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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 : Dr. Woodyer/ Accounts Page 6 : August Minutes Page 7 : Cross the Line did it Neil?... Page 8 : Kith Hackett and Goal Line Technology Page 9 : Wild West Hawkeye Page 10 : Imbecile or Good Decision Ref? Page 11,12,13 : Running the Line is an Art Page 14/15: Referees get their own Film Page 16 : Membership Application Form Page 17 : Referees can fight their own Battles Page 19 : Membership Page 21 : Guest Speakers Page 22 : This Month’s Speaker Page 23/24 : What would you do ?/Answers

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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

 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING COMMENTS

 OUR GUEST SPEAKER

Ray Olivier National Referee Manager - Workforce

 BREAK

 DISCUSSION CORNER

 SOCIETY BUSINESS

 ANY OTHER BUSINESS

NEXT MEETING MONDAY 5th October 2009 Guest Speaker Gavin Ward Surrey and Football League Referee

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

Welcome to the second meeting of the new season scheduled for Mon- day 7th September 2009. For those who are not sure of our new meeting place, it is Meadow Sports Football Club, Loop Road, Woking, Surrey. GU21 9BQ. This will commence, as usual, at 8 p.m. with the Young Referees Academy meeting at 7:15 p.m. in the small room.

Bryan and I were very pleased with the turnout for our first meeting at Loop Road and once again it was nice to see so many regular faces at the start of the new season. I personally would like to thank both Corin Readett and Vince Pen- fold for conducting the meeting so well and for making the evening so enjoyable. Thank you once again guys!!!! It was also pleasing to see old stalwarts Brian Webb and Andy O’ Connor in attendance and we hope you both can get along and help to support our meetings during this season. Nice to see you both again.

Well it looks like my season will now be put back, it will be the 6th Octo- ber 2009 before I can re-commence, having had keyhole surgery on 12th August (it was finally diagnosed to be a torn cartilage) and it will be Tuesday 1st September before I can drive again. So, if there is any young referees in the Society who would like my services as a Mentor during this period please do not hesitate to contact me as I would like to help out. My e.mail is [email protected]. Hopefully my weekly session with my physiotherapist, especially on the bicycle, will make my legs both stronger and fitter for when I get back in to the parks.

Having watched some of the Test series against Australia, I find it in- credible that we can play so badly in the fourth Test yet the inclusion of Fearless Freddie can inspire a team so much that we can regain the Ashes with a day to spare. I think two quick thinking pieces of brilliance, ie the he run-outs of both Pon- ting and Michael Clark, really set the scene on the fourth day; particularly as Hussey and Ponting were beginning to settle down and beginning to look very comfortable. It will be interesting to see how England progress without Flintoff as I don’t believe that Broad is necessary the answer. Sometimes he bowls well; other times he bowls too short and gets hammered. Jonathan Trott may well be on his way as the new number 3 or 4 batsman for England. Well done the lads!!!

Having watched some of the Premiership matches so far, it is interesting that apart from the big four or five, the rest of the division may prove to be very exciting and I personally feel that although it is early days, the new boys have done their best to ensure they prove their worth to stay. We will have to wait and see. Whilst there have been a few yellow cards, it has been relatively quiet with not many reds so far. Long may it continue as football should always reign supreme? On a final note on this, I hope the police and football authorities get hold of the mindless thugs and morons who tried to prove they were great by running on the pitch at West Ham; not once, but three times to disrupt the match. Hopefully they will get a

2 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society life ban from ALL football grounds (how do they guarantee that ? Ed ) but once again modern society raises it’s ugly head.

This month our guest speaker is Ray Olivier, who is the newly appointed National Referee Manager - Workforce. He is due to go through some Match Incidents for discussion and I am sure that having met Ray on a few occa- sions(mainly at Conference) I think we should be in for an entertaining evening. We do hope that you will continue to support the Society and get along to the meetings as we endeavor to persuade interesting speakers for you all to listen to. The meetings dates for both January and May 2010 are still TBA but we will keep you informed as and when we have some more information.

Well I hope that the season has started well for you in your officiating (apart from myself), and that everything is going all right. Please note that we do have a Discussion Corner for any queries that you might wish to bring up over any games you get involved with. This corner is not to make you either look small or in- ferior, but merely to share any match problems you have experienced with your fellow colleagues and help you to solve them adequately. Always remember, a problem shared is a problem halved.

