Oi, oi Stone!!! ) I know Ian Cooper, the 4th official too....
I'll be there tonight but merely as a fan!
I ran a few lines for our reserves back in the day. Once at The Valley and twice at Welling. I would never have been able to do the first team though (had I gone that far).
And for the interested, you are asked to declare you allegiance when you join the football league.
I haven't got that far but would love to. I lined the U19s in their 7-0 defeat of Cambridge last month. I would love to officiate at The Valley in a competitive game. What a dream that would be.
Serious question: has any ref/lino ever been stood down from officiating at a pro-game, because of an affiliation with, or a known partisan support for, one or other of the teams?
I know more about cricket umpiring than football refereeing, and the only cricketing example I can think of is that former Kent captain Mark Benson voluntarily asked the ECB not to be appointed for any KCCC games. But it was his personal request , not a ban from the cricketing authorities.
Serious question: has any ref/lino ever been stood down from officiating at a pro-game, because of an affiliation with, or a known partisan support for, one or other of the teams?
I know more about cricket umpiring than football refereeing, and the only cricketing example I can think of is that former Kent captain Mark Benson voluntarily asked the ECB not to be appointed for any KCCC games. But it was his personal request , not a ban from the cricketing authorities.
Mike Dean was replaced by Alan Wiley for the 2006 FA Cup Final Liverpool v West Ham because Dean was from The Wirral.
I thought jackson?? Should have been booked when he nearly cut a bury player in half in front of the away dugout and I don't think they even got a free kick!
I thought jackson?? Should have been booked when he nearly cut a bury player in half in front of the away dugout and I don't think they even got a free kick!
he did lunge in but I think he missed him altogether.
And for the interested, you are asked to declare you allegiance when you join the football league.
I'd tell them I support Palarse, that way you might get an addicks game and you're guaranteed not to be sent to that shit hole of a place.................
I swore blind that their defender tipped a shot from Sols behind, but nobody else seems to have so maybe I owe the Durse an apology.
Still thought he was poor, I hate to see a ref getting the piss taken out of him by a timewasting keeper. Get the card out early and get it out again if he keeps dicking around.
Out of interest - who was that ref that twisted his ankle or broke his leg or something and had to be stretchered off? (Bournemouth game was it?) - and was he alright?
Thought he had a good game - wasn't over the top with his cards and let the game flow.
Couldn't be arsed with their time wasting tactics and just stuck 5 mins on at the end of the game.
Completely agree. Several might've been cautioned - not least Hamer for his push on the time-wasting sub - but he was consistent and let the game flow as much as possible, unlike the berk who did the Sheff. Utd. game.
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Stuart Atwell doing Palace v Brighton. Should be interesting.
I'll be there tonight but merely as a fan!
And for the interested, you are asked to declare you allegiance when you join the football league.
I know more about cricket umpiring than football refereeing, and the only cricketing example I can think of is that former Kent captain Mark Benson voluntarily asked the ECB not to be appointed for any KCCC games. But it was his personal request , not a ban from the cricketing authorities.
How that keeper didn't get booked I'll never know.
Couldn't be arsed with their time wasting tactics and just stuck 5 mins on at the end of the game.
Still thought he was poor, I hate to see a ref getting the piss taken out of him by a timewasting keeper. Get the card out early and get it out again if he keeps dicking around.