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INSIDE THIS MONTH’S WARBLER
Page 1: Agenda Page 2 : From the Chair Page 3 : Accounts /Membership /Last months speaker Page 4 : Mac’s Musings Page 5: Fisticuffs at U11s Page 6/7/8/: How refereeing soccer made me a better doctor Page 9 : Murphy’s Meanderings Page 10: Charlton 0 Barnsley 1 - Brian Reader Page 11 : Refereeing tips and techniques - Jeff Pettitt Page 12: Wild West - Human Nature Page 13 : Plum Tree Page 14 : Be Prepared - Len Randall Page 15/16: The value of Goal Line Technology - Patrick Barclay Page 16/17 : What makes a bad tackle ? Page 18/19 : More thoughts on Goal Line Technology Page 20 : Sarah Garrett - This month’s speaker Page 21 ; Dates for your Diary Page 26/27: What would you do Answers / What would you do?
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Welcome to the November Warbler
A big thank you to Ray Olivier for being our guest speaker in October. Ray gave a great presentation on pre match and post match behavior. Ray gave us plenty to consider about what is and what is not appropriate behavior. Those present could not help but take some useful and helpful practices away with them. We look forward to when Ray is able to visit us again.
This Month we welcome Sarah Garrett. Sarah is one of our high profile lady referees operating at the most senior level. We look forward to welcoming Sarah on November 5th.
As I sit and watch Chelsea V Manchester Utd the referee has sent Torres off for a second yellow card which was for simulation. It concludes me to think two things. As a referee we must be 100% sure when cautioning for simulation. We are saying you cheated or have tried to cheat. Consider your action if a player calls you a cheat, so when cautioning for simulation be sure you know what you have seen. The second thought is one of split second decision-making. I would love to jump on the bandwagon and castigate the referee with my 3 dif- ferent views and slowed down action showing that contact was made and probably the decision should have gone for Torres. I have to accept and un- derstand the referee only has one view and sees it only once. Remember when you are out there in the thick of it you only get one view so when we watch TV we should always go with our first decision and live or die by that. I for one am glad all my decisions are not dissected from five different angles and have the utmost respect for those that contend with this every time they enter the field of play.
Just another thought that I have had this month and I don’t think it will ever change but I will pose he question. If clubs are going to have in their rules and if they are going to print in their programmes, that if spectators use offensive or racist language they will be removed from the ground. So perhaps some one could tell me why this just doesn’t happen. Until clubs impose their own rules we will never kick this out of the game.
I look forward to seeing you all at the November meeting.
Yours in sport Vince
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From the Treasurer / Membership Secretary
2012 Current Status General £1,294.55 Supplies £271.95
Belgium £0.00
Youth Fund £113.50 Total £1,680.00
012/13 Membership As at 20th October
65 Full Members 6Friends 2 Affiliate Members
Last month’s meeting saw the welcome return of Ray Olivier along with the dele- gates of the current batch of “Wannabe Refs “ Ray was, as before, his usual effervescent self and we all enjoyed his presenta- tion and acting skills. I’m sure the guys on the refs course realty got a lot out of it. Those of us who are a bit longer in the tooth no doubt recognised the characters played out in excel- lent fashion by Ray and his colleagues. I particularly enjoyed the Ref concerned only for his marks and warning the newly qualified assistant not to mess up and make any contentious decisions. In fact don’t make any decisions at all. And as for the “old” assistant, - brilliant—we’ve all come across them. Been round the block and back, and know every dodge in the book. I don’t know who wrote the script, or even if there was one, but it was very well done.
Ray gets a cuddle from Vince Future Howard Webbs ?
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In last month’s Warbler I was remarking upon the odd occasion when a spectator calls the Referee or club assistant “cheat”. Well blow me down the very next game the linesman, who was having very good game, flagged for an offside. He had been following my instructions and waiting to see where the ball went, and to whom before raising the flag. On this occasion after I’d blown the whistle, he called me over and claimed that one of the supporters had called him a cheat. There were only a few parents present (U18s) so he was easily identifiable. I called the manager over and said to them both that if I was called over again by my linesman, the offender would be watching the rest of the game from his car. Possibly a bit difficult as the car park was behind the clubhouse and not in view of the pitch but you get my drift. I’m not sure of the actual legality of this as I had- n’t actually heard the guy, but he certainly didn’t deny the fact and apologised to myself and the linesman. The game continued without further incident, but I did add a comment in my match report to the league. At the end of the game, another spectator wandered over and explained that he was currently on the referees course and wanted to know what had happened and what I had said, which I duly did. He was also interested to know why I had made a certain decision in the last few minutes of the game. The blues were 2— 1 down and I had awarded them a free kick just inside the reds half. The ball was lobbed into the penalty area and two players jumped for the ball and the red de- fender fell down holding his head, the ball was cleared but as the lad was still down, I blew up. At this point the blues kicked the ball back and the reds goal- keeper picked it up. The red defender got back to his feet and said he was ok. At this point I noticed that the ‘keeper was busy placing the ball ready for a free kick. Now I hadn’t blown for a foul, but for a potential head injury so the correct re -start was a dropped ball about a third of the way up the pitch, but the consensus from the players, well the keeper anyway, seemed to be that the whistle was for the former. I was about to explain it was a dropped ball, but realised that if I did, the blues would no doubt kick it back to the keeper and the ball would end up precisely where it was now and more time would be taken up. So I just let them get on with it. I explained this to the gentleman, whose son was apparently playing and was himself a qualified ref, that sometimes it’s easier and causes less controversy to just go with the flow. It’s the same when the ball goes out of play and you’re not too sure who had the last touch. Often it’s prudent to wait a few seconds to see what the players reaction is. Obviously there are those players who will claim for every ball, even when it’s blatantly obvious it’s not theirs, but surprisingly often one player or players will run back into position leaving the ball for their oppo- nents. You will find a couple of articles in this edition that I found regarding goal line technology, one of which argues that if the players were honest then would we need it? But then again, players may honestly believe they’ve seen the ball go over the line, just like us referees honestly believe what we’ve seen, even though the cameras may show something different, just like Mark Clattenberg’s dis- missal of Torres.? Happy whistling Mac
