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INSIDE THIS MONTH’S WARBLER Page 1: Agenda Page 2 : From the Chair Page 3 : Accounts /Membership update Page 4 : Mac’s Musings Page 5 : Howard Webb MBE Page 6 : Well off the mark Page 7 : Howard Webb advice Page 10 : Murphy’s Meanderings Page 11/12/13 : Zero Tolerance / Goal line Technology Page 14 : The Adventures of Willy the Whistler part 1 Page 15 : The Adventures of Willy the Whistler part 2 Page 16 : Football for the Blind Page 17 : Further Adventures of Willy the Whistler. Page 18 : Belgium 2011 Page 21 : Dates for Your Diary Page 22 : Dean Mohareb—a profile Page 24 : Plum Tree Page 26 /27 : What would you do Answers / What would you do?
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Meadow Sports Football Club Loop Road Playing Fields, Loop Road, Kingfield, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9BQ 7.30pm for a prompt 8pm start
AGENDA
8pm CHAIRMAN‟S WELCOME
OUR GUEST SPEAKER
Dean Mohareb FA National Referee Manager – Workforce
BREAK
SOCIETY BUSINESS
10pm CLOSE
NEXT MEETING February 7th 2011
Surrey County FA Disciplinary Roadshow
The Deadline for the February Warbler is Friday 14th January 2011
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Happy New Year to you, I hope you have a great 2011
I hope you have all enjoyed the festive period and have had an enjoyable break all be it a slightly enforced break from football. It feels like forever now since we have had regular football, some clubs not having played a game since mid November. I hope by the time the warbler goes to print we are out of this severe cold snap and things are back to normal. May I suggest if you are in the promotion scheme and you are now struggling to fit in 20 games, contact your area co-ordinator and let them know as soon as possible. Communication really is the name of the game.
A big thank you to Lee Cable for a very enjoyable and informative December meeting. Lee spoke about his role as a Level 3 coach and imparted some extremely useful help and guidance about how we can all improve our refereeing. I know that all those that were in attendance could not help but learn from Lee's wise words and experience. A big thank you also goes to Pam our patron and Doris Cable who put on a fantastic spread for all to enjoy.
Our January guest will be Dean Mohareb. Dean is a newly appointed National refe- rees manager and I am sure he will tell us more about his role on the 10th. More about Dean further on in the Warbler. Please show your support to Dean by attending and giving him a warm Woking welcome.
The issue of language was raised at the last meeting, I think it is fair to say that we have no control over what we see on the TV and that to suggest the game played at every level is the same would be naïve. What we can do however is make sure we take appropriate action when we are refereeing, this we do have control over. Clearly it is easy to act on foul language when it is directed at us or other players, how ever If you are confronted with a player that is consistently using shall we say industrial lan- guage in his or her every day speak, then that becomes more difficult. Please con- sider using the respect directive of using the captain to control this player, if you then need to take further action you have already sold the decision. It is up to us to make sure football is played within an environment where every body can enjoy it, which may include young children watching. Don‘t be the referee that chose to do nothing and then moan about the state of the game, I urge you not to ignore foul language. The game needs us all to do our bit.
