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<H3>Tuesday 07 Nov 2006 </H3>
The Football Association have confirmed that they are investigating the comments made by Chelsea duo Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard about referee Graham Poll.<P nd="3" position="4">The FA will also speak to Poll, his two assistants and the fourth official who were in charge of Chelsea's controversial Premiership defeat at Tottenham on Sunday.<DIV class=storyimageright>
<BR clear=all>ASHLEY COLE </DIV><P nd="4">"We are communicating with the four match officials as well as Chelsea and Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard individually regarding the claims made today," confirmed an FA spokesman.<P nd="5">"The priority at this stage is to gather information."<P nd="6">Poll booked six Chelsea players, sent off John Terry and disallowed a Didier Drogba goal during Spurs' 2-1 win at White Hart Lane.<P nd="7">Cole was quoted as saying: "With my booking, I said to him (Poll), 'I'm more than 10 yards. Why should I go back if I'm more than 10 yards?'<P nd="8">"And he said, 'Because I said so.' I said, 'But I' m more than 10 yards', and that was it. Yellow card. No warning or explanation. I'm not moaning, I'm really not but we really shouldn't lose a game like that.<DIV class=dialogleft><DIV class=dialog0>"Once again we scored a goal that was fine. I've seen it on TV and once again the referee has robbed us because if we'd gone to 2-0 then the game would have been dead."</DIV></DIV><P nd="10">Newspaper reports alleged Poll made the remarks and suggested he told Chelsea: "Your discipline is out of order".
The Football Association have confirmed that they are investigating the comments made by Chelsea duo Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard about referee Graham Poll.<P nd="3" position="4">The FA will also speak to Poll, his two assistants and the fourth official who were in charge of Chelsea's controversial Premiership defeat at Tottenham on Sunday.<DIV class=storyimageright>
<BR clear=all>ASHLEY COLE </DIV><P nd="4">"We are communicating with the four match officials as well as Chelsea and Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard individually regarding the claims made today," confirmed an FA spokesman.<P nd="5">"The priority at this stage is to gather information."<P nd="6">Poll booked six Chelsea players, sent off John Terry and disallowed a Didier Drogba goal during Spurs' 2-1 win at White Hart Lane.<P nd="7">Cole was quoted as saying: "With my booking, I said to him (Poll), 'I'm more than 10 yards. Why should I go back if I'm more than 10 yards?'<P nd="8">"And he said, 'Because I said so.' I said, 'But I' m more than 10 yards', and that was it. Yellow card. No warning or explanation. I'm not moaning, I'm really not but we really shouldn't lose a game like that.<DIV class=dialogleft><DIV class=dialog0>"Once again we scored a goal that was fine. I've seen it on TV and once again the referee has robbed us because if we'd gone to 2-0 then the game would have been dead."</DIV></DIV><P nd="10">Newspaper reports alleged Poll made the remarks and suggested he told Chelsea: "Your discipline is out of order".
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