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« on: Wed 21 Feb 2024 12:32 »
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« on: Mon 12 Feb 2024 12:21 »
The journey North has been going well, with things going to time. This third train has, however, produced a couple of announcements that fall into the screamingly obvious category. The first explained that the train consisted of two separate units joined together with no through passage between - but rather needlessly we were reassured that both parts would be stopping at the same stations. A further announcement as we approached Stafford said that the next train is the one that's just gone, so you won't be able to catch that. Incidentally the train seemed to take a liking to Stafford station and had to be coaxed to leave, so we are now several minutes behind schedule.
Apologies to JCFC, I clicked the Sad face when my intention had been to click the Happy face
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« on: Tue 12 Dec 2023 11:17 »
War/Conflict/Insurgency/Fighting
Choose your own word
Let's call it for what it is.... Genocide!!
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« on: Mon 11 Dec 2023 09:10 »
Why was this game played randomly on Wednesday night and another europa league game randomly played at the weekend
As it involved a side from Israel, I suspect that they were previously postponed as a result of the war in the area.
War???
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« on: Thu 07 Dec 2023 08:47 »
Several years ago babyref (is that the same person as the current BabyRef?) asked what had become of Knut Kircher. He was still active at the time, retiring in 2016.
It has been announced that from the 2024/5 season he will be replacing Lutz-Michael Fröhlich as the German referee supremo.
babyref surely toddlerref by now ? 
Or maybe even moodyteenagerref 
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« on: Mon 04 Dec 2023 11:23 »
Definitely not one of my favourite refs, but Attwell has to take credit for the part he played in an exciting encounter, arguably one of the matches of the season until possibly usurped by Man City vs Spurs.
Poor decision by the AR to flag for offside on Fulham's 2nd goal, but correctly overturned by VAR. Not sure why the AR needed to flag in that situation where VAR would be expected to correctly rule either way.
My only gripe is I think Decordova-Reid was potentially fouled when Tsimikas jumped into the back of him in the build up to Liverpool's 4th goal, yet it didn't even seem to get reviewed, or was dismissed quickly. At such a pivotal point of the match, I feel this needed closer scrutiny. How did everyone else see this 'foul'?
As a liverpool fan my heart was in my mouth and I said to my son that VAR will probably pull it back for a foul. I was pleasantly surprised when it wasn't. Both the live broadcast nor MotD dwelt on it so wasn't really able to confirm either way
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« on: Tue 07 Nov 2023 08:55 »
Our favourite match reporter is a poet of renown
Whose wise words always, in me, raise a chuckle;
For of all the witty scribblers, he must surely wear the crown,
Always temperate and never near the knuckle.
By all modes of transportation, he travels near and far,
For bus and railway engine are his steed;
And somewhere up in Glory, there's a thumbs-up from Jim Carr
To fete and laud this man of word and deed.
Our fervent hope is such, that he goes on for years and years
Bringing happiness and cheer to this our forum;
When he's next down in St Albans, then I will get the beers,
Please come and join us to make a decent quorum.
Whistleblower, next time I am at St Albans (which seems to be a monthly occurrence at least) you must come over to say hello. It will be nice to put a face to the name
Conkernut, I presume this to mean that you officiate at St Albans City FC on occasions. Well, when you are appointed there and if I have a free Saturday, I will happily wander down to Clarence Park to see the match.
Whistleblower, you presume correctly. I was last there for the Aveley game on the 28th of October. I look forward to seeing you
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« on: Mon 06 Nov 2023 10:57 »
Our favourite match reporter is a poet of renown
Whose wise words always, in me, raise a chuckle;
For of all the witty scribblers, he must surely wear the crown,
Always temperate and never near the knuckle.
By all modes of transportation, he travels near and far,
For bus and railway engine are his steed;
And somewhere up in Glory, there's a thumbs-up from Jim Carr
To fete and laud this man of word and deed.
Our fervent hope is such, that he goes on for years and years
Bringing happiness and cheer to this our forum;
When he's next down in St Albans, then I will get the beers,
Please come and join us to make a decent quorum.
Whistleblower, next time I am at St Albans (which seems to be a monthly occurrence at least) you must come over to say hello. It will be nice to put a face to the name
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« on: Thu 10 Aug 2023 10:08 »
Cogenhoe (pronounced Cook-no) is in Northamptonshire, supposedly the Rose of the Shires
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« on: Wed 09 Aug 2023 09:29 »
I would love to think that the referee for tonight's replay at Cogenhoe was a Brighton fan!