I hope the ball runs kindly for you
Vince
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STOP PRESS !! The Surrey Primary League has appointed a new Referees Secretary: Scott Brundish The SPL are currently recruiting new and experienced referees for Sundays. If you are interested, please contact Scott, who is a Referee and league officer, on 07956 321741 or [email protected]
From the Treasurer
Society Accounts as at 27 Dec 2010
2010 Current Status General £992.23 Supplies £615.86 Belgium £100.00 Youth Fund £113.50 Total £1,821.59
Membership 89 Full Members 1 Associate 5 Friends
The Surrey County Referees Association annual 5 a side competition is taking place on 16th January 2011
Venue Woking Leisure Centre
Time 3pm to 6pm
Come along and support Ricky and the lads as they battle to retain their crown
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Not much happening on the refereeing front this last month. Just one game and that was touch and go. There was a layer of frost, but the morning sun and a 30 minute delay and it was game on. Unfortunately it was a game of amazing inepti- tude on the behalf of the players. Keen, but rubbish footballers - bit like the ref I hear you say. The Surrey Primary League introduced their new Referees Secretary, Scott Brundish, to their referees by inviting them to a meeting at Abbey Rangers Club- house. About a dozen or so of us turned up and it was interesting to see that there were two distinct camps. The more mature of us and the younger element. The biggest problem and paradoxically the advantage that the refs secs have with youth football, more so than with the adult game, is the variation in kick off times. The advantage is that quite often a referee will officiate more than one game a day. It sometimes appears that a referee is allocated to a pitch and he stays there whilst the youngsters come and go. Also many of the younger referees also play which although providing the refs sec with a resource, is a nightmare trying to fit in allocating them a game around their own games. With some 600 teams in the Surrey Primary League, Scott certainly has his work cut out and I wish him the best of luck. As I write this England having retained the Ashes, are about to embark on the final test at Sidney. I must confess to not being a great cricket fan. I was as a youngster not over keen on someone chucking a very hard ball at me from some 11 yards away whilst being armed with only a big stick and some flimsy padding around the lower half of my legs, which either kept slipping down and getting stuck into my instep or so tight they cut off the circulation to my feet.– this was of course pre Velcro. That doesn‘t however detract from an appreciation of the skill employed by cricketers at this level, plus it‘s always great when England win anything. One interesting incident was Ricky Ponting‘s show of dissent during the 4th test which resulted in a fine of 40% of his match fee. I‘m not sure how much Premier- ship, or any professional footballer, is fined when cautioned for dissent, but I doubt it is a much as 40% of their weekly pay. The Daily Mail featured articles from Graham Poll, David Lyoyd and Matt Daw- son each writing about dissent in their respective sport. With Football it is, unfor- tunately part and parcel of the game, and of course the tantrums at the highest level are copied on the Parks every weekend. I reckon I‘ve issued more cards for dissent than any other infringement of the Laws of the Game. Rugby still have the 10yard rule for dissent which can be very effective, as from a quick tap a side can easily concede a penalty or even a try, but they also seem to have a different mindset when it come to respect for officials. What was I thought very significant with the Ponting incident was that even with irrefutable evidence from the slow motion replay and the ―hot spot‖ he still contin- ued to argue with the officials. This really goes to show that even if we had goal line technology, players and managers would I feel still be berating the referee.
Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. Mac
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Congratulations to Howard Webb who receives the MBE in the New Year Honours List
Howard Webb admits it has been an 'amazing' year after the World Cup final referee was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List. The South Yorkshire official took charge of Spain's victory over Holland in a stormy showpiece in South Africa back in July. His appointment as the referee for football's biggest game followed on from tak- ing charge of the club game's most important match - theUEFA Champions League final between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich. The 39-year-old police sergeant, who is on a five-year break from South York- shire Police, became the first referee to be chosen to officiate at both finals in the same year. Unbelievable He said: "It has been an unbelievable 12 months and this honour tops off an amazing 2010. "It will be a real treat to go to the Palace with my wife and family and it should be a marvellous occasion." Though the Champions League final was straightforward enough with Inter win- ning 2-0, the World Cup final developed into one of the most challenging matches of Webb's refereeing career. Holland's strong-arm tactics in the 1-0 defeat against Spain led to him showing 14 yellow cards, two of those leading to a red card forEverton's Dutch de- fender Johnny Heitinga. Webb, the son of a Rotherham coal miner, took up refereeing in 1989 and refe- reed his first international match in 2005 while he was also in charge of the 2009 FA Cup final. He added: "I always say refereeing is about your team, and without the support and ability of my assistants Darren Cann and Mike Mullarkey I would not have been selected for the final, so this honour is for them too and it would be lovely if they could be recognised in a similar way at some point in the future. "I look back on the final as an amazing and memorable experience. "It was the highlight of my career and although it was a tough game to referee it will live with me forever in a very positive way. Courtesy of Sky Sport
5 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees‘ Society Well off the mark 'Official communication can help clear muddied off-side waters' Andy Gray Posted 29th October 2010 Cristiano Ronaldo's second goal for Real Madrid against Racing last week summed up the ludicrous nature of the off-side law in its present form for me. When he can stand unmarked, 35 yards beyond defenders who have pushed out, and then run legitimately onto the ball to score a goal from a position that gives him a clear, unfair advantage over the defence, then something's clearly wrong.
