Dion Fanning
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888 appearances
15 recordings
5 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Dion Fanning’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, that's what I was going to say, what Trump has said about the referee.
And there is this thing when you get outraged about Trump that people feel like, you know, because it's so normalized, it seems like it's almost become tiresome to be outraged.
But when you see what he says about the referee and FIFA are...
Jumping to Trump's tune, it's an appalling situation.
And FIFA shouldn't be allowing this to happen, shouldn't be allowing that referee to be defamed the way he is.
And I agree with you, Matt, like 1978, the World Cup in Argentina under...
You know, an appalling regime is probably the closest we have to what's happening today.
But this is just so blatant.
Like there is no other real precedent for it.
I think in 1962, Gorincha was sent off in the World Cup semifinal.
And the report from the linesman, I think it was, said,
mysteriously disappeared and he was able to play in the final, but there wasn't actually an automatic suspension in those days.
So it was very different.
But this is an extraordinary development.
And you're right, like the match tonight, you are playing it in those same kind of circumstances as Argentina played in 1978.
And that is...
unconscionable for what the World Cup should be.
It's appalling at any time.
It's particularly appalling when you consider how great this tournament has been.
That's one of the things that feels so...
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