<p>  <table style="width: 148px; height: 42px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="148" align="right" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/jan/25rie.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Rio Ferdinand</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>England captain Rio Ferdinand gave his support to lineswoman Sian Massey after a pair of British television football pundits, Andy Gray and Richard Keys, made "unacceptable remarks" off-air about her while she was officiating Saturday's match between Wolves and Liverpool.<br /><br />Ferdinand, writing on his Twitter account, said: "I'm all for women refereeing in football, discrimination should not happen in our game at all...prehistoric views if you think otherwise." <br /><br />Gray, a pundit, and Keys, a presenter, caused a stir when believing their microphones to be switched off discussed lineswoman Sian Massey and agreeing that female officials "don't know the offside rule". <br /><br />Ferdinand added: "Did anyone see the decision the lineswoman made in the Liverpool vs Wolves game...top decision. Judge them like men on their ability to ref." </p>

Football pundits red carded in sexism row

England captain Rio Ferdinand gave his support to lineswoman Sian Massey after a pair of British television football pundits, Andy Gray and Richard Keys, made "unacceptable remarks" off-air about her while she was officiating Saturday's match between Wolves and Liverpool

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