Put up more flags: greater communication between assistants and referees would ease controversy Such situations are ridiculous and shouldn't be allowed in our game; unfortunately the waters are now so muddied that I've yet to find a manager, player or referee who can give me a definitive definition of what is and what isn't off-side. And don't bother asking FIFA or UEFA for a clue either; they seem to be banking on coaches and players not getting upset with the present situation, which isn't any way to go forward. So long as uncertainty exists, though, you can't blame managers and players of try- ing to take advantage of them, so who knows what this weekend's Premier League fixtures hold in store? A manager is now well within his right to tell his striker 'don't worry too much about getting back on-side because if we break we'll try to play the ball down the flank and you can sneak in the way Ronaldo did and get your goal'. A manager is now well within his right to tell his striker 'don't worry too much about getting back on-side because if we break we'll try to play the ball down the flank and you can sneak in the way Ronaldo did and get your goal'. I think managers do talk about those types of tactics. I remember Sam Allardyce, for one, tried a couple of different approaches when confusion first emerged over whether a player was inactive or inactive a few years ago. I'm not saying that a wonder strike should be ruled out because somebody is stood off-side way out on the right wing. What I am saying is that if there is a guy in the width of the goal in the six-yard box and the ball goes past him into the net, I think they are entitled to be flagged off-side. If we get a situation where the ball ends up in the net and the linesman isn't sure if a player has blocked the goalkeeper's view then it takes simple communication to re- solve the issue. The linesman should put his flag up and say to his referee 'that player was stood right in the six-yard box; I flagged him because he was off-side, but it's up to you to decide if he is interfering'. On the whole I think the officials have got most of the controversial decisions right but we will continue to get goals that many people think should have been given off-side and vice-versa. Courtesy of Sky Sport
6 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees‘ Society REFEREE HOWARD WEBB TELLS BLACKPOOL TO DIVE TO GET FREE-KICKS POSTED BY ROB PARKER ON DECEMBER 24, 2010 IN: PREMIER LEAGUE, BLACKPOOL|VIEW COM- MENTS You’re not going down too easily, Seasiders
Leading Premier League referee Howard Webb has visited Blackpool to tell their players to dive more often, according to Seasiders defender Ian Evatt. The Premier League newcomers received the visit as part of an FA initiative to build better relationships between players and match officials. But the mundane meeting took a surprise twist when Webb encouraged the Blackpool squad to take a tumble if they want a free-kick. Evatt told The Mirror: ―Howard was basically here just to go over some refe- reeing decisions. ―He showed a bit of honesty and told us where we were going wrong. He spoke to me about why I didn‘t get a foul against Manchester City when Car- los Tevez caught me in the build-up to one of their goals. ―He said I was too honest and stayed on my feet. He said if I had gone down it would make the decision easier to give. ―I think that is where we are too naive. Most of us have come through the Championship – a more honest game, so to speak. ―In the Premier League, if you fall over you tend to get decisions. We are not talking about cheating, but sometimes we have to be less naive and go down under a challenge.
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At the end of the tax year, the Tax Office sent an inspector to audit the books of a local hospital. While the Tax Office agent was checking the books he turned to the CEO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use?"