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Assistant ref 'punched dad' at Crawley under-11 football tie
POLICE were called to a children's football match after an assistant referee was accused of punching an irate parent in the face. He is reported to have flipped after being called a cheat by the dad, having disal- lowed a goal. Sunday's match, between Oakwood Youth and Crawley United's under-11 teams, had to be stopped for ten minutes while the referee restored order. A row at the pitches off Tinsley Lane started after the linesman, who was an Oakwood parent, flagged a Crawley United goal offside. He is alleged to have been met with a "barrage of abuse" and responded by throwing the punch. A Sussex Police spokeswoman said: "Police were called to a children's football match at Oakwood Football Club, following a report that a 41-year-old man had been assaulted by the linesman. "Officers arrived shortly before 1pm and the incident appeared to have been re- solved. "The injured man declined medical attention." Nobody was arrested but Sussex County FA are to investigate the incident. A match report was published after the game on the FA's website by Oakwood Youth U11 manager Alan Street. In it he said: "During the fixture with Crawley United there was a physical alterca- tion with the linesman (an Oakwood FC parent) and a parent from Crawley United. "The linesman was subjected to a barrage of verbal abuse and being called a cheat having given a goal offside." Children from both teams were taken to the opposite side of the pitch while ten- sions were calmed. The referee and both teams' managers eventually agreed to continue the match, with a new assistant referee taking over. Both sets of parents were separated and moved further back from the pitch. As the game was being played, one spectator, Nick Brown, wrote on Twitter: "I'm at a youth game at Oakwood and the game has been stopped because the lines- man just punched a dad. It's a U11 game." A Sussex County FA spokesman said the incident will be investigated and charges brought, if necessary, once the referee's report has been received. Football clubs playing within the Sussex County Football Association are asked to adhere to The FA's Respect code of conduct for spectators and parents. This includes "always respecting the match officials' decisions" and "never en- gaging in, or tolerating, offensive, insulting or abusive language or behaviour". Parents are warned they could be banned from attending future games if they do not abide by the code. The FA or Sussex County FA could also impose a fine or suspension on either club. The game finished without further incident with Crawley United winning 3-0.
Crawley News - Chris Bellinger
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How refereeing soccer made me a better doctor Doctors are deeply invested in the myth of their infallibility. Once I began refe- reeing my son's league, I saw the error of my ways This is the time of year I get ready to precept a group of third-year medical stu- dents. We have four weeks together on the medicine wards, and while they constantly worry about the facts, I worry about how they think. Teaching my students clinical reasoning means helping them harness their most powerful diagnostic tool – their ability to communicate effectively and compassionately. Better communication not only betters health, especially for people with chronic illnesses, but also makes doctoring more satisfying. Medical schools have developed a host of innovative programs to improve this skill, but as far as I know, none has proposed my fantasy solution – asking stu- dents to trade their white coats and stethoscopes for striped shirts and whis- tles, so they can referee soccer. Though this may seem strange, I have learned over the years that good refereeing is a lot like good medicine. Soccer was my game growing up, and when my son joined a local youth team, it rekindled my fervor. A full-time medical practice left me little time to coach, so refereeing became my way to watch him play and inoculate him against my touchline antics. The fact that it improved my doctoring came as a surprise. A game is alive; it is moving and pulsating, and there is the ever-present dan- ger of injury. In the midst of all this is the referee, singularly bestowed with the duty to "enforce the laws of the game". Some of the laws are direct and quanti- fiable – a pressure gauge can verify proper ball inflation. Others, as when, pre- cisely, does a player in an offside position become active, are delphically ab- struse. Most are neither, but all require constant vigilance and split-second judgments. The art of refereeing, like the art of medicine, requires not just a thorough knowledge of the laws but the craft to intervene wisely. I am not shy about making decisions – few doctors are – but stopping play for every misdemeanor destroys the flow and frustrates players and parents. Some of my son's team- mates still wish that for my first few games, I had a whistle inscribed with "first do no harm". The laws also dictate that as referee, I have "full authority" and that my deci- sions "are final". They do not, however, suggest reciting this to players un- happy with those final decisions, unless resentment is the objective. When I see a colleague do just that, I wish I could whisper what I was taught at my first refereeing class: while the laws cede us full authority, they also prescribe that, during play, our status is the same as a goal post. The referee is part of the field, in service to the players who are there to have safe, competitive fun. This is familiar to me. In my office, I make diagnoses and prescribe treatments, yet it is my patients who must undergo tests, digest pills, and heal their wounds. Disease is not about the doctor, in some of the same ways that the game is not about the referee. We are sheltered in some midway place – a limbo of neither true observers, nor full participants. Doctors and referees must also continually balance authority, the right to order and be obeyed, with autonomy, the right of a patient, player or spectator to do what they wish: a task made even more challenging by the press of constant decision-making and the desire for irreproachable accuracy.
