Competitive and fighting that ever has former Chelsea captain John Terry taken to his leadership role in the Baller League with the same never-Say-Die attitude he used during his play career.
If something didn’t go on the football field, teammates, coaches, leaders and referees would soon find out how he felt.
In the Baller League it’s no different – and the former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg by it certainly.
The couple collided after a decision during Terry’s 26ers’ match against FC RTW at night three, and the five-time Premier League winner told Clattenburg: “There is no f ****** point I have to do your job for you.”
Terry’s rant continued after the match when he told Sky Sports that “the judges are terrible,”.
The 26s are winless, second from scratch and have only one lonely point to show in four weeks of Baller League action. As far as Clattenburg is concerned, Terry requires some introspection after his side’s performances.
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There was plenty of passion when 26ers chief John Terry collided with Judge Mark Clattenburg before seeing his side admitting a late target in their 3-3 draw with FC RTW.
“Terry has to be careful because I could tell him how to manage his football team because at the end of the day he hasn’t done very well,” Clattenburg told Sky Sports.
“At the end of the day you can make comments. He was not happy with the referee decision. With John Terry we had many run-ins in the Premier League, but I definitely respect him as a player and had some good moments when I convicted Chelsea. He was a great player.
“He’s a winner and that’s the most important thing and you can’t take it out of anyone. And that’s what I like about people – they are still winners and they will win, even if it’s excitement, but he’s so dedicated to win, and sometimes it wastes over.
“He tried to blame me, but at the end of the day it’s not always the referee’s fault. It’s definitely not always my fault. You have to look at the bigger picture. Does his team do well? No.
“But he has put a big effort in. I saw him on the beach in Dubai in pictures so he is doing ok. I’m sure the next time it will be forgotten if he wins.”
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Chloe Kelly’s Wembley Rangers AFC was punished after Mark Clattenburg called on a judge’s challenge during their match with the M7 FC in Baller’s League.
Terry-Bust-Up reflects the ancient judge of the judge, but it all happens in another surroundings of Clattenburg.
After referring in the Champions League, FA Cup and Euro Finals, the copper boxing arena is quite the change, but it is a challenge that Clattenburg has fully submerged.
“It’s still nice to be active. I haven’t been an active judge since 2020. So I haven’t really been involved. But I’ve been involved in these charity matches, sidemen matches and youtuber -influener games, which is exciting.
“Mentally it’s great for me that I can still stay active. In the Baller League the players are really respectful. It’s really entertaining.
“It’s nice that I’m trying to bring some young judges to the Baller League so they can learn from me, and hopefully I can inspire the next generation of young judges to be involved in balls and also to record a judge.”
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The rules of the Baller League provide an intense, faster game, different from what Clattenburg was used to in his time as a FIFA referee. Six-A-side, GameChangers and Flashing Lights, but is it a new era of football?
“It’s determined,” says Clattenburg.
“When you’re in the arena every week, you may feel humming, you can feel hype, you can feel noise and everyone enjoys it and I think that’s the most important thing.
“Everything now is fixed to do it as soon as possible and as exciting as possible because we have to engage the fans, people to see it. I think people, yes, they will see 11-a-side football, it’s 90 minutes.
“But what people want, especially the younger generation, is excitement. The Premier League has to bring a kind of league like this one in the future because the younger generation wants other things.”
Clattenburg, together with the other Judges Baller League, takes seriously. Weekly video calls among officials are used to analyze performances to improve in the following week. Warmings, preparation and nerves remain the same, similar to the officers of the blockbuster clattenburg over the years.
The official famous has tattoos that remember all the greatest fixtures he has referred. Whether he adds a Baller League-inspired? “You never know in the future,” says Clattenburg.
Sky and Baller League has announced a one-year broadcast partnership that will watch Sky Sports and now become the TV home for the new indoor six-A-side competition in England, in an exciting new era of football.
Each match from the initial British season appears live on Sky SportS linear channels on Monday night from Copper Box Arena in London, host of Chunkz and Olivia Buzaglo.
The competition began on March 24, with the top four teams participating in the semi -finals and the final to determine the winner of the season.