We all look forward to seeing you again on the 7th September and en- joy the sunshine which has been promised for the forthcoming Bank Holi- day. With my very best wishes to you all.

Roy

Woking Referees Society

Academy

A meeting of the Woking Referee’s Society Academy will take place on Monday 7th September 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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What a sporting Sunday the other week. I managed to get to the sofa first and bag the gadgets ( I think the proper name is remote control, but I don’t know anyone who calls it that) one for the TV one for the Box and happily spent the day flicking from the Grand Prix, the Ashes and Spurs v West Ham. Winning 2 out of 3 wasn’t bad. Fancy being top of the Premiership, certainly makes a change from the last 2 sea- sons. Keep it up Harry Having watched a bit of the cricket this summer one cannot help but compare the sport with football. Sledging—what’s that all about? Surely if one is to believe what is said, and I must buy the book I’ve seen advertised with the best quotes, they would receive a red card on the football pitch. On the other hand the number of times the batsmen are given out (or not as the case may be) when the replay or hawkeye show the opposite is quite remarkable. Even more amazing is that when the batsman sees the umpire’s finger raised when he knows it shouldn't be, he simply walks off back to the pavilion without even a raised eyebrow. North and Clark both suffered this fate at the Oval. Did either of them rush up to the Umpire protesting furiously? Did Ricky Ponting scream abuse and chase Rauf across the wicket? Of course not. But Football !! Should a ref have the temerity to award a throw in to the wrong team and you’d think he (or she) had committed the crime of the century. Why is this?? Talking of Ricky Ponting. What an amazing guy. Standing 5 yards away from the batsman he’s struck in the face by the ball ( I think they call it silly mid off—very apt) he’s knocked flat, jumps up, spits out a wad of blood and probably tooth, wipes his hand across his face and carries on. As commentator Shane Warn said ― they breed them tough in Tasmania.‖ Footballer? Gets an arm across his chest, falls flat on the ground clutching his face, rolls around in ―absolute agony‖ and has to receive 5 minutes of treatment before he can possibly carry on. The first week the Championship saw a good goal not given ( couldn’t have happened to a nicer manager) and once more the cry for goal line technology goes up. You’ll find a few articles on the subject in this edition including one from Cyril West who in his own indomitable style, puts his slant on the situation. At last month’s meeting Vince and Corin gave an excellent talk on Assistant Refe- rees and the importance of being in exactly the right position in order to get an offside decision absolutely correct. Just being a metre either side of the 2nd to last defender can make the difference between a right or wrong decision. I found an article in the Chiltern Referee which emphasis the ―art of running the line‖ which continues the theme. Personally I think that there should be thin lines running across the pitch just like the ones the TV pundits use to decide if a player is off or on side. I do rather fancy one of those nice coloured shirts that top boys get to wear. I particularly like the yellow ones, but I’m not too sure about the kit the officials were wearing in a Scottish game I saw the other day. They were wearing ALL red ie red socks, and red shorts as well as a red shirt and just to be sure he didn’t feel left out, the Hibs goalie was wearing exactly the same kit. !! I also noticed a photo in the pa- per where the officials at the Celtic v Arsenal game appeared to wearing white with red piping—very chic. Time to warm up the whistle Mac 4 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society

Doctor Woodyer I know the members of Woking Society are a pretty diverse bunch consisting of postmen, painters, policemen ( lots of ―p’s‖ - good for the whistle I suppose) plus teachers builders couriers, financiers, fishmongers, the list is endless, but we now, if we didn’t already, have to add a Doctor of Philosphy to the number Many congratulations to Tara who recently obtained her PHD.

Tara on the left with Howard Webb and fellow female Referee Emily when Howard visited Woking last May

Subject: Surrey FAMOA Event 2009 Colleagues

Due to circumstances beyond our control Martin Atkinson will not be able to attend our FA- MOA Event on Thursday 12th November. However we have been able to secure the services of David Elleray. David is now Chairman of Referees Committee at the FA and also an ex FIFA and Premier League referee.

I would appreciate it if you could publicize this information for me. This event will be advertised in the next SCFA Referee Newsletter which is being distributed with the County Hand- books.

Thank you for your help and Iif you have any questions please give me a call.

