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Any guesses to the manager who Howard Webb says is scared of playing at Stoke, lets hope that he isn't entrusted with anything too important like the hopes of a nation.
WORLD Cup final referee Howard Webb says that Stoke City is the hardest place in the Premier League to be a referee. He said: "It's tough coming to Stoke, I have to say it's the hardest place in the Premier League to referee – by a country mile."
"It's hostile, the fans are hostile and it's difficult for the away teams as well.
"I can remember standing next to a well-known manager as fourth official and he said to me, 'I hate coming to Stoke, hate it.' I said well, he only had to come once a season as a manager, I had to go six or seven times a season. Then he got sacked the next week.
"Then funnily enough he got a new job and his first away game was at the Britannia Stadium."