Simply, as I put on Facebook yesterday, he is the greatest referee this country has ever produced.
He has done (in no particular order)
FA Trophy Final
FA Cup Final
Championship play-off final
Football League Cup Final
Community Shield
He is also the only man in history to to referee both the World Cup final & Champions League final in the same season. In addition, he is the only person to have ever returned to a World Cup 4 years after refereeing the final!
None of these achievements can be overlooked. He has achieved stuff us mere mortals can only dream of!
Btw, any further comments, in jest or not, about his 'bias' towards Man Utd WILL result in a ban from RefChat, and I'm being deadly serious. Got fed up yesterday reading the crap comments & jokes about it, so I'm not standing for it on here!