Is it possible to find the stats for each team's referees over the last 5-10 years. Thereby confirming or denying that ferguson gets to choose his refs - I'd be looking for the likes of Webb to appear more often than not, in their tougher fixtures. And generally, whether utd's referees seem to come from a smaller pot than other teams'.Is it possible to find the stats for each team's referees over the last 5-10 years. Thereby confirming or denying that ferguson gets to choose his refs - I'd be looking for the likes of Webb to appear more often than not, in their tougher fixtures. And generally, whether utd's referees seem to come from a smaller pot than other teams'.

Referees are assigned independent of the manager's opinions. At the start of the season, each EPL referee gets to list the choice fixtures. The best referees get these fixtures. If you want to see referee game assignments, go here and look under the referee forum: www.bigsoccer.com