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		Urs Meier claims he has received death threats since England were knocked out of Euro 2004.
		Urs Meier's fellow Euro 2004 referees have rallied behind him amid flak from the English press.
		Urs Meier says he was right to rule out Sol Campbell's goal in England's Euro 2004 exit to Portugal.
	www.sportinglife.com /football/euro2004/teams/england.html (999 words)

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		Urs Meier is currently Switzerland’s most experienced referee, and has refereed a considerable number of matches at international and world level.
		Career: Meier, a grocer by profession was born on 22 January 1959 in shity little Swiss town.
		1994: At the age of 35 Urs and his wife (sister) had their first son, Ronaldo was the record holder for having the most toes until his other inbred sister was born with 9 toes on each foot.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /david.brown700 (318 words)

	Meier misses out on final matches \| Euro 2004 \| Guardian Unlimited Football
		The Swiss referee Urs Meier, who gained notoriety last week for disallowing Sol Campbell's "goal" in England's quarter-final against Portugal has not been selected for another match at the tournament.
		Meier, who decided that the England centre-back John Terry had fouled Portugal's goalkeeper Ricardo as Campbell scored his header, said he was absolutely certain that his handling of the match had not influenced Uefa's decision.
		Meier said his family had been upset by the deluge of calls and emails they received.
	football.guardian.co.uk /euro2004/story/0,14577,1249564,00.html (275 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Referee under police protection
		Urs Meier told a Swiss radio station that he been advised to go into hiding after receiving death threats.
		Mr Meier told Swiss Radio International that he stood by his decision on the goal, but that the public response had come as a shock.
		Mr Meier said he found the "overheated" reaction from the English media and fans hard to reconcile with the image he used to have of the country.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3853533.stm (290 words)

	"EMPA - Royal Military College of Canada Citation of Professor Urs Meier Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa"
		Le professeur Meier a démontré que le PRFC pouvait servir à fabriquer des câbles de ponts à haubans, à renforcer les structures de valeur historique en bois d'oeuvre, à stabiliser les bâtisses dans les zones susceptibles de subir des tremblements de terre et à durcir les composants d'alliage léger dans les automobiles.
		Urs Meier a toujours conseillé et guidé ISIS qui, pour le remercier, a créé la bourse d'études supérieures Urs Meier en 2004.
		Analogously, Urs Meier served 34 years in the Swiss Army, retiring in 1997 as a lieutenant colonel and deputy commander of an M109 artillery regiment.
	www.empa.ch /plugin/template/empa/3/44205/---/l=2 (1007 words)

	uefa.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Then, finally, pointing to the centre circle, Meier signalled not only the end of the game, but also the final moment of a long and eventful refereeing journey which has seen him reach the highest summits.
		At EURO 2004™ in Portugal, Meier was the target of venomous criticism from some quarters for his decision to disallow an England goal in the quarter-final against Portugal.
		Meier says that the referee's job has become more complicated over the years - the pace of the game, the amount at stake, and the conduct of players.
	www.uefa.com /uefa/news/Kind=268435456/newsId=268337.html (570 words)

	Cim Bom still a force in Europe Erring on the side of leniency Galatasaray coach Lucescu attacks penalty decisions - ...
		The Turkish side have never won in Italy and they were left angered at Swiss referee Urs Meier's decision to award the penalty after Vedat Inceefe was adjudged to have handled the ball inside the area.
		Meier was immediately surrounded by a group of shouting, gesticulating Galatasaray players led by Bulent himself.
		The words used by his players to referee Urs Meier were doubtless stronger and the game spilled over into ugly scenes as the two teams clashed across the pitch and the San Siro crowd hurled plastic bottles and fruit.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=20672 (2160 words)

	Urs Meier (Switzerland) - Printer-friendly version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Meier has a history of disappointing England — he was the man who awarded a last-gasp penalty against the English in Euro 2000’s group game against Romania.
		That decision, admittedly for a certain foul by Phil Neville on Viorel Moldovan just inside the England area, prompted some commentators to point to Meier as a potential weak-link ahead of the quarter-final against the hosts.
		And the Swiss official, as both RTE and BBC pundits saw it, “bottled” a last-minute decision by disallowing Campbell’s headed goal for a perceived foul on goalkeeper Ricardo.
	www.eleven-a-side.com /printer/printer.asp?p=12094 (235 words)

	Urs the Chicken The Lighter Side - Turkish Daily News Nov 26, 2000
		Meier was branded by the tabloid press as "an enemy of Galatasaray," even "an enemy of Turkey." He was made a victim of the xenophobia which assumes that all foreigners are anti-Turkish until they prove themselves innocent two hundred times over.
		Poor Urs Meier is "an enemy of Turkey" not because of what he said but because of what he did.
		In the case of Galatasaray, Urs Meier controlled its 2-2 home Champions League draw against Hertha Berlin last season and a 1-0 away defeat against Atletico Bilbao the season before, the game which cost Galatasaray a quarterfinal place.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=20719 (2776 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today British press hound ref Meier's family
		Swiss referee Urs Meier's family has been hounded by the English press over his decision to disallow Sol Campbell's header which would have given England victory over Portugal in the Euro 2004 quarterfinals, UEFA said on Monday.
		The president of the UEFA referees' committees, Volker Roth, said Meier and his family had received threats, without specifying what they were, and had accepted the offer of a Swiss police guard at the family home.
		Meier, who is a grocer, added: "I am happy with my tournament.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/331604.htm (385 words)

