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PATRON:- Pam Wells 01483 833394 PRESIDENT:- Peter Guest :- 01483 771649 [email protected] CHAIRMAN: Roy Butler 07747 800687

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COMMITTEE:- Ricky Green - Youth Development 07793 205023 Officer Derek Stovold Christopher Cook Meril Readett Corin Readett—Minutes Secretary WARBLER Editor—Mac McBirnie, 16 Robins Dale 01483 835717 / 07770 643229 Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2LQ [email protected]

INSIDE THIS MONTH’S WARBLER Page 1: Agenda Page 2 : From the Chair Page 3 : Youth Academy Meeting Page 4 : Mac’s Musings Page 5/6 : September Minutes /Accounts Page 7/8 : Murphy’s Meanderings Page 9 : Surrey Referees Association Page 10 : Diving—we must leave it to the Refs Page 11/12 : Abolish the Offside Law? Page 13 : Letter to the Editor Page 14 : Guess the Gaffer Page 15/16 : Psychologists' spot the dive Page 18 : Membership Page 20 : Guest Speakers Page 21/22 : This Month’s Speaker Page 23/24 : What would you do ?/Answers Page 25 : Plum Tree The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees‘ Society

Meadow Sports Football Club Loop Road Playing Fields, Loop Road, Kingfield, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9BQ 7.30pm for a prompt 8pm start

AGENDA

 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING COMMENTS

 OUR GUEST SPEAKER

Gavin Ward Surrey and Football League Refe- ree

 BREAK

 DISCUSSION CORNER

 SOCIETY BUSINESS NEXT MEETING MONDAY 2nd November 2009 Guest Speaker Martin Bodenham and Gary Willard

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

I may have opened my mouth too soon in last month‘s issue regarding the Pre- miership matches being relatively quiet so far. We still have morons coming on to the pitch, and getting a sock in the mouth for their troubles; we have an idiotic footballer trying to incite the home crowd by running eighty yards to do so, and also trying to stamp on an opponent, claiming that he could not get his foot out of the way; we have a young player insulting another by giving him a mouthful of abuse when they both went for the same ball and receiving a right hander in the face. His opponent and was obviously sent off for the incident, but what happened to the young upstart? He got away with it. They reckon he could be playing for England one day. He wants to learn to grow up first, I say. As to whether Premiership referees are playing overtime in their games, teams do not take on board the fact that when they celebrate a goal it can be up to nearly a minute before play resumes. There is also time taken for substitutes, disciplinary matters etc. which all adds on time. Carry on is what I say, and if you upset a manager on the way because his team can‘t defend for the rest of the game after draw- ing level, TOUGH.

Thank you for your support at our meeting last month. What a great night we had in the company of Ray Olivier, the Workforce National Referee Manager, who travelled down from Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham to entertain us with his Match Incident videos and engaging members in a lively and good humoured debate. Thank you Ray for a very interesting and worthwhile evening and for your valuable time spent with us.

Our Guest Speaker on Monday 5th October 2009 is Gavin Ward, who is in his third season as a National List Referee and whose talk is all about Serious Foul Play.

Your support and attendance at meetings is always appreciated by me and your committee as we try to arrange interesting guests and speakers and strive to become the best Referee‘s Society in Surrey

It is always sad when someone you know who, for some reason you expect to carry on for ever, passes away. For me, this is the case with Peter Adams, President of The Surrey County Football Association who sadly died on Saturday 12th Septem- ber 2009 at the age of 84. There cannot be one person who could have anything but the highest praise for Pe- ter and the way he carried out his duties for the County. Peter was also the first man at Surrey F.A. to be Secretary, Chairman and finally President whilst also getting involved in senior roles on many leagues in the local area. 37 years with the County is a fine tribute to a wonderful man and there is no doubt he will be sadly missed by everyone connected with football. His funeral will be held on Tuesday, 29th September 2009 at Guildford Crematorium at 1 p.m. Rest in peace, Peter.