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Under these conditions, even innocuous questions can become the affront that leads to wielding a yellow card or writing a prescription with the admonition to "just take this". I want my students to be conscious of these pressures to avoid the path of least resistance that decays compassion and turns the tools of au- thority into cudgels of power. Clear communication and respect helps, at least until the first mistake. A mis- take changes everything. As a rule, we doctors do not embrace mistakes naturally. Our training deifies perfection, and I see that my students are its newest disciples well before they have even touched their first patient. Mistakes seed shame and defensiveness that crystallize into arrogance, transforming the doctor from ally to adversary. Add to this the way the most vulnerable often need to believe that their doctors are infallible, and suddenly, mistakes become cataclysmic. Refereeing has been my laboratory for learning how to uncouple fallibility from failure. I approach each game like a student preparing for rounds – dutifully re- reading the laws of the game, scouring "you are the ref"-like websites for an- swers to staggeringly improbable scenarios, and making sure my contact lenses are in. Sacraments which I hope will help me be rewarded for my accuracy, but chastened by the knowledge that, without fail, I will make mistakes. All will be public and many will be sharply pointed out to me by both the players and their supporters. In addition, unlike my office where patients and their families bear some unspoken natural belief in my precision, the pitch is a mirror universe where even the right calls can meet with rebuke. At first, this led to forays into self-pity over the injustice of how could I always be wrong. This lasted almost a full season until a professional tower crane operator liberated me from my indignation. My accidental emancipator came up to me after a game to tell me that, even from where he stood, at the other end of the pitch, it was obvious that the ball had fully crossed the goal line into the net; my failure had denied his son a sure goal. I left the pitch astounded, but soon began to assess the geometry: what is the angle of view for a man, approximately 6ft tall and 80 yards away? Could his eyes actually have discriminated between the ball and line? Thankfully, before excavating my old math textbook, I realized that my determination to comfort myself had just given me a lift up to a perch overlooking my own magical think- ing. Checklists, proper positioning, better concentration or whatever new strat- egy I might dream up … none could never make me error-free. Mistakes are more than inevitable; they are part of the basic currency of human relations. Their pain and the recognition of a shared vulnerability can be a connection more intimate, perhaps, than shared joy . This realization freed me from both the sideline clamor and my fantasy of per- fect accuracy. It became clear that the fullest expression of authority depends more upon a facility to address mistakes than a fidelity to precision. Without that, it just becomes the use of force. And though it was still agonizing, when I had to face my son's team and apologize for denying them the stone-cold pen- alty that could have helped them win, this new understanding bolstered my abil- ity to do it without fear or shame and with a full heart. Continued
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Recently, I took this lesson I learned on the pitch into my office. I failed to diag- nose temporal arteritis, a common and potentially devastating illness, in a patient I have cared for since starting my practice. When I sat with him to talk about it, clenched arms and a taut gaze spoke of deep anger and disappointment in me. The disappointment was more unsettling than any distant thought I had then about a possible malpractice suit or losing him as a patient. I knew from my refereeing that listing excuses – like how atypical it was to have temporal arteritis without fevers, or weight loss or abnormal blood tests – was irrelevant; the truth was, I had not even considered the diagnosis. Without equivocation, I said that I made a mistake and knew it was damaging. I acknowl- edged that he might never be able to trust me again because my failure might haunt him. I silently confessed that it would haunt me, too. We spoke for some time and I answered his questions as best I could. After part- ing, I was shaken but also comforted by an unexpected realization: the direct ac- knowledgement of my error was as important as any medication in healing my patient. Some doctors rate their success by the number of famous patients they treat, or the rare illnesses they have diagnosed, but for me, I count that moment with my patient as one of my real successes. Refereeing illuminated the path that brought me to this broader understanding of what good medicine and good care means. So, this year, though I won't take my students onto the pitch, one goal of mine will be to make them better at making mistakes, too. Courtesy of The Guardian and spotted by Mal Davies
Actual transcripts from Law Trials
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? A: All of them, all my autopsies are usually performed on dead people.
Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to? A: Oral.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m. Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time? A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? A: No. Q: Did you check for blood pressure? A: No. Q: Did you check for breathing? A: No. Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? A: No. Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor? A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. Q: But could the patient have still been alive, never the less? A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.
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MURPHY’S MEANDERINGS
Just recently I read an article entitled “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” and it took me back to the early days of my refereeing career when I first heard it said. I was attending a South of the Thames referees meeting where some referees, includ- ing the Training Officer, were taking the mickey out of another referee who had turned up at a game without any socks. It transpired that his wife packed his bag each week and on this occasion she had forgotten to put any socks in. “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” said the Training Officer, “And make sure you and no- body else, packs your bag in future.”
