they deserved a Premier League title. However, comments from Kratenburg would not work well with other English clubs that competed with the fox at the time.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City mural lifting the Premier League trophy. (Photo by Michael Regan\/Getty Image) Leicester City was able to win the Premier League title during the 2015\/16 season, and former Premier League referee Mark Krattenberg revealed that he may have handed a positive decision to Fox that year. In an interview with The Mirror, Clattenburg revealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-18937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}