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On a lighter note, as well as our Guest Speaker, Gavin Ward, we will at our next meeting also have the pleasure of the company of Vic Rolland, Chairman of The Surrey County Referees Committee. Vic is coming along to present a 30 year service Referees Award to one of our members, Alan Watson. As well as being secretary of Meadow Sports FC, he has been a staunch sup- porter of Woking Society, representing us at our regular football tournaments with Soleo and the being scorer of many fine goals. He aways keeps us amused on our trips to Belgium with his ―fines‖ sheet. He has also been awarded the Chairman‘s Cup on more than one occasion. I believe that Alan has more than earned his award and we hope that you will give him his due applause at the next meeting.

For your diaries, I have secured the services of Peter Kirkup and Mike Mul- larkey for our meeting on Monday January 4th 2010. These gentlemen are assistant referees on the Premiership as well as Internationals, and have officiated at the Cup Final in May this year. I have also written to the authorities who run the Premiership for a Referee to be our Guest Speaker on May 10th 2010 and I am currently awaiting their reply.

I do hope your season has begun well for you, and that it continues to do so. Don‘t forget to air your matchday problems in Discussion Corner each month, as we can all learn from each other.

Hope to see you all at our next meeting (October 5th) and in the meantime I send you all my best wishes,

Roy

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Academy

A meeting of the Woking Referee‘s Society Academy will take place on Monday 5th October 2009 commencing at 7.15 at

Meadow Sports Football Club Loop Road Playing Fields, Loop Road, Kingfield, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9BQ

Ricky Green – Youth Development Officer 39 Mowbray Avenue, Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7PF Mob – 07793 205023

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Oh Howard, how could you! Having apologised profusely to us Spurs supporters on his visit to Woking last May for awarding a penalty to that gum chewing, wedding reception dancing, Scotsman‗s team, he only does it again, but this time not giving us one against the Russian Oligarch‘s Chelsea pensioners. As MartinTyler quoted at the time ―That Carvalho—he doth protest too much me thinks !!‖ I reckon Mr Webb needs to come back and explain himself once more. Interestingly if there had been a 5th (or 6th) official behind that goal line he (or she) would have had a clear view of the incident and the outcome may have been different. I watched some of the Everton game with the extra 2 officials and thought ―I would- n‘t fancy that on a cold January night‖, although I believe they will be allowed to wear tracksuit trousers ( and an efficient thermal vest I presume). Not being able to indicate with their hands /arms must be exceedingly difficult as ones natural instinct is to wave one‘s appendages about either with or without a flag. Instead a quiet word in the micro phone is all that is required. I suppose jumping up and down and screaming ―penalty, Howard, penalty—book the fouling B!!!!!!!! !‖ probably wouldn‘t look too professional? - might be quite entertaining though. As usual my favourite read, The Chiltern Referee, has come up trumps again with a though provoking article on abolishing the offside law. This something I‘m sure we must have all thought about at one time or another, I know I have. Indeed last season I all but did. As occasionally happens one team didn‘t have a substitute therefore no linesman. After about 15 minutes the captain of the linoless team came up to me and asked ― Ref are you going to give any offside decisions, because if not I‘m going to have to rethink my tactics‖. After thinking to myself ―what tactics‖ I said I would do my best, but suggested they didn‘t try springing the offside trap (as is they could anyway). The game progressed without any major incidents and I don‘t think I ever did award that team any offsides. So would no offside work in a professional game ? I‘m not sure, as there presuma- bly must have been a good reason for introducing the law in the first place.

I have an admission to make. I have never been to a premiership match. When I lived in London in the late 60s I went to watch Crystal Palace a few times ( a mate had a season ticket) and in 1981 when Spurs played Manchester City in the FA Cup Final I was at the first game which was a draw, but apart from a few Woking games that‘s it. One of the factors that puts me off, apart from the cost, is the sight on TV of the fans screaming abuse at the opposition, their faces distorted with hatred, the obscene gestures, the vile chanting, the underlying sense of violence. I‘m just surprised that the events of Millwall v West Ham last month aren‘t more common. Yet parents take their children to these events– I find it unbelievable. Where else in our society would people be allowed to get away with this behaviour? Certainly not in the workplace, they would be instantly dismissed. In the street, they would be arrested for breach of the peace. Yet at a football match, the spectators appear to think that having paid their often exorbitant entrance fee, they have the right to hurl abuse and invective at the overpaid, philandering, gifted, injury prone, diving, nightclubbing, — ahem…. Footballers Keeeeeeeeeep Whistling (sorry, Strictly‘s back on ) Mac 4 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees‘ Society

