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Friends of Woking Referees Society Roy Lomax ; Andy Dexter; Pam Wells ; Tom Jackson ; Mick Lawrence Affiliate Member Peter Bentley INSIDE THIS MONTH’S WARBLER Page 1: Agenda Page 2 : Chairman’s Chat, Accounts /Membership Page 3 : Membership Application Form Page 4 : Congratulations to Roy and Pam Lomax Page 5 : Mac’s Musings Page 6 : Charles, Harry, Billy and Me Page 7 : Murphy’s Meanderings Page 8 : Another Sunday and Sweet FA Page 9 : Graham Polls Weekend Watch Page 10/11: The Adventures of Willy the Whistler Page 12 : Adie Damsons in Distress …… Page 13/14/15 : Reflections of a Referees Secretary Cyril West Page 16 : This Month’s Speaker—Albert Astbury Page 17 : Get Fit, Northern Style with Andy Bennett Page 19 : Plum Tree / Dates for your Diary Page 20 : Howard Webb believes Respect better than ever. Page 21 : Should referees adjust their style to fit the players? Page 22 : Goal Line Technology - the first week Page 27/28 : What would you do Answers / What would you do?
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AGENDA
8.00 Chairman’s Welcome
This Month’s Speaker
Albert Astbury Chairman of the Referees Association
Society Business
10pm Finish
Next month’s meeting is on Monday 7th October 2013
The deadline for the October edition is Friday 27th September 2013
The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Society or it’s Committee
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Welcome everybody the season 2013/14 is underway.
I hope all of you that attended the August meeting found our Guest speaker Tim Lawrence’s session informative and amusing, for those who were unable to at- tend, we were given a definitive explanation of the one and only amendment to the Laws of the game, this was followed by chance to take part in a presentation of part of the video exam for referees, the sections we looked at were Offside, recognising challenges and penalties. I was pleasantly surprised with the general results of all those that took part. Our thanks go to Tim for his time and expertise.
We were honoured to be able to congratulate Roy and Pam Lomax on their County and Regional award for outstanding contribution to Football. Roy gave us a short overview of their day at Wembley Stadium where they were guest at the Community Shield Game and received their presentation. We as a society game Roy a presentation of Champagne and flowers.
Andy Bennet, spoke about the fitness group that has been set up on Monday evenings at Loop Road, anyone wishing to join in these friendly sessions should be at Loop Road (Meadow sports club) for a 6.45pm start.
This Month (Monday 2nd September) our Guest speaker will be Albert Astbury, RA Chairman. And bearing in mind what’s been going on over the past year at the RA it could be a lively and interesting session. Finally I am looking forward to the start of our young members academy which will set up as soon as possible.
I look forward to seeing you all on the 2nd of September.
Regards
Barry Rowland Chair.
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To Roy and Pam Lomax—Winners of the National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Football
Pam and Roy Lomax, the Woking couple who have been volunteering in youth football for nearly 50 years, made it a Grand Slam of FA McDonald’s Community Award at the weekend.
Having triumphed in the County and Regional Volunteer of the Year category, the dynamic duo were put forward against seven other nominations from across England in a public vote. And at yesterday’s presentation ceremony at Wembley Stadium ahead of the Community Shield, it was revealed Pam, 76, and Roy, 77, had yet again beaten off the competition to land the People’s Choice Award. Surrey County FA Development Manager Caroline McRoyall accompanied the couple to the event and said: “People like Pam and Roy are the lifeblood of the game and without their dedication to football we simply wouldn’t have the nation- al sport we know and love.” The couple were presented with the People’s Choice Award by Sir Trevor Brook- ing, Sky Sports News’ presenter Hayley McQueen and broadcasting heavy- weight Jim Rosenthal. Their story began in 1967 when Pam and Roy formed Mayford Athletic Boys FC, stumping up £50 of their own money to get the club off the ground, a considera- ble sum in those days. The rest of the money to support the club was raised through garage and jumble sales and repairing old bikes to sell. From there, their football volunteering CV reads (among others) the West Surrey Boys League Committee, Surrey County FA Youth Committee, Westfield FC, Surrey Youth League, Combined Counties League and the Woking Referees As- sociation. Pam and Roy can also be credited as helping to save the Loop Road Playing Fields (home now to Meadow Sports) from a building developer, facing the board of enquiry while sitting on the Woking Sports Council. Surrey FA Website
To the Woking Referee Society
Pam and I would like t thank you very much indeed for the lovely flowers and champagne you gave Roy at the August meeting. We would also like to thank every- body who voted for us in the recent McDonalds People Award for outstanding contribution for the Community Football 201 (Above Roy (on the left) receiving his gifts from Barry) We are pleased to say that we gained most votes out of the 7 nominations. We had a most enjoyable day at the Community Shield match, even going onto the pitch at half time and being congratulated by Geoff Hurst and by Sir Trevor Brooking Pam and Roy Lomax
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“Foul Throw Ref !” How often do we hear that from players when we are referee- ing on the local parks? Yet whenever I watch the professional game on TV the number of foul throw-ins are quite remarkable. Now, I tend to be rather easy going when it comes to throws, unless it’s blatantly obvious and the player/ team in- volved have gained an advantage. I always ask my club linesperson to watch the players feet (and demonstrate what is and what isn’t acceptable regarding foot over the line) but say that I will watch the hands/throw for the sake of consistency, as that can be more subjective. And that seems to work. But back to the “professionals”, how many times are players pulled up for basically dropping the ball or the ball not even reaching the throwers carefully gelled hair, never mind behind the head. I think I only saw one instance last year when a throw was deemed a foul.