Have you seen the latest advert on television involving Stuart Pearce where he volleys a football into the stomach of the opera singer and the last pictures you see is of Stuart Pearce celebrating and the opera singer writhing on the floor in pain? Regardless of what you think of the product what do you think of the ad- vert. Perhaps I’m getting old but personally I don’t think it’s very funny at all in fact, I think it’s a little bit sick. For several years the Football Association have been promoting a campaign called “Respect” which has had limited success de- pending on whom you believe but which I think everybody agrees has struggled quite badly. The Football Association have now allowed one of their senior mem- bers to appear in a national advert where he shows no respect for another indi- vidual and, not only assaults him, but celebrates when he does it. If any player did on the field of play what Stuart Pearce did in the advert he would be sent off immediately. Does this advert send out the right message regarding respect? By allowing this advert do the Football Association really understand what respect means and does this advert bring their integrity into doubt? As for Stuart Pearce, you don’t get given the nickname “Physcho” without reason.
When I became a referee in 1965 my Training Officer, a Football League lines- man, seemed to have a saying for most things and several stuck with me throughout my refereeing career. He was very insistent that the most important Law of Football was not in the Laws of the Game. It was what he called the un- written Law Nineteen, the Law of Common Sense. There were many cases where the Laws did not make sense and were contradictory or special circum- stances occurred and therefore he felt that common sense was very important.
Go out with twenty two players and try to come back with twenty two and use the caution wisely. Remember that a caution is half a sending off and if a player should commit another cautionable offence he must be sent off. Never be afraid to talk to players, he said, as an early chat could save a problem later and maybe an early bath. On foul and abusive language, which we knew then as swearing or bad language, he was quite straightforward, if a player swore then treat it as industrial language but never ignore it and always try to control it. If, however, a player swore at you, you had no option but to dismiss him from the pitch. Throughout my career I always tried to follow these edicts and I’m pleased to say they never let me down.
Tony Murphy
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CHARLTON 0 BARNSLEY 1 As I am currently out of action injured, I went to see this match. I have fol- lowed Charlton all my life since my Dad took me to my first match in the 1950s when they played a Blackpool team including Stanley Matthews. On getting to The Valley, I immediately noticed from the programme that the senior assistant referee would be a certain M Webb. My seat was right by the tunnel, so I was able to get to the front to shout to him to “have a good one” when the officials came out for their pre-match warm-up. I have never before seen this include a kick-about in one of the goals! Charlton did not play well, and it was generally agreed by fans in the Royal Oak afterwards that Barnsley were the stronger team and deserved to win. Just one so-called controversial incident – during the second half a Charlton player went down in the Barnsley penalty area and there was a loud appeal for the penalty from players and fans alike. – ref turned it down, no foul. My seat was plumb in line with the edge of the penalty area, seven rows back, with a good view, and it was pretty obvious even to me that the ref got it right. No one around me agreed! I did not really see much of Webby – he was at the other end of the ground on the same side of the pitch as me. All three officials were roundly booed as they left the pitch – quite undeservedly.
Brian Reader
More Legal stuff
Q: How old is your son, the one living with you? A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. Q: How long has he lived with you? A: Forty-five years.
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning? A: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?' Q: And why did that upset you? A: My name is Susan.
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice,which I sent to your attorney? A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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IMPROVING REFEREEING PERFORMANCES - TIPS ON USEFUL TECHNIQUES
byJeff Pettitt
Credible decision-making is one of the keys to successful refereeing. There should be no surprises. Whether you give a goal, a card, a penalty or a throw in, both teams should regard it as a reasonable decision. Of course one team will have a bit of a moan - they always do. But no real injustice is felt and soon enough everyone gets on with the game. Sometimes you will make a decision that you think is right. But there are imme- diate strange reactions from everyone nearby. For one team, it's a case of "That's a bit of an unexpected bonus: we feel a bit guilty about taking advantage of it. But we're due a bit of luck, so we'll keep quiet and take it". For the other team, it's outrage. You might have been right. But you've given them a surprise. And you might very well have got it wrong. You see on your TV referees at the top of the game making mistakes. So you can make them too. How do you re- spond when it happens? During the game, you must get over it very quickly. Psychologists say that you've got to put a poor decision in a box in your mind, close the lid on the box and push it away into the distance: don't let it distract you as you get on with the rest of the game. Remember that you're only human: the beauty of being hu- man is that you're perfectly imperfect. Players and club officials don't seem to cotton on to the fact that you're human, that you'll make mistakes and that the normal reaction of someone who has made a mistake is to try to put things right. You know that you must resist the urge to put a mistake right. But an astute team manager really should encour- age his players to get every advantage that they can by being nice to you. How- ever, that never happens. Players and club officials will always get on your case. In these days of the "Respect Programme", you should think about using the skipper of the aggrieved team to explain that you have a Golden Rule that says "I only give what I see: if I don't see it, I don't give it". You must also make it clear to the players and to the club officials that if they don't like what you've given, they shouldn't assume that you'll become an easy touch for the rest of the game. You will have to step up to the plate and sort out the dissent very robustly. Keep them off your back and keep a lid on the match. After the game, please don't simply write it off as one of those things. Fetch that box back and lift the lid. Ask yourself tough questions like "Why didn't I see it?" and "What can I do next time to ensure that I do see it?" Look diligently at your positioning, fitness, awareness and courage. Almost certainly, one or more of them will form part of the answers. Close the lid on the box for the final time and push it well away: never punish yourself as if you're some piece of human waste. After all, it's just a mistake - no -one's lost their life. You don't become a bad referee just because of one mis- take! Spotted in the Capital Referee. Thanks to Paul Gorringe for the copy