Regards

Tim

Tim Lawrence Referee Development Officer Surrey County Football Association

Tel: 01372 387094 (Direct), 07943 848185 (mobile) or 01372 373543 (County Office) email; [email protected]

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Woking Referee’s Society Meeting Minutes – 10th August 2009 Chairman’s Opening remarks: Roy opened the meeting and a minutes silence was held to remember Andy, the barman from the Old Woking Rec club. Guest Speaker: Vince and Corin on the subject of Offside

Firstly Vince got the society up and talking to other members they may have not spoken to before.

Then Corin led a small practical demonstration showing the importance of being exactly in line to make the correct decision regarding offside. It was seen that being out of position by less than half a yard could lead to an incorrect decision being made

Vince then showed a DVD showing what the FA and PGMO want us to define as offside, showing that players should only be penalised if they become involved in active play by; Playing the ball, Interfering with and opponent, or by Gaining an ad- vantage from their offide position Apologies for absence: Colin Barnett, Chris Hadley, Ken Chivers, Mick Law- rence, Tony Loveridge, Michael Webb, Chris Jones Minutes of the last meeting – N/A – none taken. Matters Arising – N/A Chairman’s Report – Roy reported on a successful trip to Belgium, and informed members we would be going back in 2 years time, and that should any members want to start saving up, this could be done via him or Dave Cooper. Secretary’s Report: Confirmed that Woking are currently the largest society in Surrey on returned memberships. Treasurer Report: As per the Warbler

Membership Report: Still some outstanding members that haven’t renewed membership from last season. Letters and emails sent.

Training Officer Report: Next course starting 1st October 2009. Vince confirmed that anyone who knows someone who might be interested in attending the January course should contact RDO Tim Lawrence, not him R.A Delegates Report – No report Discussion Corner – Vince reminded members that Roll on, roll off substitutions are NOT allowed in friendlies, and that by allowing them you may end up getting suspended from refereeing Any other business: None Date of next meeting – Next meeting: Monday 7th September – Guest Speaker Ray Olivier Meeting closed 2150. 6 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society CROSS THE LINE, DID IT NEIL? SO DO YOU

THE sight of Neil Warnock trying to occupy the moral high ground is like watching a chimp in a dinner jacket. It may be amusing, but you know it’s not right. Warnock’s Crystal Palace scored against Bristol City but the ball bounced back into play and referee Rob Shoebridge, who cannot have seen what happened, consulted an equally unsure assistant referee and then gave a goal-kick.

Warnock thought the opposition should have told the ref it was a goal. He refused to shake hands with any of them at the finish – I expect they are still devastated about that. Sermons on sportsmanship from Warnock are like lectures on chastity from a hooker.

This is the manager whose club once faced six FA charges from one game. Warnock’s Sheffield United were losing 3-0 against West Brom and had three players sent off. Hav- ing used all his subs, he took two more players off, citing injuries. As he knew, that meant the game had to be abandoned.

This is the charmer who supported Blades defender Chris Morgan after he fractured the skull of an opponent with his elbow, who was accused of sending a member of staff to listen to a rival manager’s team-talk and who used an ineligible player last season.

This is the man who was once sent to the stands for screaming from the touchline that he hoped one player broke his effing leg, and whose remarks to and about opposition players have enraged so many other managers that the common response to his misfor- tune this weekend was that it couldn’t happen to a more appropriate person.

Warnock’s fury was endorsed by the preposterous Palace chairman, Simon Jordan. The two of them have criticised referees so often and so intemperately that their combined efforts probably account for half the national shortage of qualified officials.

This time, as they wallow in their self-righteous indignation, they ignore an inconven- ient truth: Bristol City also had a goal wrongly disallowed. It is crystal clear from the TV evidence that Paul Hartley was not offside.

Yet, despite all of the above, I would bring in goal-line technology tomorrow, if not sooner.

It will open Pandora’s box and eventually lead to video referees sitting in the stand using the technology for decisions about whether a foul was in the penalty area or a player was offside.

Goal-line technology will be only the start, but it must be used. It exists, and continu- ing to ignore it is Luddite.

I would not introduce it to help Warnock – he will always find reasons to bleat about real or imagined injustices.

I’d do it to help men like Shoebridge, a 31-year-old who has been refereeing since he was 13 and has now been suspended because of Saturday’s honest but damning mistake.