Minutes of The Woking Referees’ Society Meeting on 7th September 2009

Chairman’s opening remarks: The chairman opened the meeting at 2002 and welcomed Ray Olivier – national referee manager for workforce and ex Football League referee.

Guest speaker: Ray introduced himself and apologised for not coming to the society sooner, however he had been offered a chance to go to Brazil instead which clashed with his last planned visit to the society! He showed the meeting something un- usual he had brought back from Brazil - the ‘vanishing spray’ they use in the Brazilian league to mark the position of the ball and wall at free kicks. If players cross the line or the ball is moved, it results in an automatic yellow card. He then showed us a little drop ball technique – just before you drop the ball, ask the players to take a step back. They always will and thus avoids the prob- lem of them subsequently kicking one another (or even worse – you!) Speaking about his job as a national referee manager he looks after RDOs, assessors, mentors and coaches. As well as having a geographical responsibility for the North East, North West and Yorkshire. He retired from refereeing on the Football League in 2007,and he now assesses on the Football League He then moved onto an interactive video clip session, where members were shown a variety of ‘controversial’ or ‘tight’ decisions, which were then discussed and best practice decided upon.

Apologies for absence and new members: Mick Lawrence, Chris Jones, Ken Chivers, Clem Wright, Mark Wright, Robert Hughes, Glenn LaRoche, Vince Penfold, Lawrence Read, Martin Read, Daniel Dodd

Minutes of last meeting: Proposed by Brian Reader, seconded by Gareth Heighes

Matters arising: None

Chairman’s report: Roy is looking for assistant referees for Indepent Schools Association games. Anyone interested should contact him directly for details

Secretary report: Bryan has confirmed the address for the society in county handbook is wrong, he has made them aware

Treasurers report: As per Warbler

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Membership report: Total membership 93 if the new members attending the meeting were to join

Supplies Officer report: Everything in stock

Training Officers report: Not in attendance

RA Delegates report: Next meeting 21st September

Discussion corner: Hamish Brown mentioned a Sussex league match where he witnessed the goalkeeper get sent off. The referee then sent a substitute off but did not show a red card. Members were reminded that cards should be shown to players, substitutes and substituted players Dave Cooper had a scenario where a player in the action of leaving the field of play during a substitution said something meriting a red card, but by the time he had sent the player off he had allowed the substitute to enter the field of play, so the team were not reduced to 10 men

Any other business: None

Date of next meeting: Monday 5th October 2009 Meeting closed at 2149

Society Accounts—October 2009 2009 Current Status General £1,306.69 Supplies £161.70 Belgium £0.00 Youth Fund £113.50 Total £1581.89

You must be joking

Four fonts walk into a bar. The barman says "Oi - get out! We don't want your type in here"

Two peanuts walk into a bar. One was a salted

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This was a poorly attended delegates‘ meeting, the date having been brought forward a week. Many apologies for absence received.

At our own Society committee meeting back in July we decided to raise some questions and comments after the debates at conference on the future of the RA, on relations with the FA, and the possibility of RA membership becoming compulsory for all referees. Though negotiations are still at a preliminary stage, we felt it important to raise our con- cerns early so they could be taken into account before any final decisions are made. Our points were: Has the effect on local Society membership been considered? What will be the process for allocating funds to local Societies? On what basis will referees who are not present members of the RA be allocated to local Societies? In whose interest are the proposals – FA or Ra or both? There should be a full consultation process before implementation.

