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I'd always understood that refs DID have to declare the Team they supported, which generally meant that 'Northern' refs reffed 'Southern' matches v Midland teams (and vice versa, generally).
BUT, when Albion played ManU the other week - and had some awful decisions against them - the ref's personal grinning photo was shown with a background of Old Trafford on it!! (In other words he was a dedicated ManU fan....so how come he gets to ref them!?)