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'WILD .WEST* writes a bit about human nature ! Gary Neville not only appears to have slotted in nicely at SKY but has also donated some thoughts to 'The Mail on Sunday'. The Press tends to print such stuff without it ever being very clear if the football or ex- footballer actually wrote it (probably not) or dictated it to a journalist (possibly not) or if said journalist produiced the finished article after a 'long chat' with the newly hired hand. One of Gary's revelations (my word, not his !) was that when he was still a player (in fact it must have been quite some time ago) at the Theatre of hairdryers, the well known referee Graham Poll (Thing from Tring) was invited to address all the first team squad. Graham mentioned that if any player gave him a rough time in one game he would be unlikely to be 'smiled upon* in the next game with the same referee. This 'revelation' apparently shocked several Man U. lads to their very core. Which does not say much for their basic intelli- gence, does it ? In any walk of life if someone sets out to give you a hard time (Second Law of Physics) there will probably be an Equal and Oppo- site Reaction. You can tell me as much as you like that we ought not to behave in that way but so long as we are human we are fairly sure and able to display what is usually called HUMAN NATURE. In fact that is the very way that most players behave towards their opponents, isn't it, in fact they are slightly more inclined to 'get their retaliation in first 1. I even think that any referee wanting to mske sure his own reputation does not suffer would be some sort of a fool if he never 'carried over1 anything he had learned about a particular player and his attitude from a previous game. 'Forewarned is forearmed'. That does not mean pre-judging neces- sarily, but it does mean 'being aware'. At the top of our game players will seek to gain every advantage possible, legal and otherwise, and even with 4, 5 or even 6 pairs of eyes watching what is happening (or trying to) the game is so fast and occasionally an area is so crowded as to allow genuine mayhem to exist for an instant, long enough to affect a result. The rewards for success as so great that without labelling anyone as an out-and-out cheat there will always be someone 'seeking to take advan- tage1. I recall that Don Revie and his Leeds United team used to send someone to watch their next referee if he had a midweek game prior to their Saturday game. Surely they were not simply doing that to appreciate the finer points of his technique ? I understand that dossiers were com- piled as to where each referee stood or corner kicks, etc.
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Thus allowing the players to be told what they might be likely to get away with, or something like that ! It is only one small step from that to thoroughly understanding that referees must also have and use their memories, good, bad and indifferent. Mike Stobbart assured me that the higher one goes the more the players know EXACTLY what they are do- ing, all the time. Plus of course the 'chat1 gets more meaningful, the "well done, ref" to lull you into a false sense of security, or to convince you what a fine sportsman this particular player is. Would players gain any- thing if they were offered some sort of fairly simple psychology course? Cyril West
Optimist of the Week
A football fan has blamed a match referee for damage to his car. He told his in- surance company, "The referee was rubbish. It was never a penalty. I was so gutted that I kicked the car." He said a crowd of other fans then joined in, caus- ing further damage. "The referee was definitely responsible for damage” said the fan. Details of his claim were revealed by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association Spotted in the Chiltern Referee ( no wonder insurance premiums are so high)
Surrey U18s Youth Cup Ottershaw F C v Tongham Youth F C Referee: Bill Collis
Surrey U16s Youth Cup Camberley Town Youth F C v Whyteleafe Youth F C Referee: Bill Collis.
Saturday Intermediate Cup Elm Grove Seniors FC First V Bagshot FC First 10/11/2012. Referee ; Tony Price
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Be Prepared. But how much?
We have heard that Pier-Luigi Collina used to prepare meticulously for his matches. He made detailed studies of the teams, their players and the tactics. We are told that other referees of great repute do much the same. How many times have you heard "Fail to prepare and prepare to fail"? I will challenge this - up to a point. By all means ensure you know where you are going for your future matches; work out the route and how long you should allow yourself to get there. Talk in advance to any colleagues who will be officiating with you to start building that teamwork and camaraderie. Get your full kit with necessary spares together well in advance of departure, and then double-check. Where I beg to differ is on the value of using history - often anecdotal, sometimes apocryphal - to guess what will happen in your coming fixture. At the top of the game there is ample documentary evidence of how teams might play, who the key players are and what their track records are. Then the manager, unexpect- edly, changes the squad and plays a 4-4-2 instead of 4-3-3 deciding that this match needs a more defensive approach. The thug who normally plays in mid- field is surprisingly replaced by a new 19-year-old. What then? All your detailed preparation is for nothing. Who now knows how the game will go? It might never have gone as predicted anyway. Where most of my readers officiate, there is little solid 'data'. Reputations and his- tory are mainly by word of mouth in the pub, at the local Referee's Society, per- haps a few words in the local paper or sometimes on a club or league website. This is an unreliable guide as to what you, the referee, need to prepare for. The Division 7 league table as of last week is often an unreliable guide as to form. Who knows who will get out of bed in time for next Sunday's game or how many 'ringers' each team will recruit? Towards the end of my serious refereeing days - soon after referees' dress changed from plus-fours and a flat cap to a black uniform - I had a fixture in Berk- shire with a team that was hosting opponents based in East London. The latter had a 'reputation', managed - as they were at the time - by a win-at-all-costs ma- niac. Let's say it came to my attention that their last game had been abandoned by the referee after 60 mins for unruliness. Visits and payments to the FA by this team were rumoured to be accepted as hazards of the trade. So what happened in this match that I travelled to with so much foreboding? The away team played like gentlemen; their manager was all sweetness and light and they gracefully drew 3-3 and thanked me afterwards for my usual impeccable per- formance. The home team finished the game with 9 players and several others who would be contributing to the FA's coffers. So much for reputations then! So I urge my colleagues to go to matches in good time with a complete kit and an open mind. Don't carry prejudices and preconceptions about what might happen - it might not. Stay vigilant for the unexpected and worry less!
