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« on: Tue 23 Dec 2025 01:22 »
The thread title is incorrect. It's either Thursday 1st or Sunday 4th (which is the next game).
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« on: Mon 27 Oct 2025 16:40 »
Bolton Wanderers FC (First Team) v Huddersfield Town FC (First Team)
FA Cup
Referee: Joyce, Ross
Assistant Referee: Sowerby, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Jarvis, Danny
Fourth Official: Burgess, Adam
Ross Joyce becomes the first referee of the season to appear twice at the Toughsheet Stadium, along with Sowerby who was his assistant on the last visit too. Adam Burgess also returns to the stadium in the fourth official role, a position he last held just 5 weeks ago on the last occasion the Bolton were in non-league (EFL Trophy) action. Shake the pot a bit please.
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« on: Wed 01 Oct 2025 23:48 »
I haven’t checked back on RTR but Paul Marsden seems to have gone AWOL on the appointments front recently?
I’m not sure if I’ve seen one good review on here about his performances.
We've got him on the boards at Bolton vs Peterborough on Saturday. I agree, based on previous reviews of him, I hope he's not required to swap with any of the others (unlike the 4th in our last home game).
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« on: Sat 20 Sep 2025 18:08 »
AR1 Mark Cunliffe went off with a leg injury after 35 minutes at Bolton and swapped places with 4th Official Jamie O'Connor.
Although, a fifth person (ref observer?) programmed and held up the board for him.
Cunliffe came out for the second half sporting a bag of ice strapped to his leg.
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« on: Sat 13 Sep 2025 11:31 »
Leigh Doughty on board duty … hopefully he doesn’t have to apologise for putting up the wrong numbers again 😆
He could blame a language barrier but, sadly, Welsh numbers are the same! A bit of a trek to South Wales for his first game out of the middle of the season so far. And his first game without his wingman Woodward who's landed an even longer journey to the South Coast tomorrow.
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« on: Sat 06 Sep 2025 03:07 »
Barrow AFC (First Team) v Swindon Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Stockbridge, Sebastian
Assistant Referee: Archibald, Matt
Assistant Referee: Vaughan, William
Fourth Official: Mulligan, John
A rare mention of John Mulligan in his first EFL appearance of the season. His only other sighting being the non-league fixture between Rochdale and Sutton United on 25th August, also as Fourth Official. He wasn't named on the list of officials named at the start of the season either. Yet, last season, he popped up as fourth official all over Leagues One and Two (we had him on the boards five times but never in the middle!). Has he semi-retired? Been demoted? Been injured? Lost interest? Or just not available as much these days?
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« on: Mon 01 Sep 2025 23:20 »
Can somebody correct the month in the thread title to avoid it being confused for older game weeks?
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« on: Thu 21 Aug 2025 01:39 »
Sat 23 Aug 2025
Bolton Wanderers FC (First Team) v Lincoln City FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Miles, Jacob
Assistant Referee: Stonier, Paul
Assistant Referee: Ryder, Mark Moore, Anthony
Fourth Official: Miller, Andrew
The last Bolton game that Jacob Miles refereed was the League One away fixture on 21st April 2025 ...... against Lincoln City. The last Bolton game that Andrew Miller was allocated to was....as 4th Official to Jacob Miles on 21st April against Lincoln City.
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« on: Tue 19 Aug 2025 23:23 »
Just wondering if it could/should next be bought in for throw ins? Although just give it to the other team rather than a corner?
I've been saying that for years.
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« on: Tue 19 Aug 2025 05:46 »
Middlesbrough are seeing almost as much of Richard Woodward as Leigh Doughty is.
Second time in 3 weeks as AR1 at a Boro game. Fourth consecutive match as Doughty's AR1. I know it's common in SG1 to have the same team of officials sticking together (and usually the ref and both ARs, not just one) but I can't see many other regular partnerships lower down.
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« on: Fri 15 Aug 2025 23:19 »
Yep, it took me the best part of 5 hours to get from North London to Dartford (23 miles) and I rocked up just after the scheduled kick off.
When I lived and worked in London, it took me anything between 10 mins and 2/3+ hours to drive from home in Thamesmead to the office in Lewisham, depending on time of day. Driving in London is not a nightmare I miss! The plus side of learning to drive in London is my hill starts are perfection every time, 3rd driving lesson and my instructor took me up Shooters Hill, at rush hour. There was a police car behind us and I must have done 20 hill starts that day - nothing like the fear of rolling backwards into a police car to ensure I got it absolutely spot on! Came as a shock to me when I moved to Darsetshire and could reach Poole & Bournemouth police stations in 5 mins from the office in Westbourne at any time of day, outside of grockle season!
That could well have been me behind you in the police car! 
Wearing (hi-vis) yellow?
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« on: Thu 14 Aug 2025 01:48 »
I have never watched Leigh Doughty referee a game, but as a SG2 referee I see him mostly in L1/L2 with occasional Championship appearances, unless I am overlooking it.
To people that have watched him, does he deserve more Championship games?
I watched the Coventry v Luton cup game the other day. My answer to your question, based on personal opinion formed from that viewing, would be no. That said, I am going to Oakwell on Saturday where Mr Doughty will be in the middle of Barnsley v Bolton (hence me watching the COV v LUT game as a 'what to expect'). Everyone can have a bad day at the office, so I will possibly have a changed opinion and a different answer to your question after seeing a second performance to compare with.
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« on: Tue 12 Aug 2025 15:33 »
Leigh Doughty and Richard Woodward must be car sharing at the moment.
They're not actually allowed to car share. Even if they live in the same street! Main reason being if a reason arises that holds them up on their travel, major accident or something that causes long delays, if they are in the same car that's 2 or more of the team who may be late or not arrive in time for kick off, whereas if they are in separate cars there is more chance 1 of them can divert and use a different route.
I thought there would be something like that in place. However, I then thought the policy had changed as I regularly see officials arriving/departing the stadium together on matchdays. On most occasions they park directly behind the visiting team coach at the main reception or player entrance in a minibus or people carrier size car. I assume this is a taxi from a rendezvous point such as a hotel. But i've also seen two officials (I won't name or state their role) arrive in the same car together and park in the player's car park (I was the steward who directed them in). That was a couple of years ago though.
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« on: Tue 12 Aug 2025 03:31 »
Only SG1 ref I can’t see featuring in any capacity is 007. Perhaps on a secret mission elsewhere?
The only SG1 Ref or SG1 AR not featuring.
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« on: Tue 12 Aug 2025 02:02 »
Leigh Doughty and Richard Woodward must be car sharing at the moment. Woodward is Doughty's AR1 at Coventry v Luton in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday (12th), Barnsley v Bolton on Saturday 16th and Huddersfield v Doncaster on Tuesday 19th.
By the way, does anyone know if Richard has retired from the police and swapped hi-vis jacket for hi-vis flag full time nowadays, since his promotion to SG2 AR last year? I appeared on an episode of Motorway Cops with him a few years ago after one of our vans was hit by a drunk driver!
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