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General Discussion / Re: Boreham Wood v Newport - Paul Howard (FA Cup)
« on: Mon 08 Dec 2025 21:44 »
I've always been impressed when I've seen him as an on field referee too

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EFL League 1, 2 & National League Prem / Re: Sat 27th SEP – Thu 2nd OCT 2025
« on: Wed 24 Sep 2025 00:11 »
First time we have had Oliver Mackey at Stockport. Has anyone seen him before?

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EFL League 1, 2 & National League Prem / Re: Sat 6th - Tue 9th SEP 2025
« on: Sat 06 Sep 2025 20:55 »
Quote from: GasRef95 on Sat 06 Sep 2025 13:43
He has referred 2 fixtures in National League North this season so can assume he has been Demoted to Step 2

Never seen him referee but find it bizarre he was one of the few newbies to get League One games last season but now suddenly isn't considered good enough presumably to do NL matches. Likewise with Scott Simpson who I have always been reasonably impressed with certainly at L1/2/NL level.

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International Appointments / Re: 2025/26 UEFA Summer Referees Course
« on: Mon 01 Sep 2025 00:11 »
Barrott in a year or two. There's no reason why England can't develop three or four for the top tier like other countries.

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Select Group 2 / Re: Fri 22nd & Sat 23rd AUG 2025
« on: Fri 22 Aug 2025 20:42 »
Quote from: TA_Ref on Tue 19 Aug 2025 15:58
Elliot Bell has had an excellent start to the season appointment wise. Two championship games and a decent L1 game (Blackpool v Huddersfield), especially considering he’s not in the supplementary list.

I’ll be in the away end at Preston so I’ll be able to see Matthew Donohue for the first time in person, one who seemed close to becoming a PL regular but has been unable to make it recently

Stockport v Bolton on the opening day as well. Only a matter of time before he's officially on that list

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General Discussion / Re: Match Officials List – 2025/26
« on: Tue 05 Aug 2025 00:06 »
Always thought Scott Simpson was OK. Surely in the new structure he could discretely regain form in the NL as others have done in the past rather than drop two levels down.

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Select Group - Premier League / Re: EFL Play-Offs 2025
« on: Mon 05 May 2025 00:34 »
I think the game times at Wycombe and Notts County have switched to avoid a clash with Nottingham Forest's match on the Sunday.

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EFL League 1, 2 & National League Prem / Re: Sat 26th – Wed 30th APR 2025
« on: Thu 24 Apr 2025 00:17 »
I wonder if the assistants are due to proximity of where they live as Stockport seem to have had Lewis Raper about four or five times this season as well. For the likes of Mather you can probably count yourself lucky to avoid them!

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EFL League 1, 2 & National League Prem / Re: Fri 28th MAR – Wed 2nd APR 2025
« on: Wed 02 Apr 2025 21:58 »
Marsden was a poor official in the National North circa 2015. How on earth he got promoted to the NL and then the FL shortly afterwards was baffling. With this new system he's got another shot at the FL now but seemingly never really improves.

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EFL League 1, 2 & National League Prem / Re: Sat 1st – Thu 6th FEB 2025
« on: Tue 28 Jan 2025 00:29 »
I know what you're saying but it is a pretty big game with both teams harbouring playoff hopes plus it could possibly see a new manager in charge of Bolton. Personally think an experienced official is a good choice. They could have maybe selected someone who'd not done Bolton so recently albeit.

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Cup Appointments / Re: The Emirates FA Cup - 2024/2025
« on: Tue 07 Jan 2025 12:56 »
Quote from: Mr Castilli on Tue 07 Jan 2025 09:19
I see what Tony ref is saying though. Yes I prefer others to be given a chance in the early rounds, but I think Tony is saying Charlton game should be going to someone like a Dean Whitestone / John Busby / instead of a newbie first year in the middle of a round 3, which could be too big for him ! I mean where are the established long term football league refs who deserve a chance at round 3

It seems somehow they are determined to push the likes of Ricardo in spite of recent mistakes like the Wrexham penalty rather than EFL stalwarts such as Carl Brook. You feel in the second half of the season the likes of Ricardo and others on the pathway will continue to get Championship appointments leading up to PL games down the line

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Select Group 2 / Re: Fri 20th DEC 2024 – Wed 1st JAN 2025
« on: Mon 16 Dec 2024 19:39 »
Quote from: XRef23 on Mon 16 Dec 2024 18:27
It’s their occupation to be available and I am pretty sure they would be, my point is that a young referee is given a development opportunity (deservedly so) in Hertzeg and they give him a young inexperienced 4th official instead of an experienced colleague like Ward, Whitestone, Linnington or the like. I wish them all well and hope that no injuries occur and that none of the unknowns end up on the pitch.

Wouldn't be entirely surprised if Kennard Kettle got a game in the Championship this season as he appears to be on a similar path to Hallam and Ricardo and is popping up in League One quite a lot now

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EFL League 1, 2 & National League Prem / Re: Sat 16th – Tue 19th NOV 2024
« on: Mon 11 Nov 2024 17:01 »
Always thought Copeland is a pretty steady ref whose been officiating in the NL for several years so does have experience of doing equivalent sized clubs like Wrexham, Stockport, Notts, Chesterfield etc although not in the FL.

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General Discussion / Re: Altrincham vs Solihull Moors (FA Cup) - Paul Marsden
« on: Sun 13 Oct 2024 17:50 »
And has popped up back in the FL this season and on BSM matches.

I thought he was very poor in the National North circa 2016 and was stunned to see him get elevated to the FL not long afterwards. In fairness he had improved a bit in games I saw after dropping down to the NL but does continue to court controversy like this game by the sounds of it.

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EFL League 1, 2 & National League Prem / Re: Sat 12th – Thu 17th OCT 2024
« on: Mon 07 Oct 2024 18:58 »
The only NL refs from last year to appear in L1 are Ricardo, E. Bell and I think Hallam who were all clearly being pushed last season as well. As of yet anyone else has only done L2 games to date.

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