MICK DENNIS . THE EXPRESS This article was published on Tuesday 25 August, 2009

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Referees Chief Keith Hackett Calls For Use Of Goal-Line Technology

The issue has come to the fore again after the goal that never was in Crystal Palace's game at the weekend... Referees chief Keith Hackett has demanded FIFA utilise goal-line technology following a shocking decision not to award a goal over the weekend.

Crystal Palace forward Freddie Sears hit the back into the back of the net in the Eagles' Championship against Bristol City on Saturday. The ball struck the bar at the back of the goal bouncing back out, yet both referee Rob Shoe- bridge and his assistant failed to see this and awarded a goal kick.

Hackett, chief of the Professional Game Match Officials Board, said the board had wanted to trial such technology but were obstructed by FIFA.

"I think the major issue centres around the fact for a number of years PGMOB have been calling for goal-line technology to be introduced," Hackett told ESPN.

"In fairness the Premier League worked with Hawkeye to achieve a product that the Premier League wanted to put into an operation as an experiment with the full support of the Football League, Football Association, LMA and PFA.

"All the parties were in favour but, at the international board meeting in Gleneagles a year ago, FIFA and Sepp Blatter decided the experiment could not go ahead," continued Hackett.

"All we are looking for is fairness, to the players and the manager and the sup- porters, and we want a support mechanism to say 'is it a goal or not a goal'.

"The ref carries the can with his colleagues but we've already said we need help in this particular field. Until the international board change their mind, we can't do anything."

Hackett revealed that the referee and his assistant had been removed from midweek duties.

"He (Shoebridge) was scheduled to do a game in mid-week. He won't be doing that. The ref has been spoken to," he explained.

"It applies to the referee's assistant as well. Ideally you want the assistant looking from one angle and the ref from another. Therefore between them you want the decision to be right," he said.

"There are two sides to it. You don't want to negatively effect the confidence of the ref but we are also protecting him.

"If you are involved in that type of decision, it is good to have a few days away and reflect and we will examine and talk about it and how we can avoid it going forward.''

GOAL

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Courtsey of Guildford Referee and Cyril West- 9 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society In last month’s Warbler I included an article by Len Randall who is concerned with the increasing amount of unauthorised signalling particularly at the higher levels of the game. This article, which first appeared in the AFA Argus written by Stanley Lover and spotted in the Chiltern Referee, puts forward the opposite view.

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13 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society Football referees get their own film Film festival debut for the whistle – blowers everybody loves to help (Guardian)

"Nobody knows them, nobody likes them. So it is very interesting to make a movie against the common perception." Belgian film-maker Yves Hinant is not talking about paedophiles or serial killers, but football refereesThe ref may be a popular figure of contempt for frustrated managers, players and fans but Hinant's film could cause you to think twice before badmouthing the next hapless official.

Les Arbitres (The Referees), which had its premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland on Monday, is a revealing fly-on-the-wall documentary about the men in the middle at the Euro 08 finals last year – among them the leading Eng- lish match official, Howard Webb. Remarkably for the image-obsessed world of modern sport, Hinant gained unfettered access to a handful of these referees, whom we see not just on the pitch but off it, too: in dressing rooms, at debriefs, even at home with their families. His 77-minute film – made with co-directors Eric Cardot and Delphine Lehericey – shows the "huge pressure" they face. "For them it is also a competition," said Hinant.

It was Uefa's head of refereeing, Yvan Cornu, who proposed the project to Hi- nant and producer Jean Libon, who were long-term associates on the provoca- tive French-language documentary series Strip-Tease, in which they filmed the everyday lives of eccentric and oddball Belgians. According to Hinant, though, "with the Uefa hierarchy, it was more difficult. They said: 'Oh it is hard to film referees, they have a lot of pressure, be careful'". Fortunately, Uefa president Mi- chel Platini gave the project his backing. "He supported the idea of letting the public discover a different dimension of the game with the referees," said Cornu. "He said, 'Let's go for emotion – let's see what feelings the referees have.'" The dominant feeling seems to be fear. "With one mistake, their tournament is finished," says Hinant, who portrays the fierce disappointment of those referees sent home early. The tension is spelled out in an opening sequence featuring Swiss referee Massimo Busacca during the Greece-Sweden game. The only sound is snatches of dialogue between him and his assistants on their radio communication system.