The delegates‘ meeting was told that Ray Mallery is including all five of our points in a paper he is writing for the next RAE Board meeting on 18 October. The tentative name for the new organisation is RAFA (do we all have to become Liverpool fans?), FARA having been rejected. Concern expressed at the meeting that someone else might hold rights over acronym RAFA (Royal Air Force Association?). It seems that, despite the proposed future organisation reverting to England only, no change is proposed to the logo which currently includes the Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish badges. FAMOA would disappear. There are five candidates for three places on the RAE Board. Ray Mallery recommends Ian Davies, John Harden and Paul Field. Ray Mallery himself intends to stand down next year. Other points from meeting: County Secretary says standard of correspondence from Societies not good enough – he‘s had to chase several for responses to various items. Any item sent to RA should be copied to County Secretary. Cup Final tickets for referees – matter is being taken back (again!) to SCFA Chal- lenge Trophies Committee. Reminder that new ―black collar‖ kit is not to be worn outside the professional game. No further information on compulsory CRB checks or Child Protection Workshops at this time, and none expected until 04/2010. SCFA still require candidates for assessing and mentoring. Contact County Office Mark Wood or Tim Lawrence if interested. Comment made by another Society asking if a general lack of knowledge on whether assessors are paid could be hindering recruitment. Reminder re FAMOA evening at Sutton Utd on Thursday 12 November. Guest speaker David Elleray. Reminder to check portable goals and make sure they are secured. Different views expressed about whether, if you fail to check such goals properly, assessors have been instructed to mark you down or not do the assessment. To be clarified.

Brian Reader 23/9/09

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Diving? We must leave it to the ref

Controversy when differentiating between a dive and a foul is often put down to human error. Michel Platini, president of UEFA and a veritable fountain of bright ideas these days, has hit on the solution straight away: more humans.

From tomorrow, when the Europa League begins, there will be two additional assistant referees, one placed behind each goal to judge penalty calls. As the Edu- ardo fiasco has proven, this is easier said than done.

Now it has been established that two teams of people, studying the same video footage and hearing basically the same evidence - considering that the referee has never changed his view that it was a foul - have come up with completely opposite verdicts on an incident in which a penalty was awarded, can we not just return the job to the three match officials and leave it at that?

It is devilishly difficult to see through the many shades of grey that cloud the simulation issue as it is: just take the simple statement that the tackling player got the ball. Yes, he may well have done - but suppose his tackle was so reck- less that it made it impossible not to harm the man as well?

Vinnie Jones got the ball when he tackled Gary Stevens during a match between Wimbledon and Tottenham Hotspur in November 1986. The needless force he used in doing so, however, propelled him into Stevens who sustained a serious knee injury from which he never recovered and persistent fitness problems forced his retirement at the age of 30.

Some will argue that the fact Jones initially made contact with the ball exoner- ates him; others that this is like shooting a man in the foot and then arguing that the true target was his shoes.

There will be a similar dispute when a goalkeeper and a fast-running forward come together as happened with Eduardo, the Arsenal striker, and Artur Boruc, of Celtic. There is a camera angle that makes it look like a dive; another that sug- gests contact.

Either way, some lunges by the goalkeeper make it hard for an attacker to stay on his feet even if he avoids the man. At which point, if he falls it will be argued that the goalkeeper did not touch him. Maybe so, but he did not have to if by his actions he made it impossible for the player to continue his run or keep the ball under control.

It is another grey area. There really is no right or wrong answer, just matters of opinion, which is why the initial UEFA verdict on Eduardo was misguided, and any future decision on anything bar extreme violence is best left to the referee, however ferocious the post-match argument.

Martin Samuels—Mail On Sunday 20th September

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Legible answers page 16 14 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees‘ Society Following the Eduardo debacle, this article appeared in different newspa- pers and also on Morning TV (Mac) Psychologists help referees spot a dive in football

Referees could be helped to spot a footballer making a false dive by psychologists who have come up with a four-point guide of tell-tale signs of cheating.

