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Messages - Maltese Falcon
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« on: Tue 04 Jan 2022 15:20 »
And - wherever you draw that line - a toe-nail is one-day going to emerge across it and cause a goal to be scrubbed off.
The line can be 1mm or 1 metre wide - but it is still a line with a binary outcome: Either offside or not offside.
Unless you want to go down the "Umpire's call" road ??
I would heartily love us to go down the 'Umpire's Call' route and back the judgement of our highly experienced and skilled on field ARs unless there is quick and obvious video evidence that a glaring mistake has been made
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« on: Sun 19 Dec 2021 18:48 »
We can (and should) debate some of the KMDs in today's games. And IMO the non penalty for Liverpool and the non red card card for Kane were incorrect.
However, let's also recognise that Tierney and team facilitated a tremendous game of football ... and the two dissent YCs and the delaying the restart YC for Liverpool give hope and support to all grassroots officials out there.
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« on: Mon 22 Nov 2021 12:25 »
List of mid season promotions to Panel Select AR (National League / PL2). Congrats to all concerned
Liam Beames (Glos) Alan Berrow (Glos) Alex Bradley (Sussex) Ashley Clarke (Birmingham) Jack Clench (Glos) Tom Cooke (Northants) Andrew Ellis (Birmingham) Martyn Fryer (Notts) Lee Hartley (Lincs) Tom Holden (Dorset) Russell Jones (Herts) Zac Kennard-Kettle (Northumberland) Peter Lowe (Hants) Harry Warner (Staffs) Daniel Woolley (Lincs)
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« on: Fri 17 Sep 2021 18:54 »
Abigail Byrne I believe
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« on: Wed 08 Sep 2021 12:32 »
This isn’t the Referee’s problem any more than it would be for a parks Referee when a Sunday League team fields a ringer or a suspended player. The teams submit team sheets and it’s not up to the officials to confirm eligibility to play in the game.
Though, presumably, in the case of the Argentine players, if one of the referees decided that their safety was in question because of the players on the team sheet, then they would be within their rights not to officiate the game?
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« on: Mon 06 Sep 2021 12:48 »
I can, completely reliably, confirm that Mr Jones was taking a well earned rest after his exertions bench side at St Albans the previous day. He was replaced by the far more aesthetically pleasing Georgia Ball
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« on: Wed 30 Dec 2020 14:25 »
At Level 2B, the referee fee is £75, the Assistant fee £45. Expenses are 35p per mile
At Level 2A, the referee fee is £120, AR is £60 and 4th Official is £40. Again, plus 35p per mile
When you consider that the officials are normally out of their houses for approximately 7 hours for one of these games, it's not a level to make you rich!
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« on: Thu 19 Nov 2020 08:23 »
Fair point! Slightly misworded as I meant to say two OF the most high profile matches (Arsenal v Chelsea and the Midlands derby).
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« on: Tue 17 Nov 2020 12:05 »
And yet they can't find three female officials for most of the top English women's matches.
Whilst I don't disagree with the overall sentiment, worth pointing out that in this weekend's WSL matches, all six games were refereed by female officials and in the case of the two most high profile matches, all four officials were female. I've been fortunate enough to have assisted two of these officials in WSL matches earlier this season and they both acquitted themselves admirably. Times are changing ... unfortunately slower than would be ideal, despite the extra support now on offer to promising female officials (in my county, two of our three nominations this year for FA Core were female) edited to fix the quote thingamajigga, bmb.
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« on: Thu 01 Oct 2020 08:15 »
I am told JCFC that there is one big national pool for all referees at this level so realistically any referee could be appointed anywhere. In these uncertain times of COVID the finances of these clubs will be stretching thinly [/quote]
That's not strictly accurate. Whilst ALL referees at Level 4 and above are "FA" officials and therefore able to take charge of games across the whole country, realistically, L3 and L4 appointments are typically made within around an hour's drive time. In fact, with separate travel for officials because of COVID protocol, appointments this year are likely to be even more local than this. That said, for those wishing to officiate further afield, there is always the option of giving a temporary address for a day, weekend or even longer
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« on: Thu 23 Jul 2020 08:50 »
Reading the above discussion has got me wondering whether there is (or should be) a similar structure in place at National List Level, to that lower down the pyramid ... specifically, from personal experience, at Level 3.