	Urs Meier: An Apology : Weblog @ Stuart Homfray
		I intend to send an apology to Mr Meier, both on behalf of myself, and on behalf of those English people that do not read the Sun newspaper and do not wish to be associated with this type of sick abuse.
		Some of us DO happen to think that, despite believing Urs Meier to have made a mistake in disallowing the Campbell goal, he IS the referee and he cannot and should not be on the receiving end of the abuse to which he has been subjected.
		Urs Meier is the best.Olli Kahn and Peter Schmeichel to:)
	www.stuarthomfray.co.uk /weblog/archives/2004/06/urs-meier-an-apology (906 words)

	Euro 2004 Soccer Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The famously impartial Portuguese Swiss referee Urs Meier officiated over the Portugal-England Euro 2004 Quarter Final.
		Urs Meier and the fifth official keeping up with play.
		Urs Meier over-rules the fifth official and explains his decision.
	misterharold.net /joker/src/jkpxe2k4.htm (180 words)

	Urs Meier - Wikipedia
		Meier war seit 1977 als Schiedsrichter im Einsatz.
		Dezember 2004 leitete Meier sein letztes Spiel (FC Basel - FC Thun) und trat danach altersbedingt als Profi-Schiedsrichter zurück.
		Urs Meier ist mit Nicole Petignat, einer der wenigen Schiedsrichterinnen im Männerfußball, liiert.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Urs_Meier (360 words)

	rediff.com: 2002 FIFA World Cup - Masterful Meier restores referees' reputation
		With the eyes of the world upon him, Swiss referee Urs Meier delivered a top class display in Tuesday's World Cup semi-final, won 1-0 by Germany against South Korea, going some way to restoring the reputation of heavily criticised match officials.
		The confident and authoritative display by Meier, a regular in Champions League fixtures who also officiated in the World Cup in France four years ago, will add strength to the view that only officials with experience of major competitions should take charge of high-pressure World Cup matches.
		In the 24th minute German striker Miroslav Klose went down in the Korean penalty area but despite a huge appeal from the German bench, Meier waved away the protests and television replays showed he was right to view the fall as a dive.
	www.rediff.com /sports/football/2002/jun/25refer.htm (446 words)

	TheFA.com - FA appeals for calm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		"The reaction of the English press to Urs Meier after his correct decision was unacceptable," said UEFA Referees' Committee chairman Volker Roth.
		A video clip of the disallowed goal was also shown to the press in Portugal and they were given an explanation as to why UEFA's referee experts considered the decision to be correct.
		An FA spokesman told TheFA.com: “Referee Urs Meier stands by his decision to rule out Sol Campbell’s goal.
	www.thefa.com /TheFA/NewsFromTheFA/Postings/2004/06/FAAppeal_Meier.htm (263 words)

	Irankicks Football Talk - Urs Meier (referee for Iran VS. USA match in 98): "I'll never forget Iran vs USA"
		Meier, you retired as a referee at the end of 2004.
		Urs Meier: That was the end of a long chapter of active refereeing, and it came to a close with a great number of honors and farewells.
		Between 1977 and 2004, Urs Meier refereed 883 matches, since 1994 also at international level.
	www.irankicks.com /ikboard/printthread.php?t=32103 (1760 words)

	The Onion Bag Issue 53: Meier found with horses head in bed
		"Urs is a personal freind, an excellent refferee and incredibly masculine to boot." He continued while signing for a large crate of Scotch with "Thanks for everything.
		Meanwhile, Meier himself has gone into hiding after an English tabloid has put a £50,000 bounty on his head to bring him back alive.
		Larry Gak is in hospital recovering from his injuries and has been suspended for two weeks on full pay and a pat on he back from his editor.
	www.the-onion-bag.com /index.php?story=147 (667 words)

	Urs Meier - Jeugdscheidsrechter.nl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Switzerland's Urs Meier has been through this feeling over the past weekend.
		Ik vind Urs nog altijd 1 van de beste scheidsrechters in Europa en misschien ook wel van de wereld.
		Hij was een van de betere in het internationale korps.
	www.jeugdscheidsrechter.nl /forum/index.php?showtopic=820 (843 words)

	Urs Meier Petition
		Urs Meier should be put under investigation and severely disciplined by UEFA after bringing the game into disrepute, after a shockingly poor performance in the Euro 2004 Quarter Final match, Portugal v England.
		He was very apparent in being biased towards the host nation, to the point of actually disallowing England a perfectly good goal, and therefore losing them the game.
		The Urs Meier Petition to UEFA was created by and written by Steven Whittle.
	www.petitiononline.com /whoop321/petition.html (131 words)