PADr Paul Morris, of the University of Portsmouth, has found that footballers use a series of distinct actions when faking a fall during a match. These include clutching their body where they have not been hit, taking an extra roll when they hit the ground and taking fully controlled strides after being tackled but before falling.However the biggest giveaway is when they hold up both arms in the air, with open palms, chest thrust out, legs bent at the knee in an "archer's bow" position. Dr Morris, who specialises in how people show emotions and intentions, said: "Referees have a very difficult job and given the demands of the task, they do it remarkably well. "We think even experienced professionals could enhance their decision-making by studying the categories of deceptive behaviour we have identi- fied." Dr Morris said that the "archer's bow" was one of the most revealing as it would not occur in a natural fall. He explained: "In most dishonest tackles the behaviour itself does not indicate dis- honesty, the deception is revealed in the timing and co-ordination of the behaviours. " But one action is unique to a faked fall - the archer's bow. "This occurs in many dives but biomechanically it does not occur in a natural fall. "Instead, instinctively the arms either go down in an attempt to cushion the fall or out to the side for balance. "Although this behaviour is absurd, the fraudulent footballer does it to try to de- ceive the referee into believing that the tackle was illegal, and the histrionics are necessary to get the referee's attention in the first place. "This behaviour has no national boundaries, everyone does it, it even occurred unprompted during our research trials." Dr Morris said that a player who positioned his body into this "peculiar" shape to show that he had been fouled as a result of a tackle looked "quite bizarre". He said: "Moving the body like this is completely controlled behaviour so it clearly doesn't show a genuine fall. "The moment both arms go above the shoulder is a clear indication of deception." Dr Morris said that during his research, which included three different studies, a footballer's deceptive intentions were easy to spot. For the first study, he showed four-second clips of tackles from televised games to more than 300 people. The participants were only allowed to see the clip twice in real-time before they were asked to spot the fakers. The results showed that the participants were almost always in agreement on when a player was faking a fall or when it was genuine, and they also agreed when the intentions appeared ambiguous.

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In the second study, Dr Morris wanted to check whether the observers' judgment was correct and could be trusted. He employed more than 30 experienced amateur footballers to stage a scenario taken from a Football Association coaching manual. Attackers were instructed to dribble the ball past approaching defenders and then deceptively exaggerate the effects of a tackle to varying degrees. Nearly 50 observers were asked to judge if the attackers were faking and the level of exaggeration, if any. He found that the observers consistently judged the level of exaggeration correctly. And for the third study, he carefully examined footage of dishonest and legitimate tackles frame-by-frame to produce a comprehensive list of deceptive behaviours.

The research, co-authored by David Lewis, is published in the Springer Journal of Nonverbal Behaviour.

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A footballer demonstrating the archer's bow

Guess the Gaffer

1 Kevin Blackwell , Sheffield United 2 Mick McCarthy, Wolves 3 Dave Jones , Cardiff 4. Alex Mcleish, Birmingham City 5. Walter Smith, Rangers 6. Martin O‘Neill, Aston Villa 7. Pep Guardiola, Barcelona 8. Giovanni Trapattoni, Republic Ireland 9. Carlo Ancelotti,Chelsea 10. John Toshack , Wales

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Arbuckle Nick Jones Chris Ashworth Nigel Jones David Baker Edward Kelly Mark Barnett Colin Knock Geoff Bateman Anthony Langran Daniel Bentley Peter Langran David Blair Paul Langran Kathryn Briggs Alan LaRoche Glenn Brooks Micky Lawrence Mick Brooks Sean Levett Richard Brown Hamish Lomax Roy Burchett Stuart Loveridge Tony Busby Chris Luck Robbie Butler Roy Maher Steve Cable Lee Matthews Gary Chivers Ken McBirnie Anthony Cochrane Craig McBirnie Emily Collins Neil McLaren Bruce Collis Bill Melin Paul Cooper Dave Minto Alex Creswick Jon Mitchinson Robert Creswick Terry O Connor Andy Davies Derek Penfold Vince Dexter Andy Price Tony Dodd Daniel Read Greg Duff Simon Read Lawrence Ekins Graham Read Martin Ekins Simon Reader Brian Eve Spencer Readett Corin Exworth Sam Readett Merill Fouracre Max Rudrum Steve Gasson Phil Simkin Robert Goggin Alastair Smith Eamonn Gorringe Paul Stovold Derek Green Rick Thurgood Adam Gregory Cedge Tomlinson Ashley Griffiths Craig Tomlinson Steve Guest Peter Van Dorp James Hadley Chris Hailstone Richard Watson Alan Hanney Alex Webb Brian Hanney Peter Webb Michael Hanney Sam Wells Pam Heighes Gareth Woodruff Andy Hughes Robert Woodyer Tara Ho Jackson Bryan Wright Clem no Wright Mark 18 Godolphin Ed The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees‘ Society You must be joking

