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General Discussion / Re: Mohamed Khattab - RIP
« on: Wed 21 Feb 2024 13:58 »
This is absolutely shocking, as indeed is this whole conflict. RIP Mohamed

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General Discussion / Re: Norman Burtenshaw
« on: Sun 25 Jun 2023 12:48 »
A fantastic referee and it was a privilege to have seen him officiate. I always thought that he was from Great Yarmouth.

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General Discussion / Re: SoccerAid 23
« on: Mon 12 Jun 2023 13:46 »
Earrings, chains, watches, no shin pads.- against Laws of the game.
Mixed teams - against FA rules

But it’s for charity so ignored.

It's raised £15 million already tonight.  Would you rather they strictly apply the laws and don't get players to turn up?

Great for charity and awesome event overall.
Just would like to see the basics adhered to.

It can't even be officially sanctioned, mixed sex football isn't allowed in England above U16 age.  The FA / PGMOL will have given Abi and her team permission to referee the game, but it is far from an official game, she could have asked players to remove jewellery and not been able to do much if they'd refused.

Can you even begin to imagine the backlash if the game had been delayed, players not been allowed to play, or even been abandoned altogether, because a referee was insisting all jewellery was removed?  It would have been horrendous, this is a £20 million football game with all of it going to charity.  An element of realism and pragmatism is needed here.

Just to clarify a point. Mixed sex teams up to U18 level has been sanctions by the FA since the 2015-16 season. Ellie Hilton from Croston FC became the the first female to play in an organised league (Lancashire Sunday League) where she played reguarly for her club for two seasons.

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Anthony is an excellent referee and a good guy as well. I have watched him progress from the National League North and it was no surprise to me that he excelled last night. Hope to see him SG2 next season.

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I wholeheartedly agree. Michael Salisbury (Preston) is a first rate referee and you couldn't meet a nicer, more unassuming individual.

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I was at the match and I thought That Peter Bankes had an excellent game.

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Stephen Warnock said on Ref Watch 'I go to co-commentate on games now and I've no idea what the offside law is and haven't for the last few years'. I think the suggestion was we were meant to regard that as someone else's fault but I'd put a fair amount of the blame on him given the laws are publicly available to access and he gets paid for appearing on a show called Ref Watch.

I think it would be good for Webb/PGMO to come out and provide their views on this, and perhaps also release some of the audio of the discussion. If they're really going to make some positive changes then this would be a good place to start.

I admire Stephen Warnock for his honesty about the offside law. I just wish his fellow commentators (mostly ex-pros) would stick to giving advice on play and NOT on refereeing which many of them know very little about.

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I had a lot of sympathy for Michael Salisbury who I thought got the decision right only to be thrown under a bus by Lee Mason.

To make matters worse we had Mr Sensible Alan Shearer and Danny Murphy suggesting that ex-pros should be in charge of VAR because "they know the game". It would help their cause if they had even a smattering of knowledge of the LOTG.

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FFS, give the lad a break. This was always going to be a testing debut for any new SG1 and I thought Michael acquitted himself well.  Stopping play for the yellow card incident, instead of playing an advantage, was understandable as it was a nasty challenge and these clapped out ex-pros giving "expert analysis" need to get a grip. The Challenge by David Luiz looked red in real time, but on reflection a yellow was more appropriate.


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General Discussion / Re: Pyramid Patrol 2021/22
« on: Mon 08 Nov 2021 10:33 »
That brings back memories,  the late David Laing from Preston who refereed on the League for many years and was great friends with another Preston Football League referee Syd Kayley. RIP both of them.

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General Discussion / Re: Pyramid Patrol 2021/22
« on: Mon 27 Sep 2021 18:16 »
JCFC, thanks for your reports, they are always enjoyable and are a very good read.

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Non-League / Re: National League Premier - 2020/21
« on: Tue 06 Oct 2020 16:15 »
Level 1 referee Paul Marsden with two games, Stockport County v Dover (Sat 10 Oct) and then Altrincham v Solihull (Tues 13 Oct)

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Select Group 2 / Re: Fri 10th – Thu 16th JUL 2020
« on: Sun 12 Jul 2020 21:41 »
I agree, definite penalty for a ridiculous push by Pearson. Simpson is not my favourite referee, but some people on here do seem to have an axe to grind with him.

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General Discussion / Re: Leeds v Millwall-Darren England
« on: Thu 30 Jan 2020 20:09 »
I was extremely disappointed with Darren England’s performance in the first half of the Leeds United v Millwall game. As a former referee with no affiliation to either club, I feel eligible to comment. The penalty decision was correct albeit following a mistake (ball out of play) by his Assistant.

That said, his decision making during the first 45 minutes was at best bizarre. It was a high tempo game between two good sides and he was clearly helped by both sets of players who by and large behaved themselves. He had a much better second half.

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I stand corrected then as I assumed that this was a matter which should have been dealt with in the first place by the FA/County FA.

Who exactly deals with discipline matters in cases like this where there is an official referee?

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