"Matthias, are you sure?" Busacca asks an assistant before showing a yellow card. He later snaps at his fourth official when warned a storm is on the way. "It's not my problem, shut up." At the final whistle, he looks to the heavens and wipes his brow, before telling a Greek player: "We are not gods, we make mistakes." It is a mistake by Webb that provides the film's central narrative (and its working title, Kill the Referee). The Yorkshireman sparked a controversy with his decision -making in the group match between hosts Austria and Poland. "I was happy that something bad happened to him, we needed that," Hinant confessed. After allowing Poland's offside goal to stand, the last-minute spot-kick Webb awarded (correctly) to Austria for a holding offence in the penalty area – and from which the hosts equalised – led Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, to declare he "wanted to kill" him.

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After death threats on the internet, extra security measures followed both in Aus- tria and Switzerland; the film shows Webb and his assistants waiting as their dressing room is searched after a bomb scare before their next game – and back in England. South Yorkshire police, whom Webb served for 15 years, put on special patrols for his family. "Phone calls were made to my parents at their home address," says Webb, whose parents feature prominently. We see his mother sat at home wishing his second and final match will finish before anything else can go wrong. Webb does the same himself. "We're counting down to the final whistle. We are all desperate not to mess it up." Moments in the film capture the strain: the worry written on the face of Mike Mullarkey, Webb's assistant, in the dressing room after missing the offside call. The shared cry of relief from the Swedish refereeing team in their post-game huddle highlights the relief when they get it right. There are plans to screen The Referees in France and Germany but no confirmed distribution deal yet for the UK. Webb, who attended the premiere, hopes it will be shown here – and that those who watch it might "just have a little bit more respect for the profession of the referee". The film's "reluctant centrepiece" added: "It should open their eyes to the job we do – hearing the referees' voices, hearing us communicate. It gets over that we do care about it."

Howard spoke about this film and the fact he and his team were followed every- where by camera men. It would be great to get hold of a copy to show at a future meeting. Mac

You must be joking

"My wife would make a great goalie," one man said to his friend. "I haven't scored for months."

Ron and Terry were chatting about football in the pub after work. "Are you going to the Arsenal v Spurs match on Saturday?" asked Ron. "No," replied Terry. "My wife won't let me." "It's easy to get out of that," said Ron. "About an hour before the game, what you do is pick her up, take her to the bedroom, rip off her clothes and make mad, passionate love to her. Then she'll let you do anything you want." "OK, I'll try that," said Terry. The following Monday, the two men meet up again in the pub. "How come you didn't make it to the game," asked Ron. "Well," said Terry, "I'll tell you what happened. About an hour before kick-off, I did as you said. I picked her up, took her to the bedroom and ripped off her clothes. And then I thought, Spurs haven't been playing that well recently."

You’ll be ok this week mate!! Ed

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16 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society Referees can fight their own battles

The Premier League and Football Association are on a collision course over refereeing after Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief executive, rebuked his FA counterpart, Ian Wat- more, for seeking to meddle from on high with match officiating.

Watmore recently launched an initiative under the governing body’s Respect programme, in which he is promising a crackdown on players surrounding referees to protest decisions. Watmore wants the FA to use its disciplinary powers to punish players who ―hound‖ referees, irrespective of whether the referee feels the behaviour merits sanction or mentioning in his report.

An FA panel is to study video footage of games to decide when offences have occurred. Scudamore agrees with Watmore’s plan to take firmer action against managers who make public pre-match comments about officials but is scathing of his approach to the ―hounding‖ issue. ―It’s down to referees to decide if it’s a problem and I don’t sense that they think it’s a huge problem, or a problem they can’t manage,‖ Scudamore said. ―As administrators, we should not be sitting here telling referees what’s a problem for them.

―Let referees tell us if they have problems, then we act. But, on the pitch, they’ve got powers, they’ve got cards in their pocket and we expect them to report it if they feel intimidated. If they think players have crowded them and overstepped the mark let them report it and the FA deal with it. But the refs have to be the judge.‖

Scudamore, who celebrates 10 years in his Premier League post in November, is also a director of the body that represents top referees, Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Watmore claims ―hounding‖ often goes unreported because referees are afraid to admit intimida- tion, but Scudamore believes his counterpart is misinformed. ―I’ve been speaking to the refs for 10 years. I’ve been a director of PGMOL since I started. We [the Premier League] are in touch with our match officials,‖ Scudamore said. ―The referees carry out their job, in my view, without fear. The standard of refereeing is pretty good, the fitness has improved and thanks to sports psychology and other things, their body language and communication with players is better.‖

