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General Refereeing => Legacy Appointment Boards => Select Group 2 => Topic started by: aaa on Tue 02 May 2023 12:04
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Seen it confirmed on Facebook that today will be his last game
Woolmer ?
It was tweeted by Northants Referees or FA, can’t remember which.
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Seen it confirmed on Facebook that today will be his last game
Woolmer ?
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Seen it confirmed on Facebook that today will be his last game
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No surprise Millwall v Blackburn has attracted a FIFA representative…
Robinson’s game could have been a relegation shootout but is now a dead rubber.
Madley and Busby also involved in the play off scrap.
Huge game for Josh Smith. However that could be a dead rubber if Huddersfield get something from Sheff U on Thursday.
Sadly for Reading, it is now confirmed as a dead rubber.
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Lewis smith refereed Argyles promotion clincher vs burton last weekend, he was very good better than most , calm assured , accurate and had good player management in a high stress environment. If I didn’t know otherwise I would have easily said he’d been refereeing in league one for years .
A quick check on Soccerbase (so may not be 100% accurate) show Lewis Smith has had 5 League 1 games and 7 League 2 games this season so a Championship game so soon is some achievement.
I saw him do Walsall v Bradford in early March and he was exactly as charlieboy said in that Plymouth game...except for the high stress environment as it was a dull, mainly KMI-free, 0-0 between two poor teams - Walsall seemingly permanently poor, Bradford poor on that particular night before any Bradford fans come at me!).
Saying that, even those games have to be handle well and efficiently yet there are plenty of L1/L2 referees I've seen over the years who have poorly managed those type of games.
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I wonder whether Andy Woolmer is bowing out at QPR? Or will he get a L1 / 2 playoff semi-final as a parting gift?
Not sure if I’m reading too much into this but he has Northamptonshire colleague as fourth official at QPR.
He’s 58 so surely this has to be his swan song
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Interesting to see Dean Whitestone as 4th in London on Monday. I imagine he will be in the capital all weekend and no doubt with some very important work on Saturday.
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I wonder whether Andy Woolmer is bowing out at QPR? Or will he get a L1 / 2 playoff semi-final as a parting gift?
Not sure if I’m reading too much into this but he has Northamptonshire colleague as fourth official at QPR.
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I wonder whether Andy Woolmer is bowing out at QPR? Or will he get a L1 / 2 playoff semi-final as a parting gift?
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Lewis smith refereed Argyles promotion clincher vs burton last weekend, he was very good better than most , calm assured , accurate and had good player management in a high stress environment. If I didn’t know otherwise I would have easily said he’d been refereeing in league one for years .
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I've recently posted on another thread that I (and others) expect Lewis Smith to get the National League play-off final. I said he was head and shoulders above anyone else I'd seen at 2A level but am as surprised as anyone that he's got a championship game so soon. He may very well be up to the task although it must be a risk. I wish him well.
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No surprise Millwall v Blackburn has attracted a FIFA representative…
Robinson’s game could have been a relegation shootout but is now a dead rubber.
Madley and Busby also involved in the play off scrap.
Huge game for Josh Smith. However that could be a dead rubber if Huddersfield get something from Sheff U on Thursday.
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Re Lewis Smith. I have no idea about his ability, but profoundly disappointed that another Northern referee is being fast tracked. At SG1, there is one active SG ref based in the South (Hooper), plus Scott who is on his way out. Two Midlands refs and the rest in the North. Whilst Robinson may get promoted, this imbalance must have repercussions, if nothing else the lack of role models must have a negative effect. Even the main coaches Webb, Atkinson, Foy and Moss are northern.
When I was an aspiring ref, stopped 26 years ago, I was put off by cliques in the County FA. With the last three heads of PGMOL (Hackett, Riley and Webb) being from Yorkshire, the perception of a clique appears strong.
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Also, speaking of Smiths, Josh Smith has a potentially huge game in the relegation stakes!
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I believe he's from Wigan based on a facebook post congratulating him on his promotion to 2A last year.
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Wow! That is quite a meteroic rise for Lewis Smith - I hope it all goes well for him! Surely EFL promotion is nailed on for him, would be surprised if he was straight to SG2 next season though.....
Out of total curiosity where is he based ?
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Wow! That is quite a meteroic rise for Lewis Smith - I hope it all goes well for him! Surely EFL promotion is nailed on for him, would be surprised if he was straight to SG2 next season though.....
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Has this ever happened?
Someone jump straight from 2A to SG2?
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Wow! Thats quite the meteoric rise
I understand he is good but you still need experience at each level
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Lewis smith, is that a typo?
No
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Lewis smith, is that a typo?
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Sian running the line for a potential promotion candidate in Robinson and in the Championship which is the highest I have seen her in the few games she has done the back end of the season, so looking likely a return to running the line next season in the premier league for her i'd imagine
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I'm happy with Josh Smith for the Huddersfield V Reading game, if there's any significance on it, which sadly is looking doubtful.
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Birmingham City F C (First Team) v Sheffield United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Assistant Referee: Smith, Matthew
Fourth Official: Swabey, Lee
Burnley FC (First Team) v Cardiff City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Assistant Referee: Pottage, Mark
Fourth Official: Yates, Ollie
Huddersfield Town FC (First Team) v Reading FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Smith, Josh
Assistant Referee: Jones, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Fourth Official: Ward, Gavin
Luton Town (First Team) v Hull City (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Linington, James
Assistant Referee: Waters, Adrian
Assistant Referee: Smith, Rob
Fourth Official: Hair, Neil
MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team) v Coventry City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Busby, John
Assistant Referee: Dwyer, Mark
Assistant Referee: McGrath, Matthew
Fourth Official: Edwards, Marc
Millwall FC (First Team) v Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Pawson, Craig
Assistant Referee: Perry, Marc
Assistant Referee: Eaton, Derek
Fourth Official: Langford, Oliver Breakspear, Charles
Norwich City FC (First Team) v Blackpool FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Bell, James
Assistant Referee: Russell, Mark
Assistant Referee: Dallison, Andrew
Fourth Official: Purkiss, Sam
Preston North End FC (First Team) v Sunderland AFC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Madley, Robert
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Fitch-Jackson, Carl
Fourth Official: Lewis, Robert
Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team) v Bristol City (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Woolmer, Andy
Assistant Referee: Dermott, Philip
Assistant Referee: Howson, Akil
Fourth Official: Whitestone, Dean
Swansea City FC (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Stroud, Keith
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam Cooper, Ian
Assistant Referee: Wilson, James
Fourth Official: Martin, Stephen
Watford FC (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Smith, Lewis
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Craig
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Fourth Official: Davies, Andy
Wigan Athletic FC (First Team) v Rotherham United FC (First Team)
Football League Championship
Referee: Robinson, Tim
Assistant Referee: Wild, Richard
Assistant Referee: Massey-Ellis, Sian
Fourth Official: Doughty, Leigh