So imagine you’re the referee.

You’ve given a free kick at the top of the box with only 7 minutes left in the match.  The visitors (in this case Everton) are up 1-nil and if the result stays that way, Everton will be level with Liverpool.

As the Birmingham player Mauro Zarate (on loan from Al Sadd of Qatar) lines up to take the free kick, you notice another Birmingham player (defender Radhi Jaidi) jumping up and down behind the Everton wall, making faces and ultimately trying to distract Everton keeper Tim Howard.

Jaidi is really doing nothing wrong other than looking a fool and standing in the sight line of Howard, but as Zarate takes his set piece (which was a thing of beauty and to be honest, I’m not sure if Howard would have gotten to it anyways) Jaidi is interfering with the keeper, while he’s not technically interfering with the keeper.

What would you have called? Foul?  Unsportsmanlike conduct?  Interfering with the keeper?  Or would you have let the goal stand as is?

Referee Steve Bennett let the goal stand, drawing Birmingham level with Everton for a 1-1 result.

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They’re saying it’s not “Bung” related as police today raided Birmingham City’s front offices. While details are continuing to emerge, police cited the “ongoing investigation into football corruption” as the main focus.

No one has been named at the club itself as of now, as the focus is on a few “unconnected third parties”.

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He hasn’t been able to get off the bench at Everton, even though he’s done tremendously well while on International duty and now it’s looks as though Birmingham’s gaffer Alex McLeish is set to drop 5 million Euro for James McFadden, after have 2 million and 3 million Euro bids turned down. Scottish fans will never fall out of love with McFadden after this goal against France last year.