One subject on which there is agreement between the Premier League and FA is goal-line technology. Watmore and the England manager, Fabio Capello, argue it should be introduced and Scudamore is a long-term advocate. Indeed he would go further. ―Goal-line technology is the minimum of what we should be able to help officials with because [whether the ball has crossed the line] is such a fixed decision. There’s room for extending it. ―If there’s a penalty decision, once the referee has blown and decided it’s a foul, but doesn’t know whether it’s in or outside the box, you could stick a monitor by the goal that he could go to and have a second look at. It would take no longer than 20 or 30 seconds, and only the ref could look at the monitor. Look what using video aids has done for cricket and tennis. And it’s compel- ling, isn’t it?‖

The Premier League will make fresh attempts to lobby Fifa’s international board, which decides on rule changes, to have video technology to help officials introduced. In addition, at a meeting on September 10, the league is likely to approve a quota system where each club would have a 25-man squad in which at least eight players would have to have spent a minimum of three years being trained by that club before the age of 21.

Scudamore, who has overseen extraordinary growth by the league — both in terms of income and worldwide popularity — argued that it is in ―the best shape since I’ve been here. I’ve not felt a build-up to a season quite like it. The top of the table is a roll of a dice, with six numbers and you don’t know which one it will fall on. Manchester City will finish anywhere from first to 15th and there are other teams who could finish fourth or 16th.

―It’s the first time I’ve known where the three teams who came up are not the automatic favour- ites to get relegated.‖

The Times

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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 Gasson Phil Rudrum Steve Goggin Alastair Simkin Robert Gorringe Paul Smith Eamonn Green Rick Stovold Derek Gregory Cedge Thurgood Adam Griffiths Craig Tomlinson Ashley Guest Peter Tomlinson Steve Hadley Chris Van Dorp James Hailstone Richard Hanney Alex Watson Alan Hanney Peter Webb Brian Hanney Sam Webb Michael Heighes Gareth Wells Pam Hughes Robert Woodruff Andy Jackson Bryan Woodyer Tara Wright Clem Honoured Guest Roy Lomax Wright Mark 19 Godolphin Ed The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society You must be joking “It’s a funny game”

 When the manager of a Third division club started to discuss tactics, some of the team thought he was talking about a new kind of peppermint.  They say that pessimists see the cup as half empty, and optimists as half full. My team haven't even seen the cup

 A football fan lost a £50 bet on a TV football play. He lost another £50 on the instant replay

 They beat us five-nothing, and we were lucky to get nothing

 A bad football team is like an old bra - no cups and little support.

 At the end of the day, football means not having to go to Sainsburys on Sat- urday.

 For a minute we were in with a great chance.—Then the game started.

The goalkeeper threw a party after his team won the league championship. As a special honour, he asked the manager to say grace before they sat down to dinner. Finishing up the short prayer, the manager said, "... and we thank you, Lord, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the goalie host.

It was Cup Final day and a huge crowd was approaching Wembley Stadium. A fu- neral procession slowly passed through the crowd. On seeing this; a man took his hat off and stood motionless for a few moments before walking on. "That was a nice thing to do," said his friend. "Well," said the man, "she was a good wife to me for over 20 years."

One of the lesser-known stories in Greek mythology tells of a classic football match on Mount Olympus between the Gods and the Mortals. The Gods trounced the Mortals 8-0 and attributed their victory to the brilliance of their new centaur-forward.

Wife: 'Football, football, football! That's all you ever think about! If you said you were going to stay at home one Saturday afternoon to help with the house' work, I think I'd drop dead from the shock!' Husband: 'it's no good trying to bribe me, dear.'

The reigning Miss World - from Brazil - was invited to start The charity football match by performing the ceremonial kick-off. After an excellent game, which raised a great deal of money, a dinner was held. During the speeches which followed, Miss World made the evening for all present when, in broken English and with great charm, she said, 'It eez great honour for me to kick off your ball; I will be pleased to come back any time to English football clubs and kick all your balls off.' 20 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society

2009 / 2010 Season

September 7th : Ray Olivier, Regional Referees Manager, - Midlands.