"Good question," noted the CEO. "We save them up and send them back to the bandage company and every now and then they send us a free box of ban- dages."
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left over after setting a cast on a patient?"
"Ah, yes," replied the CEO, realising that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question . "We save it and send it back to the manufac- turer, and every now and then they send us a free package of plaster."
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it -all CEO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CEO. "What we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to the Tax Office, and about once a year they send us a complete dick."
Mothers in Group Therapy
A psychiatrist was conducting a group therapy session with four young Mothers and their small children. 'You all have obsessions,' he observed.
To the first mother, Mary, he said, 'You are obsessed with eating. You've even named your daughter, Candy.' He turned to the second Mom, Ann: 'Your obsession is with money. Again, it manifests itself in your child's name, Penny.' He turned to the third Mom, Kathy: 'Your obsession is alcohol. This too shows itself in your child's name, Brandy.' At this point, the fourth mother, Joyce, quietly got up, took her little boy by the hand and whispered ... 'Come on Dick, this guy has no idea what he's talking about. Lets go pick Willy up from school.'
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If you thought only footballers and their managers could speak rubbish – read on
That lowdown scoundrel deserves to Whenever I watch TV and see those be kicked to death by a jackass, and poor starving kids all over the world, I I'm just the one to do it," can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to --A congressional candidate in Texas . be skinny like that, but not with all
those flies and death and stuff." "Half this game is ninety percent men- --Mariah Carey tal."
--Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've Ozar lost a very important part of your life,"
--Brooke Shields, during an interview "It isn't pollution that's harming the en- to become spokesperson for federal vironment. It's the impurities in our air anti-smoking campaign and water that are doing it."
--Al Gore, Vice President Outside of the killings, Washington
has one of the lowest crime rates in "We've got to pause and ask our- the country," selves: How much clean air do we --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , need?" DC . --Lee Iacocca
"I've never had major knee surgery on "The word "genius" isn't applicable in any other part of my body," football. A genius is a guy like Norman --Winston Bennett, University of Ken- Einstein." tucky basketball forward. --Joe Theisman, NFL football quarter- back & sports analyst. 9 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees‘ Society
MURPHY’S MEANDERINGS 2010-11
It was my first game as a referee on the Football Combination. One of my linesmen was a person whom I knew very well as I had been out with him on numerous occasions when I was a linesman. He was a bit of a character, had a zany sense of humour and didn‘t take himself too seriously. He was, how- ever, a good linesman and his presence helped to relieve my tension.
Half an hour before the start my two linesmen and I were getting changed and for some unknown reason the changing room door was wide open. ―You don‘t want the door open, Tone,‖ said the linesman and with that swung it, quite heavily, shut. At that very moment, unbeknown to the linesman, the home Team Manager was entering our changing room from the corridor to give me his team sheet. He was not looking where he was going as he was talking to somebody in the corridor and consequently walked straight into the closing door, unfortunately turning his face towards the door just as it was about to hit him. We heard a surprised and agonised cry, followed by some profanities, and as the door swung back open saw the manager in a state of distress, holding his face, staring at us.
It was now our turn to be surprised but the linesman, undaunted, just said, ―Sorry, I didn‘t know you were there, I didn‘t hear you knock.‖ The Manager gave him a look to kill, muttered some more swear words, turned and stormed off. The Linesman shut the door, gently this time, and then, whether it was nerves or the release of tension we all started laughing and although we could see the funny side of the matter I‘m sure the Manager had other ideas.
Ten minutes later somebody else came in and gave me the team sheet and whilst, when we asked about the manager he was non-committal, he did smile. The game went very well for me but I did think that no matter what I did on the pitch my Football Combination refereeing career was over before I walked onto the pitch.
