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Title: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: bg9 on Mon 25 Jul 2022 16:04
Fri 29th July
Huddersfield Town FC (First Team) v Burnley FC (First Team)
Referee: Linington, James
Assistant Referee: Hudson, Shaun
Assistant Referee: Hodskinson, Paul
Fourth Official: Donohue, Matthew

Sat 30th July
Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team)
Referee: Bramall, Thomas
Assistant Referee: Ledger, Scott
Assistant Referee: Byrne, George
Fourth Official: Joyce, Ross  Bond, Darren

Blackpool FC (First Team) v Reading FC (First Team)
Referee: Webb, David
Assistant Referee: Kane, Graham
Assistant Referee: Stevens, Mark
Fourth Official: Bourne, Declan

Cardiff City FC (First Team) v Norwich City FC (First Team)
Referee: Robinson, Tim
Assistant Referee: Fox, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Lewis, Sam
Fourth Official: Smith, Josh

Hull City (First Team) v Bristol City (First Team)
Referee: Whitestone, Dean
Assistant Referee: Smith, Rob
Assistant Referee: Liddle, Geoffrey
Fourth Official: Young, Alan

Luton Town (First Team) v Birmingham City F C (First Team)
Referee: Scott, Graham
Assistant Referee: Holmes, Adrian
Assistant Referee: Venamore, Lee
Fourth Official: Brook, Carl

MIDDLESBROUGH (First Team) v West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team) (17:30)
Referee: Harrington, Tony
Assistant Referee: Bennett, Simon
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Craig
Fourth Official: Martin, Stephen

Millwall FC (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team)
Referee: Stroud, Keith
Assistant Referee: Cooper, Ian
Assistant Referee: Smith, Matthew
Fourth Official: Woolmer, Andy

Rotherham United FC (First Team) v Swansea City FC (First Team)
Referee: Donohue, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Hyde, Robert
Assistant Referee: Aylott, Andrew
Fourth Official: Finnie, Will

Wigan Athletic FC (First Team) v Preston North End FC (First Team)
Referee: Madley, Robert
Assistant Referee: Hunt, Jonathan
Assistant Referee: McGrath, Matthew Waters, Adrian
Fourth Official: Rock, David

Sun 31st July
Sunderland AFC (First Team) v Coventry City FC (First Team) (12:00)
Referee: Bond, Darren
Assistant Referee: Dermott, Philip
Assistant Referee: Lugg, Nigel
Fourth Official: Martin, Stephen

Mon 1st Aug
Watford FC (First Team) v Sheffield United FC (First Team) (20:00)
Referee: Smith, Josh
Assistant Referee: Jones, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Howson, Akil
Fourth Official: Ward, Gavin
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Mon 25 Jul 2022 16:41
Linington opens up the season.. was half expecting Stroud.

Some SG1 involvement with Bramall, Scott and Harrington with a tv offering.

Decent game for Smith and Madley straight into SG2 territory with a Lancs derby.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: carrowman on Mon 25 Jul 2022 16:45
Welcome back to the Championship - Tim Robinson for the 1st game. I have a feeling it could be the 1st of many, especially with no Bournemouth or Fulham for him to frequent.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: Readingfan on Mon 25 Jul 2022 16:56
Good to be back! Seems a reasonably decent spread of appointments on the whole.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: bmb on Mon 25 Jul 2022 20:13
Nice quick trip for Linny for the opener!
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: Marcoref on Tue 26 Jul 2022 08:59
We have Keith Stroud at Millwall. One of those Marmite officials,you either like him or not. Personally, I think he’s a good referee.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: Hendo on Tue 26 Jul 2022 11:57
No mention of Doughty, Davies or Langford in any of the SG2 or EFL appointments
Just an observation, not reading anything into it 
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: Observeref8 on Tue 26 Jul 2022 14:16
Madley a very safe pair of hands for the Lancs Derby, easy for him really … with Riley gone surely a great chance for him to progress back to SG1 next season, just needs to referee the games do the job properly, don’t miss any mandatory cautions / sendings off and surely his going to be top 2.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: Hughesy66 on Wed 27 Jul 2022 09:14
Very unfair to say any championship game is ‘easy’ for any referee. I get what you’re saying though. Madley is a very safe pair of hands and I also think he will be back in the PL after one season.

Good games for Smith and Linnington. Both starting off where they finished and it seems these two and maybe Madley will be the ones they will push this season to move on to better things
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: bg9 on Thu 28 Jul 2022 12:33
No mention of Doughty, Davies or Langford in any of the SG2 or EFL appointments
Just an observation, not reading anything into it
Doughty is on holiday hence no appointment for him this weekend
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Sat 30 Jul 2022 17:48
Welcome back to the Championship - Tim Robinson for the 1st game. I have a feeling it could be the 1st of many, especially with no Bournemouth or Fulham for him to frequent.

Haven’t seen any footage yet but it seems it was a busy afternoon for Robinson.

Lots of yellows, two reds and a mass brawl.

Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: carrowman on Sat 30 Jul 2022 18:17
Welcome back to the Championship - Tim Robinson for the 1st game. I have a feeling it could be the 1st of many, especially with no Bournemouth or Fulham for him to frequent.