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Patrick Barclay Continues to Doubt the Value of Goal Line Technology Interestingly enough, the powerful Premier League is especially keen to go ahead with GLT. Fans have always liked the idea and it has become apparent that match officials are behind it too. You may be wondering what all the fuss is about, for American sports pioneered the technological assistance that has since spread to tennis and such hitherto arch-conservative team sports as rugby and cricket. The legions of Europe's soccer au- dience, so used to watching the match officials of the NFL - looking like ageing Juven- tus supporters in their black and white stripes. But they were so clearly respected - sig- nalling for replays of close calls - and they left us wondering why our referees could not call on similar assistance on whether the ball had crossed the line.
We all knew why Sepp Blatter, the long-serving president of FIFA, initially opposed it. Quite apart from his almost quaint regard for the preservation of the "human factor", he feared any interruption to a game whose allure depended on continuity. Yet, almost mi- raculously, he is convinced that the two systems bidding for acceptance (Ed. Hawkeye and Goalref) will have an instant effect in the form of a beep or buzz in the referee's ears. To the delight of English and other associations - for historical reasons, the British have four seats on the IFAB, as many as the rest of the world combined - the spirit is embracing the times it has come to dominate.
So everyone's happy, right? I recently met Michel Platini, who is president of UEFA and strongly tipped to succeed Blatter in 2015. He shook his head firmly at the very notion of technology in soccer and insisted that the game was about to make an "historic mistake". I agree with him, not for the reasons he gives, which are that the game must always be controlled by humans - I would go further than the IFAB intends to go without breaking this principle - but because GL.T will change the game for ever by creating a thirst for exactitude that can never be quenched. The debate thus far has been almost unbelievably superficial. No one ever seems to take into account the tiny proportion of issues that require technology other than plain television. Few Europeans can remember the last goal-line decision that television could not resolve because it took place in 1966, when an assistant referee ruled that a shot by England's Geoff Hurst had crossed the line against West Germany in the World Cup Final. Since then, there have been injustices that television has rendered blatant, such as the drive by another Englishman, Frank Lampard, that came down from the German crossbar in the most recent World Cup two years ago and fell nearly a metre over the line before spinning out and being denied because neither the referee' nor his assistants had a clear view.
According to Blatter, that put GLT. which he had previously opposed, back on the agenda; hence the process leading to the IFAB meeting. But the Lampard incident, however regrettable, was not the only denial of justice that day. Argentina scored a goal against Mexico that was offside by an even greater margin than Lampard's was over the line. If GLT had been in operation, the English would have got what they deserved an.d the Mexicans been left furiously to ask why technology applied to one aspect of soccer but not another that comes more frequently into play.
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That is why ! have always argued, and a growing body of opinion has come to agree, that simple televisual assistance for referees would be infinitely more effective than GLT in bringing the game up to date with the expectations of its audience. Flatini has his own views. The French legend prefers to station additional assistant refe- rees on the goal-line, pointing out that they can help in ways technological devices di- rected only at the goals cannot. But my method would be to restore the original, 140-yr old balance between the referee and the spectator. When the rules were first put in order by English pioneers in the latter half of the 19th century, both relied on the naked eye. The invention of TV changed nothing, because for many years soccer was low on it list of priorities. Only in the boom of soccer and TV over the past 20 years, as the game has become subject to constant replay and analy- sis, has the referee's occasional misjudgement turned into a matter of certainty. Even the latest such controversy involved, as Platini pointed out after England's match against Ukraine, hardly ever had to do whether the ball simply crossed the line. If the referee had the same extra eye as the spectator - if his principal assistant was watching TV and in touch by earphone - we would have a level playing field and a rea- sonable chance of justice for all. Instead, we are having the relative irrelevance of GLT. Why? We're told that sponsors are queuing to pay for it because they can see the future potential in a game that has sol itself to technology and cannot envisage life without this new drug. This is an "historic mistake" all right and even Platini cannot save us from it. I fear soccer will never be the same again.
(Ed. Patrick is one of England's most experienced soccer writers and has covered the game for every broadsheet newspaper. You can follow him on Twitter@paddybarclay)
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Q&A: So what makes a bad tackle? By Claire Heald BBC News Online
Premier League managers are in critical form after some controversial decisions in recent matches. Jonjo Shelvey's tackle for Liverpool against Manchester United on Sunday earned a sending-off while David Luiz's challenge for Chelsea against Stoke re- sulted in just a booking. Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers thought the decision to send his man off was harsh, while Stoke boss Tony Pulis was incensed that Luiz managed to stay on the pitch . So what constitutes a bad tackle? Head of Premier League referees Mike Ri- ley explains.
Where's the line between a decent challenge and a sending-off offence? Effectively there are four types of challenge - firstly a correct tackle, where the player fairly wins the ball and there is no impact on their opponent, the vast ma- jority of challenges.
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A small element are careless - the player makes a legitimate attempt but either in their timing or the skill of the opponent, they foul the other player and a free kick is given. If the tackle is reckless in nature, the player is booked, a yellow card is given. If a player endangers the safety of their opponent, it's a red card, a sending-off. A tackle happens in a blink of an eye and in that second, the referee must con- sider lots of factors. Was it careless? Did the player show a lack of regard for his opponent's safety? Or did he use excessive force? There is also the state of the pitch, the conditions and the state of the game.