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 : TBA

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

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Ray Olivier – National Referee Manager - Workforce

Ray Olivier is the newly appointed National Referee Manager - Workforce and is currently responsible for leading, managing, supporting and directing the development of the paid and volunteer workforce involved in refereeing including Referee Development Officers, Instructors, Assessors, Mentors and Coaches. He also provides a high quality support service on all areas of refereeing involving the National Game to County FAs in three Regional areas of the country.

Ray commenced his refereeing career in April 1980 with Birmingham County FA. In 1993, he was promoted to the National List of Assistant Referees and served for 5 years on the FA Premier League and Football League. In 1998/99 Season, he was promoted to the National List of Referees. Ray retired from the National Referees List at the end of Season 2006/07. He was fortunate to have officiated as a Refe- ree, Assistant Referee or as a 4th Official at 88 out of 92 (current) professional clubs in England. The clubs he did not get to officiate at were Newcastle United, Hull City, Doncaster Rovers and Accrington Stanley. Ray retired as an active referee from National List of Referees in 2007 and he is currently in his second season as a PGMOL Assessor.

Ray is a qualified FA Licensed Referee Instructor and has considerable experience at all levels of referee training in both in England and overseas, delivering Elite Referees courses in Bermuda, Trinidad & Tobago, Mali, Ethiopia, Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, Qatar, Asia (AFC) Malaysia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Columbia and Ecua- dor.

Woking Society Referees Basic Courses

to be held at Mayford Athletic, all enquiries to Tim Lawrence October 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th & 12th November 4th, 19th, 20th, 21st, & 23rd

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Courtesy of Chiltern Referee

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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

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Offside definition

Definition 1 The Bermuda Triangle area of the pitch where "innocent" players are drawn towards.

Definition 2 The offside rule is there to attract to football those people who can already explain how to play cricket

Definition 3 A player is offside if they are nearer to the opponent's goal line than both the ball and the second last player - except on alternate Saturdays when in addition the second last player must be facing in the opposite goals direction in which the ball is di- r e c t e d . A player is not offside if they are in their own half of the field, or they are level with the second last opponent, or the player, opponent and referee form a triangle as perceived by an imaginary linesmen po- sitioned on the Celestial Meridian. All offside regulations are immediately found to be in favour of the defending team if shortly after the ball is played they all stop, in unison, and raise their right arm to the linesman and appeal for an offside decision.

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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

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 25 Soho Square, London, W1D 4FA www.TheFA.com 0208 262 4542 FAMAO National Managers Janie Frampton Education 07984 003476 “name”@theFA.com Ray Olivier Workforce Roger Vaughan Recruitment and Retention Surrey County Football Association Connaught House 36 Bridge Street Leatherhead, www.surreyfa.com Surrey, KT22 8BZ 01372 373543 Referee Competition Manager Mark Wood [email protected] Appointments Secretary Rod Wood 0208 979 2477 & 07860 400995 [email protected] Referee Development Officer Tim Lawrence 01372 373543 Referees Association of England 1, Westhill Rd, Counden, Coventry CV6 2AD www.footballreferee.org 024 7660 1701 Surrey County Referees Association [email protected] Honorary Secretary Brian Fish 01483 420007 [email protected] Promotion Assessor Co-ordinator Martin Allen 07769 793493 [email protected] Guildford & Woking Alliance League Terry Hawkett 01932 887058 07778 628547 Referees’ Secretary [email protected] Surrey Intermediate League Adrian Freeman 01483 894351 / 07814 516911 Referees’ Secretary [email protected] Suburban League Tony King 01189 740465 Assistant Referees’ Secretary [email protected] Combined Counties League Philip Nash 07951 415046 Assistant Referees’ Secretary [email protected] Southern Youth League Peter Harris 01252315856 / 07967 988840 Assistant Referees’ Secretary Peter.harris1767ntlworld.com Camberley & District Sunday League Philip Nash 07951 415046 Referees’ Secretary [email protected] Surrey & Hants Border Sunday League Bob Dick 01428 682542 Referees’ Secretary [email protected] Farnham & District Sunday League Colin Barnett 01252 328953 Referees’ Secretary [email protected] West Surrey Youth League Alan Wiggins 01932 789376 Referees’ Secretary [email protected] Surrey Primary League Phillip Lee 07837 101012 Referees Secretary [email protected] Middlesex County FA 39/41 Roxborough Rd Harrow, Www.middlesexFA.com Middlesex, HA1 1NS 0208 424 8524

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