A bus stops and two Italian men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting behind them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she Football Managers In hears one of the men say the following: Dock "Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come once-a-more. Football managers will have to Two asses, they come together again. I come watch their f's and c's (p's and q's again and pee twice. Then I come one lasta are not affected) if they want to time." avoid paying ever increasing fines "You foul-mouthed sex obsessed swine," re- for referees' hurt feelings. torted the lady indignantly. "In this country… The Football Association has said we don't speak aloud in public places about that it will actively pursue manag- our sex lives!" ers who verbally abuse football "Hey, coola down lady," sa "Who'za talkin' referees and will impose a fine about a sex? I'm justa tellin' my a friend here whenever it is deemed neces- how to spella Mississippi." sary. Managers will be forced to supply a log of any invective they use, Manager Calls Referee A Squirrel, including translations from foreign And Other Things Managers Shout At managers. Referees Certain words will be banned The Football Association has today pub- from being used either within ear- lished a list of swear words and phrases shot or even out of earshot of and their cost when a manager uses referees. None of these words them against a referee. are acceptable in a family news- Below we publish a short list of these paper, but are believed to rhyme insults. with duck, stunt, anchor and miss. Managers will no longer be able to use A football manager told this news- any of the following insults, or differently paper: worded derivatives thereof: "It's all right for these stunts at the "Sir, are you blind perchance?": £750 FA to impose this ducking idea "Referee, with all due respect, would but its another to enforce it. Man- you like to borrow my glasses?" £755 agers swear at everyone, its part "Sir, were you trained at Billy Smart's of our job. I even swear at my Circus?" £1250 dog. I suppose the RSPCA will "I've seen better organised chimps tea now be after me for saying this to parties." £2,500 you, anchors." "Did you just do that so that Harry Hill Jerry Macclesfield of the RSPCA paid you £250 for the video clip? Ref? said that he will be getting in con- Come On, Huh?" £7,500 tact with the manager for a dona- "Oh, ref, tell him!" 75p tion, as swearing at dogs consti- tutes abuse and is actionable in a court of doggie law

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2009 / 2010 Season

October 5th: Gavin Ward, Surrey and Football League Referee

November 2nd : Martin Bodenham and Gary Willard

December 7th : Steve Tomlinson, Woking Society Member

January 4th : Peter Kirkup and Mike Mullarkey

February 1st : John Morton, Head of Premier League Match Delegates

March 1st : Ian Blanchard, Senior National Game Referee Manager

April 5th : Martin Yerby, FA Cup Final Assistant Referee 2008

May 3rd : TBA

Firing Squad Blond Three women are about to be executed. One's a brunette, one's a redhead and one's a blonde. The guard brings the brunette forward and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no and the executioner shouts, "Ready! Aim!'' Suddenly the brunette yells, ''EARTHQUAKE!!!'' Everyone is startled and throws themselves on the ground while she escapes. The guard brings the redhead forward and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She say no and the executioner shouts, ''Ready! Aim!'' Suddenly the redhead yells, ''TORNADO!!!'' Everyone is startled and looks around for cover while she escapes. By now the blonde has it all figured out. The guard brings her forward and the executioner asks if she has any last requests. She says no and the executioner shouts, "Ready! Aim!'' and the blonde yells, ''FIRE!!!'''