Along similar lines, I was refereeing a Football Combination match and playing for the home team was a young player who came from a footballing family and thought he knew it all. From the start he was in my ear and followed me all over the pitch. Every time he lost the ball it was a foul, he winged and moaned continuously and continually sought to give me advice. Midway through the second half the ball went out of play for a throw-in and he was again at my shoulder. ―That way,‖ I said throwing out my left arm to signal the direction of the throw and in the process catching him squarely on the nose with the back of my hand. He gave a yelp and put his hands up to his face. When he brought them down they were covered in blood. He had to go off for treatment and when he returned he avoided me. In subsequent matches he never came near me and he was never a problem again.
Tony Murphy
10 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees‘ Society Following on from my “musing” I thought these next 2 articles which I spotted in the Chiltern Referee rather apt - Mac
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The Adventures of Willy ‘The Whistler’ Woodwork A good rest during the summer and just as we have a few games under way and really get into the swing of things along comes winter and no football again. We usually know by the Wednesday that our match on the Sunday morning is going to be called off. If only they had under ground heating at Hackney Marshes! I have decided that rather than talk about my match incidents I would write a little ditty instead, I hope you enjoy it………………..
‘Ode to a football referee‘ There was a young ref called Willy Who lived quite near Piccadilly The linesman he lived near the City With whistle in hand He wasn‘t too good that‘s a pity Players didn‘t understand The ball went off for a throw And they really thought he was silly He didn‘t know which way to go To be honest his performance was I know this may sound funny shi**y But he didn‘t do it for the money It may be a surprise The ref said to the player ―No more‖ But it‘s good exercise He said ―You‘re useless‖ and then Particularly when it is sunny swore The ref said ―Now you‘ve caught The ref found the ground alright You can play with one man short‖ The home team said their kit was white ―Your behaviour is so very poor‖ The ref had a scare It‘s really not fair Number seven now he had a trick The away were team were also in white When the ball was gone he would kick It would be wrong to exaggerate The ref gave him a look But the games they always start late And put his name in the book It‘s always the same It really happened so quick. The teams never take blame Some things you can‘t compensate The game went so quick, the time flew It‘s no fun to ref in the cold And on ninety minutes the ref knew The whistle is so hard to hold Lots of things had been said It takes three days to recover Fourteen yellows and five red I‘d rather be under the duvet cover That was a lot of writing to do Must be a sign of getting old I hope that you have all enjoyed my He pointed and gave an off side poem and I would like to think I have But the forward he didn‘t abide brought a smile to your face. May I He really let loose take this opportunity to wish you all a He shouted abuse merry x-mas and happy new year. He was shown a red card and he cried Have a good rest and sharpen those pencils ready to caution those play- The shot was going wide ers very soon! But it hit the refs‘ backside It was windy and wet Regards The ball flew in the net Willy „The Whistler‟ Woodwork ―What a goal‖ the ref shouted with pride Willy Woodwork
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The Adventures of Willy ‗The Whistler‘ Woodwork (courtesy of The Normidian)
Let‘s start be by recalling the events so far – here we are at pitch 165 at Hackney Marshes the teams are Cockfosters Casuals verses Reds Rovers, the match is goal less, I have cautioned the Rovers number two and sent off the Rovers number ten and oh yes we have only played ten minutes. So here we are now in the eleventh minute and I would like to think that I am in control of things. The Rovers captain drew to my attention that the Casuals number eight had left the field of play and then returned. I thanked the player and when play next stopped I spoke to the other player. ―Did you leave the field of play without my permission". ―Yes‖ he replied. ―I had a nose bleed so I did not want to bother you so I left the pitch, stopped the bleeding and returned all with out any fuss to anybody‖. ―So you not only left the field of play without my permission but you also then re-entered the field of play without my permission plus you did not let me check to see the injury was okay and that all the blood had been wiped away. I should check everything is okay if any blood is concerned.