Haven’t seen any footage yet but it seems it was a busy afternoon for Robinson.

Lots of yellows, two reds and a mass brawl.

Thankfully I didn't watch either but it seems he allowed a lot to go before any yellows were finally issued.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: tomp on Sat 30 Jul 2022 18:25
Welcome back to the Championship - Tim Robinson for the 1st game. I have a feeling it could be the 1st of many, especially with no Bournemouth or Fulham for him to frequent.

Haven’t seen any footage yet but it seems it was a busy afternoon for Robinson.

Lots of yellows, two reds and a mass brawl.
I saw the game, I would say he was very consistent throughout. Both red cards were correct second yellows, He had no alternative but to send Hanley off after a very similar incident with Perry Ng.

In the first half his approach was to regularly call the players and captains over for a chat but he needed to be more authoritative in the second half. After the mass brawl, he was writing in his notebook for a good two minutes. There will probably be a charge coming for both teams. He dealt with it well and took his time. The brawl was mainly lots of pushing and shoving and it did not look like there was any potential violent conduct.

Overall a good performance by Robinson, I personally like his lenient, talkative style but others may like him to start booking people a bit earlier.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st Aug 2022
Post by: Rhys147 on Sat 30 Jul 2022 20:47
Welcome back to the Championship - Tim Robinson for the 1st game. I have a feeling it could be the 1st of many, especially with no Bournemouth or Fulham for him to frequent.

Haven’t seen any footage yet but it seems it was a busy afternoon for Robinson.

Lots of yellows, two reds and a mass brawl.
I saw the game, I would say he was very consistent throughout. Both red cards were correct second yellows, He had no alternative but to send Hanley off after a very similar incident with Perry Ng.

In the first half his approach was to regularly call the players and captains over for a chat but he needed to be more authoritative in the second half. After the mass brawl, he was writing in his notebook for a good two minutes. There will probably be a charge coming for both teams. He dealt with it well and took his time. The brawl was mainly lots of pushing and shoving and it did not look like there was any potential violent conduct.

Overall a good performance by Robinson, I personally like his lenient, talkative style but others may like him to start booking people a bit earlier.

Thought Tim Robinson was good for 80 minutes and felt for the last 10 minutes + stoppage time, he was very reluctant to give free kicks to either team. I also felt that he got a few decisions wrong with the main one being the decision to give a foul against Cardiff's Mark Harris when it looked pretty clear that the Norwich player was pulling his shirt. But that's just me nitpicking and overall i thought he handled what was a very tough game very well.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: tomj4319408 on Sun 31 Jul 2022 09:27
This was the first time I saw Robinson live and I thought he had a decent game. Much better live than trying to watch a performance on TV as you could see everything! The players didn’t make it easy for him in the second half but think he responded positively. The Cardiff players employed the tactic of trying to slow the game down and he was as proactive as possible talking to players, bring in the captain but eventually he cautioned Cardiff 11 for standing in front of the ball early in the 2nd half which then stopped it! I agree with a couple of his decisions but that’s down to a bit of human error or just difference of opinions, the beauty of this great game. Overall thou I thought he showed why he is trusted and delivered a solid performance for the opening weekend.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: Rhys147 on Sun 31 Jul 2022 11:50
Just seen the red card incident in the Wigan vs Preston game and i have to say it's one of the worst tackles i've seen in a long time and Bobby Madley didn't really have any other option but to give the Preston player a red card
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: ajb95 on Sun 31 Jul 2022 12:16
A very poor decision by Whitestone in the Hull Bristol C game, totally changed the game. Shame as he is a very good referee
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: Rhys147 on Sun 31 Jul 2022 12:46
A very poor decision by Whitestone in the Hull Bristol C game, totally changed the game. Shame as he is a very good referee
I do agree with you having seen the replay. But when watching it during full speed, it did look a penalty and so i can see why Dean Whitestone gave it but as you say it was the wrong decision and changed the game in Hull's favour.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: BabyRef on Sun 31 Jul 2022 17:10
Darren Bond's Alice band at Sunderland-Coventry is getting a lot of comment online!
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: bmb on Sun 31 Jul 2022 18:24
Darren Bond's Alice band at Sunderland-Coventry is getting a lot of comment online!

I am saying nothing...
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: TheThingFromLewes on Sun 31 Jul 2022 18:26
Darren Bond's Alice band at Sunderland-Coventry is getting a lot of comment online!

I am saying nothing...

At a glance he looks like Grandad Walton.
Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: RefWatch83 on Mon 01 Aug 2022 14:27
Hi all,

Is anyone able to provide a FULL and up-to-date list of this season’s Select Group Two referees?

Thanks

Title: Re: Opening weekend matches - Fri 29th JUL - Mon 1st AUG 2022
Post by: bmb on Mon 01 Aug 2022 15:13
Hi all,

Is anyone able to provide a FULL and up-to-date list of this season’s Select Group Two referees?

Thanks



ajb has kindly put one in the PAR forum: https://ratetheref.createaforum.com/par-202223/list-of-referees/