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Quote from: exile link=topic=473.msg4142#msg4142 date= 1547551794

Quote from: nemesis on Tue 15 Jan 2019 09:58

Quote from: exile on Mon 14 Jan 2019 22:32

Why did Ward miss out on a couple of championship seasons?

Not sure exactly what you mean.

Are you asking why he wasn't in the first tranche of SG2 officials ?

If so the answer is he wasn't good enough. He barely is now.

(I know that didn't stop them appointing a load of other SG2s who weren't good enough either.)

I was meaning why, after doing quite a few seasons in the championship, did he not referee any championship games after the 2015/16 season until this season. Was he demoted, injured......?

Simply because the Select Group 2 was formed from the start of season 16/17, with only a small number of officials added to it. Since 16/17 championship games are only refereed by either SG1 (the PL refs) or SG2 (the Championship refs).  He was not selected for SG2 initially so therefore did not do Championship games.