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Neil Swarbrick
« on: Mon 27 Feb 2023 15:04 »
Neil Swarbrick is to retire from PGMOL at the end of the season. (Source: BBC Website)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64784642
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Re: Neil Swarbrick
« Reply #1 on: Mon 27 Feb 2023 16:03 »
Good
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« Reply #2 on: Mon 27 Feb 2023 20:29 »
We may not know if there was any pressure on him but the new broom Webb era is certainly bringing a few changes
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« Reply #3 on: Tue 28 Feb 2023 08:41 »
I have no strong opinions on Neil Swarbrick but he has been a good servant to the game of football. I do not like to see people being happy when others lose their jobs even if it is the correct decision. (I'm not judging that either way in this case.) I hope he has a long and happy retirement and finds fulfilment in whatever else he chooses to do.
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« Reply #4 on: Tue 28 Feb 2023 09:39 »
Quote from: OwdReds on Tue 28 Feb 2023 08:41
I have no strong opinions on Neil Swarbrick but he has been a good servant to the game of football. I do not like to see people being happy when others lose their jobs even if it is the correct decision. (I'm not judging that either way in this case.) I hope he has a long and happy retirement and finds fulfilment in whatever else he chooses to do.

I hate that expression. He was making a living out of the game. The true servants are the thousands of people who keep non-league football running, without remuneration, simply for their love of the game.
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Re: Neil Swarbrick
« Reply #5 on: Tue 28 Feb 2023 10:53 »
Quote from: nemesis on Tue 28 Feb 2023 09:39
Quote from: OwdReds on Tue 28 Feb 2023 08:41
I have no strong opinions on Neil Swarbrick but he has been a good servant to the game of football. I do not like to see people being happy when others lose their jobs even if it is the correct decision. (I'm not judging that either way in this case.) I hope he has a long and happy retirement and finds fulfilment in whatever else he chooses to do.

I hate that expression. He was making a living out of the game. The true servants are the thousands of people who keep non-league football running, without remuneration, simply for their love of the game.

He, like all of us, started out as a referee on the local parks.  Despite the remuneration, I would describe every parks referee as a servant of the game - Neil Swarbrick certainly started out that way.  An opportunity then arose for him to turn his hobby into his job and he took it (who would not have?).  Had that opportunity not arisen, it is pretty likely that he would have continued refereeing as a hobby (as opposed to his employment).
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« Reply #6 on: Wed 01 Mar 2023 21:31 »
Quote from: Leggy on Tue 28 Feb 2023 10:53
Quote from: nemesis on Tue 28 Feb 2023 09:39
Quote from: OwdReds on Tue 28 Feb 2023 08:41
I have no strong opinions on Neil Swarbrick but he has been a good servant to the game of football. I do not like to see people being happy when others lose their jobs even if it is the correct decision. (I'm not judging that either way in this case.) I hope he has a long and happy retirement and finds fulfilment in whatever else he chooses to do.

I hate that expression. He was making a living out of the game. The true servants are the thousands of people who keep non-league football running, without remuneration, simply for their love of the game.

He, like all of us, started out as a referee on the local parks.  Despite the remuneration, I would describe every parks referee as a servant of the game - Neil Swarbrick certainly started out that way.  An opportunity then arose for him to turn his hobby into his job and he took it (who would not have?).  Had that opportunity not arisen, it is pretty likely that he would have continued refereeing as a hobby (as opposed to his employment).

  ..... and had that happened I would have no issue with him being referred to as a servant of the game  - except that we wouldn't be talking about him.
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Re: Neil Swarbrick
« Reply #7 on: Wed 01 Mar 2023 21:41 »
Is good remuneration incompatible with a disposition of servanthood ? Not necessarily in my opinion. Her Late Majesty, in the famous broadcast on her twenty first birthday, pledged her whole life to be devoted to service. I believe she was a great servant of this country and the Commonwealth while receiving the Civil List. I think one can make a good living from and still be a servant of an enterprise.
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