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 I thought for his first game Ben Atkinson did reasonably well, i would agree his cautions and his sending off were correct thou there were  one or two tackles which he identified and awarded a free kick for were worthy of a caution.
 He remained mobile and showed a good level of fitness and appeared better than  some first season referees i have seen in recent years perform . Thou at times could have made his decisions quicker

Just read Nigel Cloughs comments on the game and he thought the red card was harsh, as he said there was no malice in the tackle, it was an awful tackle and fully deserved being sent off.

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Ben Atkinson started his refereeing in Crewe before he went to University and then moved to London, a very promising referee in his early days, in fact his father was an Assistant Referee on the Football League years ago.

Just been re-arranged today after Saturdays postponed

Good to see Rob Jones with some good games, seems to be getting better games know Mr Riley is not so involved.

See Rob Jones involved in another Leeds game,

Would totally agree with the comments about Tom Nield he was poor two cynical  challenges in the first half by the Stevenage defender just a free-kick for the first one, and a word with him after the second.  In the first half a Crewe player was tackled from behind on the edge of the Stevenage penalty area and gave a yellow card when he was the last defender. Was correct with the penalty, but Stevenage had a strong  penalty claim a few minutes later which he turned down, i could understand why Stevenage bench were not happy from my position looked  a clear penalty. Mr Nield has history with Crewe, but never the less his overall performance was below the standard expected. I thought he would have yellow carded the Stevenage Assistant who stood questioning every decision he gave during the game, instead gave it to Steve Evans, who for most of the game sat down.
 It must be said he was poor for both teams, but to be fair to Stevenage on there second half performance they deserved to win the game
 

Robert Jones refereeing LEEWOL just the same as the 1-1 at Elland Road last season. He also was 4th officials at Leeds roughly half of our home games so I wonder how much more we will see him at Elland Road this year.

I bet Rob Jones had already got his hotel booked for Leeds, i agree his appointments at Leeds last season were a joke at least Mike Riley will be going at the end of the season and perhaps more sensible appointments will be made to allow all officials an even playing field.

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