‖ I duly produced a yellow card then I held up the card again followed by a red card. The player was furious. ―One caution I can accept but two‖. I explained ―Two infringements of law so therefore two cautions‖. I knew once again that I was correct in law to do so. A little while on I awarded a free kick to Rovers and I told the Casuals player to retreat ten yards. Only on my second request he did retreat a few more yards then he bent down to tie his shoe laces. I again requested that he should move but he continued with the laces. I produced a yellow card, ―You cannot book a player for tying his laces, unbelievable‖! I explained it was not for the laces but he was not listening. After a corner was taken a player was injured. He received treatment and I asked the player to leave the field of play. ―Ref, this is not the Premier league.‖ I replied ―No it is not but it is what the laws state‖. Little did I realize what would happen next! Another corner kick was taken and the same attacking player and the opposing goal keeper lay on the ground injured. Both required treatment and as we all know the goal keeper is not required to leave the field of play. I knew in this instance and only this instance that the out field player is not required to go off. Dissent followed with ―You are so inconsistent. One minute a player gets injured and the next minute the same player again gets injured and does not have to go off. I wish you would make your mind up Ref. You don‘t seem to know what you are doing‖. I duly cautioned the player for those comments. I was hoping by now the players had realized I would not take any dissent and only wanted to apply the law fairly and correctly. On awarding a throw on to Casuals the player took the throw and deliberately threw the ball onto an opponent‘s back then played the ball a second time. I gave an indirect free kick to the Rovers. ―What did I do wrong?‖ asked the player who took the throw. I explained he had played the ball twice. ―But it came off another player so I have not played it twice‖. I thought about what he had said. ―Okay, you are right but you threw the ball at an opponent and that is unsporting behaviour‖. The player said it was okay to throw the ball at an opponent and play the rebound. I felt the player had carried on to long so I cautioned him for dissent and restarted with a drop ball. Again I knew this was a law eighteen situation again. Well that takes us to the twenty minute mark. Was I correct for all those decisions, of course I was, and after all I am the referee so I must be correct. Lots of discussion points for you and another seventy minutes yet to go. Bet you can‘t wait to read what happened next!
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There was quite an amusing advert on the TV a while ago ( I can‟t remember what for) where a cat wearing a bell gets mixed up in a blind football match. It did make me think what it would be like to referee such a match—and then I saw this in the Chiltern Refe- ree . Mac
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The Adventures of Willy ‘The Whistler’ Woodwork—continued I have often thought that the best referees are not the ones like you and me who run around the local parks each and every week come rain or shine. Oh no, surely the best referees are the ones who stand on the terraces or sit in the stands at the league grounds and give correct decisions from seventy yards away. They are never wrong and they know all the ‗rules‘. Sadly they choose not to officiate because they are of course ‗far too busy‘, they leave the officiating to you and me, the ones who give the wrong decisions from ten yards away!
Anyhow back to Reds Rovers versus Cockfosters Casuals at Hackney Marshes on pitch 165. As Rovers took a corner I knew the importance of being in a good position to see whether or not the ball crosses the goal line and enters the goal. So I placed my- self on the goal line right besides the goal post. -o one could ever argue with me now. The kick was taken and the ball fell nicely at the feet of the Rovers forward. He shot and the ball was going wide of the goal. To my horror the ball hit my knee and entered the goal. The Rovers forward raised both arms and shouted ―Yes, goal‖. The Cockfosters players surrounded me. ―You cannot give the goal, the ball was going wide‖. Another shouted ―If you had not touched the ball it would have gone off for a goal kick‖. It seemed to make sense. I was the referee not a player and they had a valid point. I then made my decision ―No goal‖ I told them, ―It was going wide anyway‖. I had to caution two of the Rovers players for dissent and then restarted play with a drop ball. Well it did seem the fairest way to restart play. Despite my check prior to the match I noticed that one of the Cockfosters players was wearing black bicycle shorts underneath his white shorts. ―You cannot wear those‖ I told him. The player replied ―Ref, I‘ve worn them all season, you‘re the first ref to have a problem with them! Anyhow it‘s too late to change now I‘ll just roll them up instead‖. I replied ―That is the problem. I didn‘t notice them before the game because you had them rolled up but