What makes a red card tackle stand out? The advice to players is to be mindful of their responsibilities towards an oppo- nent and beware that if they commit to a tackle, at speed, with intensity, with two feet off the ground, they run the risk of being sent off. The advice from referees and assistants to players is to put themselves in their opponent's place and ask: "Can I make this challenge without having an ad- verse effect on my opponent?" Referees look for the intensity, and the physical contact that's made.
What about the angle of the tackle, if the player wins the ball, if studs are up or down? The angle is not important, it's the degree of intensity and contact made. And a player could win the ball with one foot and still endanger their opponent with the other. A decade ago, if a player won the ball, the tackle could be seen as legitimate, but now the emphasis is on the safety of the players. The number of free-kicks given has declined in Premier League games and is amongst the lowest per game of any major league worldwide. With studs, almost by definition, if a player is going into a tackle two-footed, air- borne, their studs raised, then they cannot control their velocity and risk a red card.
How do referees try to ensure uniformity across the league? At the start of every season the Professional Game Match Officials - the body which runs refereeing in England - visit clubs and go through examples of con- troversial incidents. They tell players and management staff that if players commit to a challenge at speed with both feet off the ground they risk a red card. If there is a spate of controversial decisions, the PGMO comes together with the PFA and LMA and re-issues the guidelines on what is an acceptable challenge - to try to reach a common understanding and interpretation of the rules. The "select group" of the Premier League's 16 referees and 30 assistant refe- rees meet every two weeks to review and discuss incidents. Their performance is also reviewed using a post-match analysis computer system.
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More thoughts on GLT and beyond from “Bleacher Report” via Mal Davies (abridged)
Criticized and ridiculed on Twitter by players and fans, frequently put down by managers and under constant scrutiny from every conceivable television cam- era angle, the life of an English football referee can be a tough one. Andre Marriner, Phil Dowd, Martin Atkinson and Howard Webb are just a few of the officials who regularly incur the wrath of almost every Premier League man- ager, from Tony Pulis and David Moyes to Alan Pardew and, of course, Sir Alex Ferguson. ( and Brendan Rodgers Ed) Overblown criticism of Premier League referees is predicated upon the assump- tion that there was once a "golden age" of refereeing. And that what we have witnessed is a continual slide downwards in the standard of officialdom. This is, of course, completely absurd. There never has been a golden age of refereeing: Mistakes have always been made, and in fact, refereeing is probably at the highest standards there has ever been. However, rising standards have been completely overtaken by technology and the increased speed of the game. Instant replays from every conceivable angle, which the referee ironically has no access to, can now be used to lambast a referee from the comfort of a half time studio. Gamesmanship and cheating are also on the increase, making the game harder for a referee. It's conveniently overlooked that it is the players who have primary responsibility to ensure the game is played in the proper manner, not the referee. And this is where referees are let down by the media. Pundits consistently ignore diving, gamesmanship and cheating by the players to focus on the referee's performance in order to look like serious analysts with criticisms and to avoid embarrassment when they meet the professionals they should have criticized outside the game. Referees are the convenient punchbag for Premier League managers, media and biased fans. It conveniently deflects attention from their own shortcomings or acceptance of losses. Moreover, the bullying and intimidation of referees has gotten steadily worse. It is the norm nowadays to see a player or manager scream a load of expletives in an official's face with no action taken against them. Some managers even start their mind games in the press before a ball has been kicked. They need to be as tough as old boots. They need to have iron constitution, nerves of steel and the ability to keep a cool head in the face of opposition from tens of thousands of screaming fans. Not even the most ardent of referee-basher can suggest that refs have an easy job, not least given the levels of deliberate cheating they have to factor in to making every decision. They have a thankless job, and there will always be someone or the other they have upset. Sometimes, it's everyone.
Of course, this isn't to say that all referee errors should be overlooked and for- given.
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Referees are on the pitch to do a certain job, and while overblown criticism is over the top, the impact their decisions have on a game certainly cannot be ignored.
Of course, everyone knows what is lacking in football now: technology. The difference between football and EVERY other sport that uses technology is that football is a fluid game that does not have frequent natural breaks in the way that tennis, cricket, American Football, rugby, etc. all have. How often have we heard a referee praised or criticized because he did or did- n't "allow the game to flow"? It's fundamental to the popularity of the sport. Stopping the game every now and then to review decisions that may or may not have been given does not seem logical. Whether the ball crossed the line or not requires no interpretation. It is some- thing that can be measured with 100-percent accuracy on almost every occa- sion. But whether or not an incident warrants a penalty or a red card is com- pletely subjective. Technology cannot provide an immediate "yes or no" an- swer and would only serve to slow down the game without completely eradi- cating the controversy caused by differing interpretations.
Talking about additional help for the referees, they could easily benefit from an additional 22 assistants, who are even closer to play than those on the touch- line: the players. Mistakes are part of any game. Technology will never eliminate them as we see quite regularly from cricket; what is lacking is player honesty. It is probably unfashionable to place blame on players, but it would make the lives of referees much easier if players stopped cheating and trying to con the referee. The number of times that players deliberately try to fool the referee by diving, holding their faces when they haven't been touched, appealing for things they know are not theirs and secretively holding onto the shirts of an opponent, means that a referee has far more to do than if the players behaved honorably. If the players merely behaved properly, the referee would have less to do and therefore would get more things right, and technology would perhaps not be needed. Relatively few refereeing decisions go unquestioned by the players on the pitch. There's hardly a free-kick or throw-in decision that goes uncontested. The players apply all the gamesmanship they can muster all the time. The offense of unsportsmanlike conduct is almost never applied in such cir- cumstances. Referees are under enough pressure as it is, and this is unscru- pulously exploited by the players.