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Gavin Ward

I‘m 30 years old and in my 3rd season as a National List referee, after five seasons as a National List, SG and FIFA assistant referee. I started refereeing at the age of thirteen in Kent and progressed through the Kent and Isthmian Leagues. I‘ve officiated at the FA Trophy Final and FL Championship Play Off Final, and for the 2007 Carling Cup Final was the first match official to be appointed as ‗ reserve assistant ‗ in a major domestic Cup Final. I‘ve also officiated a F A Cup semi-final, plus been 4th official at the new Wembley for a Conference play-off final. I‘ve been lucky enough to referee at the Dallas cup and England U19 & U17 in the last couple of seasons. As well as a FA Youth Cup quarter final – Tottenham Hot- spur v Arsenal last season at White Hart Lane.

Games this season—courtesy of Statbunker Y R

15/08/2009 Swindon Town vs MK Dons 4 -

08/08/2009 Northampton Town vs Macclesfield Town 4 -

22/08/2009 Torquay United vs Barnet 4 -

05/09/2009 Brighton vs Wycombe Wanderers 3 -

15/09/2009 Ipswich Town vs Nottingham Forest 7 1

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Gavin Ward ( courtesy of refworld.com) Twenty eight year old Gavin is just completing his first season as a National List referee, after five seasons as a National List, SG and FIFA assistant referee. He started refereeing at the age of thirteen in Kent and progressed through the Kent and Isthmian Leagues. Has officiated at the FA Trophy Final and FL Championship Play Off Final, and for the 2007 Carling Cup Final was the first match official to be appointed as ‗ reserve assistant ‗ in a major domestic Cup Final.

How did you get introduced into refereeing? My step dad is a referee and he initiated my interest when I was around 14 years old. He would watch me play football on Sunday mornings, then in the afternoon I‘d watch him referee, on occasions there would be a request for a ‗linesman‘, which is when I would volunteer and haven‘t looked back since.

What has been the highlight of your career so far? Being awarded the Three Lions Badge for representing the PGMO in France during 2004 in the UEFA Regions Cup. This is closely followed by my promotion to the National List as a referee.

What is the best game you have officiated and why? Chelsea vs Liverpool in Feb 2006 live on Sky Sports. This was my first season as a Select Group Assistant Referee, and at this point was my biggest game to date, from an official‘s perspective the game went very well, especially for me. Just before half time I had a Chelsea goal ruled out for ‗offside‘ which was an exceptionally close decision. This incident received positive comments from the media, as a result, I was asked if I would participate in an interview for Sky Sports, which as it showed refereeing in a positive light was very worthwhile.

What are your aims as a National List Referee? This is my first year as a National List Referee, so my aim at the moment is to es- tablish myself at this level and to adapt quickly! Long term, I would like to become a Select Group Referee along with also achieving the status of International Referee.

What skills do you think you need to become a referee? Remaining calm in all situations with positive body language, man management and self confidence helps to control matches, as players pick up on this. Having the ability to listen to advice offered from more senior colleagues, this will help develop you as referee. Most importantly is to enjoy what you do.

Who has been the biggest influence in your career and why? I would say my fiancée who is both supportive and understanding. Refereeing can often mean time away from home for a variety of reasons. She encourages me, lis- tens and offers advice, not necessary about the laws of the game, as she isn‘t a qualified referee but, other in areas such as body language and composure.

In your opinion who is/was the best referee? In this country we have arguably the best referees in Europe and they all have their own skill sets but I would have to say Pierre Luigi Collina, purely because of his presence on the field of play and the natural respect he commanded. This was achieved even before blowing his whistle.

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From whistles to watches, flags to record cards, shirts to socks , Tony’s got the lot in his big black bag Help support the society and make sure you give Tony a call for all your refereeing needs 01483 836388 / 07766973304

FA Youth Cup First Round Qualifying Cobham FC v Sutton Utd or Epsom & Ewell FC Assistant Referee: Brian Reader

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Advice on the prevention of Stalking and Harassmentment

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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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28 With thanks to The Wit and Wisdom of Football WARBLER REFERENCE GUIDE 2009/10

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