they keep rolling down. -o, you must go off and remove them‖. The player continued to show dissent and was duly cautioned. The player eventually left the pitch and took them off by the touch line. The law clearly states the under shorts must be the same main colour as the shorts. The player com- plained the changing were probably locked up and were about half a mile away. Any one who has been to Hackney marshes knows how far it is to the pitches particularly pitch number 165! I had applied the law correctly so I knew I was again correct. The match was approaching the half hour and had certainly been eventful so far but I always think back to when I originally went on the course to become a referee with those wonderful instructors Stan Rosenthal, Jeff Till and of course Keith Hiller. ―Move to the best position to give the right decision‖ and how right they were. ―Be close to play, sell your decision and give good strong signals‖. They would have been proud of me today. In the 30th minute Cockfosters were awarded a corner. Their goal keeper caught the ball and immediately kicked the ball up field. The Rovers winger was extremely fast and he seemed to be the sort of person who could run the one hundred metres in about ten seconds. He was by far the best player on the field and what ball control. He reached the ball first even though the defender was nearer to the ball. He collected the ball just in his own half and with the ball at his feet set on course to the opponents‘ goal. By now the only other out field defender had run across the pitch. He stuck his foot out and the forward fell to the ground. I remembered what Stan, Jeff and Kith had told me about a challenge being either ‗careless, reckless or excessive‘. This chal- lenge was clearly careless but these circumstances were different. I showed the de- fender the red card. ―How can you send me off for that challenge?‖ he asked. Continued on next page
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FRIDAY, 27th MAY returning to the UK on MONDAY, 30th MAY (THE WHITSUN WEEKEND).
In 2011, Woking Referees Society are intending to cross the English Channel once again to defend the trophy they won so admirably in 2009, along with the Sportsmanship Trophy they also won for the second time in a row. The latter is awarded from marks given by the Tournament match referees.
We would also like to advise you all, that we intend to make this trip more of so- cial event so that families alike can enjoy some of the local culture like funfairs, and trips on the canal etc. Obviously if there is something you would like to visit whilst in Belgium, I am sure we can cater for everyone‘s needs.
We can also, within the Society, for those members who wish to do so, run a monthly savings scheme of approximately one match fee per month. This will ensure that a lump sum payment for this trip can be avoided.
If you would like pay a visit to the land of mussels and chips, chocolate and lace in the convivial company of the Woking Referees Society then please contact Roy Butler on [email protected]
Roy
I explained to him ―It may have been only a trip but it was an obvious goal scoring op- portunity‖. The player responded ―What, a goal scoring opportunity from fifty yards!‖ I told the player ―The player has beaten you every time and no one can run faster than him, how obvious is that?‖ The defender had no answer to that and walked off the pitch. That is what the law says so I knew that I was right. What a good game I was having!
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A football hooligan appeared in court charged with disorderly conduct and assault. The arresting officer, giving evidence, stated that the accused had thrown some- thing into the canal. `What exactly was it that he threw into the canall' asked the magistrate. 'Stones, sir.'
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2010 August 9th ; Society Meeting Guest Speaker—Peter Shreeves
September 6th : Society Meeting, Guest Speaker—Jeff Pettit, Former Football League Official
October 4th : Society Meeting, Guest Speaker—Tim Lawrence, Surrey County FA Referees Development Of- ficer
November 1st : Society Meeting, Guest Speaker—Ian Blanchard, FA National Referee Manager
December 6th : Society Meeting with Christmas Raffle Guest Speaker—Lee Cable, Woking RA Member, FA Regional Referee Coach, Football League Assessor, Former Football League Referee
2011
January 16th January 5-a-side Tournament . Woking Leisure Centre 3pm—6pm
January 10th : Society Meeting, Guest Speaker— Dean Mohareb FA National Referee Manager – Workforce Subject—Confrontation
February 7th : Society Meeting, Guest Speaker—Surrey County FA Disciplinary Roadshow
March 7th : Society Meeting Guest Speaker— Keith Hackett, Former Football League Referee
April 4th : Society Meeting Guest Speaker—Martin Yerby, Premier League Assistant Referee
May 9th : Society Meeting Guest Speaker—TBA
May 27th to May 30th : Trip to Belgium
July 15th & 16th : RA Conference, Hinckley Island Hotel, Hinckley.