	Executive Committee
		Professor Urs Meier is currently deputy director general of the United Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA) with 820 co-workers in Dubendorf-Zurich, Switzerland.
		Urs Meier has accomplished much in the application of advanced composites in civil engineering during the past 25 years and has received worldwide recognition for his pioneering work.
		Especially noteworthy is the post-strengthening of civil structures with carbon fiber reinforced polymer strips, which has been successfully implemented at a growing rate worldwide and the CFRP stay- and post-tensioning cables.
	www.iifc-hq.org /organization/fellow.htm (1826 words)

	MLSnet.com -- The Official Site of Major League Soccer
		Blocked in this photo by Thomas Dooley, Urs Meier will referee a U.S. match for the second World Cup in a row.
		Swiss referee Urs Meier will officiate the second Group D matches for the Americans after having also officiated the team's second match in the 1998 World Cup vs. Iran.
		In that match, which Meier cites as his best memory in his years of refereeing international soccer (since 1994), there were no penalties or red cards and just three yellow cards (one to David Regis).
	www.mlsnet.com /content/02/datastore/wc0525usrefs.html (315 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Scotland: News - Advocaat anger at referee
		Rangers coach Dick Advocaat expressed his dissatisfaction at Swiss referee Urs Meier's failure to send off Fenerbahce goalkeeper Rustu Recber in Wednesday's Champions League qualifying match at Ibrox.
		Meier red-carded Rangers striker Michael Mols for aiming a blow at Ghanaian Samuel Johnson seven minutes into the second half of the goalless first leg.
		Recber, who ran almost 50 yards to aim a kick at Mols, escaped with a caution and Advocaat was clearly unhappy at the referee's failure to act more even-handedly.
	www.soccernet.com /scotland/news/2001/0809/20010809rfcsadvocaat.html (504 words)

	The Irish Soccer Referees Society - Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Romanian witches are cursing Swiss referee Urs Meier to turn him lame and make him lose his whistling power after their country’s European Championship hopes were dashed against Denmark.
		“Seven witches of the city of Craiova cursed Meier to lose his capacity to whistle, to be lame in his legs and feel pain in his soul,” local media reported on Saturday.
		Newspapers quoted the witches as warning: “Romania will never feel pain and injustice from referees again after they see what has happened to Urs Meier.” The late goal for a 2-2 scoreline means Romania must count on Luxembourg to get a good result against Norway and Bosnia to fail against Denmark, in the final matches.
	www32.brinkster.com /irishsrs/mailinglistnews.shtml (4144 words)

	Fly.be rapped for 'harass Swiss ref' email ad \| The Register
		Meier's decision to disallow a headed goal by Sol Campbell in the closing minutes of the game made him a scapegoat in some circles for England's exit from the competition.
		Meier's own personal website and leave your feedback on his performance.
		The Authority noted that Meier had been placed under police protection after receiving more than 16,000 emails, including death threats, since the day of England's defeat.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/09/22/fly_swiss_ref_joke_misfires (650 words)

	Soccernet.com Euro 2000 News: Jury is still out on referee Meier
		England's players have had mixed experiences of Swiss referee Urs Meier, who takes charge of the vital match against Romania.
		The Swiss was in charge when Shearer gave what he considers his best England performance, against Poland in Katowice three years ago during a 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory.
		It was Meier who was in charge when Beckham and Manchester United achieved their remarkable 3-2 win against Juventus in Turin which took them into the 1999 European Cup Final.
	www.soccernet.com /euro2000/news/20000620refmeier.html (164 words)

	Urs Meier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meier is also featured in the best-selling videogame FIFA 06 from EA Sports.
		English media and football fans did generally not accept their team's loss, blaming and harassing Meier for his decision, calling him "Urs hole", "idiot ref" and a "Swiss Banker".
		This page was last modified 17:22, 6 December 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Urs_Meier (663 words)

	:: united rant :: - a Manchester United fanzine
		Let's face it - there was absolutely nothing wrong with Campbell's goal last night.
		Not that it was a surprise - Meier gave Portugal three times as many freekicks during the game as England.
		You've got to feel a strong sense of injustice about the referee's whole performance.
	www.unitedrant.co.uk /archives/2004/06/leave_urs_meier.html (132 words)

	The Sun Online - News: Robbed ... by reffin' half-wit
		ENGLAND were robbed of Euro 2004 glory last night by a heartbreaking refereeing decision.
		Swiss ref Urs Meier ruled out a headed goal by Sol Campbell in the 89th minute, condemning our battling boys to extra time and a dreaded penalty shoot-out.
		And fans were quick to point out that ref Meier’s Switzerland were hammered 3-0 by England last week.
	www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,2-2004291561,00.html (900 words)

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