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Refs more likely to penalize taller players?
09:01 AM ET 02.08 | Research on the apparent human tendency to associate size with power and aggression has shown that football referees are notably more likely to penalize taller footballers when they tangle with less lofty opponents, potentially bad news for the 6ft 7in Peter Crouch but a boon for fellow striker Jermain Defoe, who is a foot shorter. A study of more than 100,000 fouls in domestic, European and international football showed that the greater the height difference between the players involved then the more chance the referee will adjudicate in favour of the shorter one.
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