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Dean recently succeeded Ray Olivier as the FA National Refe- ree Manager for Workforce De- velopment, with responsibility for the training and support of the RDOs and Referee Tutors. Dean started refereeing at the age of 14 and graduated as a teacher from the University of Leeds in 2005. In the same year, through his passion for education and refereeing he became a Licensed Referee Tutor whilst working voluntarily as Academy Director at Chesh- ire FA
In December 2007 Dean left teaching to become full-time RDO at Lancashire FA, a job he absolutely loved. In 2009, with Ray Olivier and Chris Foy, Dean rep- resented The FA as a Tutor on an elite Referees course in Colombia and was a Group Tutor on the International Course at Staverton Park. Dean is currently in his first season as a Select Group Assistant Referee and his fourth as a Panel Leagues Referee. He has already taken over in the middle twice on Football League matches when the referee has been injured and earlier this season refereed Luton Town v Cambridge United in the Conference in front of over 8,000. He was appointed as AR on the 2010 FA Vase Final at Wembley (as shown in photo) and already this season has been seen on the line on tele- vised Premier League matches, including the Newcastle United v Sunderland derby where he describes the atmosphere as ‗electric‘.
Woking Referees Society warmly welcome Dean to their meeting at Meadow Sports Football Club on Monday 10th January 2011
From "You are the referee"......
"The local press have published embarrassing photos of you doing a drunken dance at a Christmas party. During your next match, the home team celebrate scoring a goal by surrounding you and doing their version of your rubbish dance. The captain is already on a yellow. What should you do?"
Brian.
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Surrey County Cups
SCFA U.18,s YOUTH CUP(SURREY) 9th January 2011 CAMBERLEY TOWN YOUTH v. KEW ASSOCIATION YOUTH. Referee:- Roy Butler
Managers Quotes
“ We develop players. WE don‟t have them growing in green houses because we don‟t have time for green houses. We're more of a mi- crowave sort of club” Eddie Boothroyd wants quick results
“I‟m not an electrician , even though they call me Sparky, but I was hoping the lights would stay off” Mark Hughes welcomes a floodlight failure at Upton Park
“I couldn‟t be more chuffed if I were a badger at the start of the mating season” Ian Holloway –student of amorous animals
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Advice on the prevention of Stalking and Harassmentment
Hamish Brown MBE
Retired Scotland Yard Detective Inspector
UK’s leading authority on stalking and harassment. Hamish has been personally requested by high profile individuals and organisations to:
Advice and Lecture on this specialist subject
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IAN WRIGHT On his first day at Palace he told me he wanted to play for England, a bold statement for someone who had just walked in off a building site. STEVE COPPELL, Crystal Palace manager, 1993 I just wish the record was going to someone else. I don't have a very high opinion of Ian Wright. JOAN BASTIN, widow of Cliff Bastin, before Wright broke his all-time Arsenal scoring record, 1997 My surname's blinding for the press. Some of the headlines write them- selves. WRIGHT, 1998 To be quite honest I have always considered Wright to be a bit of an idiot. PETER SCHMEICHEL, former adversary, in his autobiography, 1999 He would torment me the whole game. He was a right handful. Apart from being a nightmare to defend against, he gives it loads whenever he comes near you. I used to get him and Mark Bright running past me saying: 'Do you know where your missus was last night? We do - and she makes a great breakfast.' NEIL RUDDOCK, former Liverpool and Tottenham defender, 2000
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