Please elaborate, gone straight over my head! Cogenhoe being one of my local teams, I can see their floodlights from my office window 
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« on: Tue 06 Jun 2023 14:30 »
I don't know whether others of you have facebook accounts which get frequent postings from "Lost Football Grounds and Terraces of the United Kingdom" which seems quite anarchic in relation to the content and its relationship to the title but often puts up some interesting picture. In the spirit of that though also not complying with the "lost" descriptor - which of JCFC's answers has this as their home ground? Might be a shoe-in for nemesis.
 @Microscopist please put me out of my misery and name the ground. I have scoured through hundreds of posts on that FB page but not found it
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« on: Tue 09 May 2023 10:23 »
I consider Anthony Taylor to be one of the best referees we’ve got. I don’t buy into the Manchester referee nonsense that’s regularly spouted: he’s totally professional.
However yesterday he was awful. His foul detection was all over the place and some of his decisions were unfathonable. He didn’t look quite “on it” and he fell for the consistent acting by Brentford as they strived to get free kicks for their set pieces that they do well from. The yellow for Alisson was ridiculous: I’ve never seen a yellow for a goalkeeper for delaying restarts given without utilising the step approach.
Everyone has a bad day at the office and yesterday was Anthony Taylor’s.
Totally agree with everything you've said including the opening statement. I was there with my 12 year old lad. He knows I always try to defend and/or explain the referee and their decisions. He turned round to me in the car home and said 'baba, there's no way you can defend that performance today'. I think that pretty much says it all.
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« on: Sun 09 Apr 2023 16:51 »
With all due respect to some of the posters who are saying why respond, why give the the referee a decision, why not just stick the ball in the net, why not let your feet/skills do the talking.... It's very easy to preach when you've never been on the end of such behaviour.
Just in this thread there's been more time dedicated to the actions of Lukaku than the continued abhorrent behaviour of such so called fans.
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« on: Tue 17 Jan 2023 09:14 »
78 Melted cheese? (Sounds like melted cheese)
96 Son of Maine Road (Son of a Maine Road player)
100 Street HQ (HQ in Street, Somerset)
100 Joseph Clark (Clarks Shoes (corporate customer of mine) have their HQ is Street. Was very easy once you explained the clue
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« on: Mon 09 Jan 2023 10:26 »
Well, one things for sure. The further down the pyramid you travel, the attitude of players and management do make you wonder sometimes why anyone referees. In my view this game needed a firmer hand, but when nobody wants to play...
Rocester v Barnton
NWC South Division.
Score 3:2
Referee: Because I missed a programme, I emailed NWCFL for information. As of 22 hours after kick off, I have yet to receive a reply!
An exciting game, light on skill, heavy on poor tackling, bossed by everyone, and dissent by the JCB bucketful! Managers on the pitch at least twice, "helping" out, and an unpleasantness to the whole proceedings. A mass melee, with little action taken. Guess what? Another one followed!
What also continued to throw me was a yellow card that looked both jaded and..er...not wholly yellow. A rhubarb and custard sort of card, that had me doubting which card when shown. The whole procedure, brought in to aid understanding of those spectating, starts to fray if said spectators can't understand the messaging. With a yellow whistle brighter than any sou'wester on a Fisherman's Friend ad, or any weetabix packet, it's not as though there wasn't a yardstick to hand!
All of that said, I did feel somewhat for the official. Would he have been better wading in and sorting out, or would that have meant more rhubarb, more custard without any more control?
We are all good armchair officials, aren't we? I've had my very best games from the seat on the halfway line, and certainly since I retired, but sometimes you just gotta be brave, realise that there's no going on a journey with both teams, and just blooody sort 'em out! The referee today seemed a very pleasant guy, but this game needed more than bonhomie to manage some of the shenanigans.
All have have had games where your best of intentions lead to twenty two horses galloping out of the open stable door, but lessons are learned, and next week (or our next game) we recognise danger signals more readily, we learn not to let too much rope out etc. One remembers one of Mr Clattenburg's later games ( was it Tottenham v Chelsea? I forget) where, in my view, things didn't go hunky dory. It can and has happened to us all.
Jan 2023 07 SAT 14:00 Rocester (First Team) v Barnton FC (First Team) North West Counties - Division One South Referee: Davies, Ryan
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