he hates or rather dislikes liverpool very much i know this because i used to work with a guy who knows him and played in a sunday league where atkinson reffed, ever since he called the arsenal cup game off and was ridiculed by both managers and players for calling it off he's shown us no favours at all in EVERY game he has reffed, spoke to an arsenal fan recently and funnily enough he says they get nothing from him as well. to even it out my boss at work who's a manc thinks he's alright as does another guy who's a spurs fan. also atkinson used to change who he supported every other month, between sheff weds, sheff utd and leeds. he's a twat.