Poll attacks Halsey for 'betraying referee's fraternity'

Former Premier League referee Graham Poll has lashed out at Mark Halsey for throwing his former colleagues under the bus. 

"He is 100% betraying what paid him a living he would never have earned as the warehouse manager he was or the taxi driver he was," Poll told TalkSport, via The Guardian. 

"The refereeing fraternity are absolutely appalled at what he is doing. He hasn't thought it through. Mark has got to take a long, hard look at himself. He won't. I know the guy. I have known him for years. He is that type of character, I'm afraid."

Halsey hit back at Poll in a war of words that is only bound to get worse. "I've not let the profession down. If anybody is letting the profession down, some of his comments over the years have been atrocious," said Halsey.

"I found that 'unfitting' from him what he's come out with. But that's Graham. We don't get on and I don't like the way he's done things over the years."