At this Level, if any official has not featured in the Top 40% of the bandings for three consecutive seasons, then they are in the frame for demotion. This ensures that that those 'scraping by' each year, without showing any indication of the talent to progress upwards, will not be allowed to 'clog up' the system.
It's harsh, but IMO fair
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« on: Sun 05 Jul 2020 13:36 »
For the first season, he can expect to continue to get the same level of lines as in previous seasons .. most likely that is at Step 3 and Step 4 of the NLS, so Isthmian Premier and Isthmian Div Ones for example. I would guess he may well be used more on Step 3 than 4, especially if his Observations are good. The real change, aside from the fact that he will no longer be doing Supply League Middles, is that the opportunity now exists to progress to the higher levels of assisting, in the first instance that would be Step 2 (National League North or South)
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« on: Sun 07 Jun 2020 06:07 »
The thing for me is the total lack of competition integrity here. How is it fair, and where is the integrity, of increasing substitutions mid way through the season? We're ending with a competition that never started, and that just isn't fair across the board.
What would you think if another club was top of the table, say Man City, for example?
Exactly the same, 1,000%! I've been unwavering in my views that human life is worth way more than a Premier League title, and have been vocal in my thoughts that Liverpool should have been awarded the title long before the stage we're at now. The fact you think I'd be any different if my team we're top of the league is, quite frankly, crass.
Given the extensive testing regime being undertaken, we are obviously past the 'human life' argument ... the EPL matches will be safer than going to the supermarket, park etc. Which brings us to the competition integrity argument. On that point, whilst the tweaks to the playing conditions are unhelpful, it still seems way more 'in the spirit of the game' to complete the season on the pitch rather than just 'fill in the gaps' of the unplayed games with some version of PPG?
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« on: Thu 28 May 2020 21:41 »
Referees who have been successful in getting promoted to Panel Select (and therefore working on National League rather than NLS or NLN matches) have been informed and the news is coming out on Twitter etc. Not seen a full list yet though ... hopefully tomorrow
Here you go!
Steven Annis Cornwall FA Conall Bartlett Sussex FA Jon Bolland Surrey FA Jamie Cann Durham FA Alan Cresswell Berks & Bucks FA Joshua Crofts Huntingdonshire FA Reece Davies Derbyshire FA William Davis Manchester FA Nick Dunn Kent FA Samuel Fudge Gloucestershire FA Andrew Gray Suffolk FA Farai Hallam Essex FA Chris Horsman Essex FA Ayrton Hursey Essex FA Dan Jarvis Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Sean Jenkins Hampshire FA Stuart Kane Cornwall FA Grzegorz Kornasiewicz Oxfordshire FA Steve Lawson Durham FA Jacob Lehane Leicestershire & Rutland FA Dane Mccarrick West Riding FA Marc Meeten Sussex FA Adam Nichol Northumberland FA Oliver Noonan Manchester FA Jamie O'Connor Derbyshire FA Jack Oxenham Surrey FA Martin Parker West Riding FA Steve Parkinson Berks & Bucks FA Mark Pond Essex FA Jamie Pope Essex FA Daniel Robinson Birmingham FA Eugene Robinson Essex FA Luke Scott Northamptonshire FA Oliver Spender Gloucestershire FA Daniel Todd Berks & Bucks FA Jake Topp Manchester FA Timothy Walker Derbyshire FA Richard Watson Staffordshire FA Darren Williams Northumberland FA
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« on: Wed 27 May 2020 16:53 »
Promoted from Level 3 to Level 2B
James Bancroft Durham FA Alex Blake Hampshire FA Paul Cooper Durham FA Michael Crusham Lancashire FA Tom Danaher Hertfordshire FA Claudio Gavillucci Cheshire FA Oliver Mackey Leicestershire & Rutland FA Liam Marshall Lancashire FA Jon Maskrey Staffordshire FA John Mulligan Cumberland FA Gareth Myers West Riding FA Darren Rogers Cheshire FA Greg Rollason Staffordshire FA Matthew Scholes Shropshire FA Ben Wyatt Manchester FA
Promoted from 2B to 2A
Tom Bishop London FA Sunny Gill Berks & Bucks FA Adam Herczeg Durham FA Daniel Lamport Wiltshire FA Robert Massey-Ellis Army FA Jacob Miles Sussex FA Scott Simpson Staffordshire FA Scott Tallis Birmingham FA Rob Whitton Essex FA
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