Sometime in the next 50 years or so, players will have technology in their shirts, boots, and hair bands. There will be big screens which will instantly blow shrill whistles if the player is a millimeter offside. The possible trajectory of a tackle will be projected, the intent of players analyzed, and decisions made based on that.
Until then, we will have to live with our human referees.
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Sarah Garrett Sarah will be discussing “incidents around the penalty area”
Respect is due for all refs - Worcester News ……….March 2011
DURING a week when referees have been under intense scrutiny, it was inter- esting to note the reaction to Sarah Garratt at the weekend. The official took charge of Worcester City’s 1-1 draw at Corby Town in Blue Square Bet North on Saturday. There is nothing strange about that and, before I get tarred with the Andy Gray brush, I am not about to question her competence. It was the level of dissent towards Garratt and Lisa Rashid, one of her assis- tants, by players, managers and fans alike that struck me at the Rockingham Triangle. In short, it was almost non-existent. Apart from two routine yellow cards, Gar- ratt was allowed to run the game virtually hassle-free. There might not have been anything controversial about the contest but, even in the most mundane of fixtures, the referee will take some abuse. But not last Saturday and it can only be the fact that Garratt is a woman. My point is this — if people can make the effort to respect a referee because she is female, then they can do it every week and give their male counterparts a break.
A COWBOY'S TOMBSTONE:
Here are the Five Rules for Men to Follow for a Happy Life that Russell J. Larsen had inscribed on his headstone in Logan, Utah. He died not knowing that he would win the 'Coolest Headstone' contest.
FIVE RULES FOR MEN TO FOLLOW FOR A HAPPY LIFE:
1. It's important to have a woman who helps at home, cooks from time to time, cleans up, and has a job. 2. It's important to have a woman who can make you laugh. 3. It's important to have a woman who you can trust, and doesn't lie to you. 4. It's important to have a woman who is good in bed, and likes to be with you. 5. It's very, very important that these four women do not know each other or you could end up dead like me.
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2012
3rd September Society Meeting - Guest Speaker Marc Birkett
1st October Society Meeting - Guest Speaker Ray Olivier
5th November Society Meeting - Sarah Garrett
3rd December Society Meeting - Guest Speaker Ray Lewis
2013
7th January 2013 Society Meeting
4th February Society Meeting
4th March Society Meeting
8th April Society Meeting
13th May Society Meeting
17th—20th May Trip to Belgium (Soleo Referees’ Society 75th Anniver- sary)
5–7 July Conference @ Hinckley Island Hotel
Ridiculous Claims
1. January 2000: Kathleen Robertson of Austin Texas was awarded $780,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running amok in- side a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little !#*$ was Ms. Robertson's son. 2. June 1998: A 19 year old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical ex- penses when his neighbour ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman appar- ently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car, when he was trying to steal his neighbour's hubcaps. 3. October 1998: A Terrence Dickson of Bristol Pennsylvania was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up, because the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation. Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food. Mr. Dickson sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of half a million dollars.
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Advice on the prevention of Stalking and Harassmentment
Hamish Brown MBE
Retired Scotland Yard Detective Inspector
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Managers Speak Football management these days is like nuclear war. No winners, just survivors. TOMMY DOCHERTY, 1992
We all end up yesterday's men in this business. You're very quickly forgotten. JOCK STEIN, former Celtic manager, in Archie Macpherson, The Great Derbies: Blue and Green, 1989
As a manager it's a case of have suitcase, will travel. And I certainly don't want to travel with my trousers down. IANHOLLOWAY, Plymouth manager, 2006
One minute you're God, the next you're something the dog left behind. KIM HOLLOWAY, wife of Ian, on the insecurity of management, 2004
When you're a football manager you don't have fitted carpets. JOHN BARNWELL, Walsa.ll manager, shortly before his sacking, 1990
There aren't many managers who truly believe they can stay at one club long enough to qualify for a gold watch. GORDON STRACHAN shortly before quitting as Southampton manager, 2003
I wouldn't go to a club that changes manager every six months. I'm not a fan of upheaval in football. Big clubs tend to win trophies only when they have stability. Spending money is one thing; building a team is another. ARSENE WENGER as Arsenal closed in on the Premiership title, 2004
My son is a surgeon and makes life-and-death decisions every day. Yet I think of my job as the most important imaginable. DAVID PLEAT, Sheffield Wednesday manager, 1997
Managing is a seven-day-a-week, almost 24-hour-a-day job. There's no rest or escape but I'm hooked on it. BARRY FRY, Peterborough manager, 1999
In my office I often regret the fact that players do not sit in chairs fitted with a lie detector and an ejector seat. CORDON STRACHAN, Southampton manager, 2002
I left out a couple of my foreigners the other week and they started talking in 'foreign'. I knew they were saying: 'Blah, blah, blah, le bastard manager, luck- ing useless bastard.' HARRYREDKNAPP, Portsmouth manager, 2004
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