The referees fee was discussed by County FA this year. A request had been made to increase the recommended basic fee from £30 to £35, which has not changed for some 7 years. Given the increase in fuel over this time, not an unrea- sonable request you may think. However this was not agreed by County, but why not a token increase to £32 or £33? I wonder if the employees of the County FA had a pay increase over the last 8 years? I appreciate that one of the biggest costs for a club must be the hire of the pitch. According to our regular columnist CIW, the costs for adult 11 a side games last year were £90 in Runnymede, £66 in Woking, £75 for Guildford Stoke Rec. and Burpham, £69.50 for all other GBC games. No doubt these have gone up this year, so basically clubs, may not always be happy with referees decisions but at least they are getting value for their money.
I’m sure many of you may be aware that Adie Freeman has a “thing” about the state of the roads in Surrey. He mentioned in the Warbler some months ago if we would like to vote for the worst road surface in the County. Well I’d like to put for- ward Littlewick Road, particularly the section between the roundabout at Horsell up to the Chobham road. I reckon it’s been dug up more times than Roy’s issued yellow cards. It really is atrocious. My car, like many these days, doesn’t have a spare wheel, but boasts of “run flat tyres” which means in theory you can drive even when you have a puncture. This I’m led to believe is due to very strong side walls on the tyres, which is fine except it makes the ride quite hard, which in turn is not helped by the state of the road surfaces. I noticed that Chris Evans, writing in the Mail on Sunday recently, also complains of the state of the roads, which I’m sure are not confined to just Surrey. He was talking about a Lamborgini that he was testing which “ Shook with fear when it first caught a glimpse of the shockingly pocked A325 past Farnborough, not to men- tion the unloved and leaky A331 towards Sandhurst. Britain’s fractured highway system has become a daily assault course. I say we should march on Downing Street in protest - before marching becomes the only mode of transport afforda- ble.” Adie, you have an ally. I’m currently recovering from a broken toe, caused by that very dangerous occu- pation, namely, negotiating the stairs!! Hope my boots still fit Mac
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Charles, Harry, Billy & Me – 2.
“You don’t have appointed assistants to run the lines on your local parks games, do you?” I could sense Harry was about to warm up for another ‘friendly’ argument. “No, each side has to volunteer a linesman,” I replied. Best to keep it short before knowing which direction this was going. “Well, how do you know if they are any good?” continued Harry. “The game I saw on Sunday morning one linesman was flagging for offside every couple of minutes and I don’t think they were all correct.” “I always speak to both linesmen together before start of play,” I answered, “telling them what is required, usually only to assist with ball out of play and offsides. I can gen- erally tell within the first 5 or 10 minutes whether they are to be relied on or not. And if one is frequently giving ‘offside’ flags then I make it my business to be in a good position to judge for myself on this.” Charles put down his pint as he wanted to join the discussion. “I can remember in my day having words with linesmen when I was not entirely happy with what they were do- ing. Have had them replaced on occasions, too. A number of times they have also flagged for supposed fouls when I had specifically told them I would deal with any such misdemeanours myself. Needless to say they usually only flag for occurrences against their own team!” “Yes,” said Harry, “but often they give the flag to another person or parent for the sec- ond half, or it’s the manager or his assistant doing the line. That’s hardly fair, is it?” It was my turn to clarify. “I prefer not to have the manager running the line, particularly if he is calling out instructions to his team all the time. This also often happens with a parent on boys games shouting encouragement, or even berating the team or players sometimes. Of course this usually means that they are not concentrating properly on what I have asked them to do. But don’t get this out of proportion, there are some good ones about and some teams encourage dads or supporters to attend a course to show them how to line correctly. Like I said I can generally spot good or bad early on in the game.” “Even with the best will in the world, and without appointed assistant referees,” Charles was in supportive mood again, “you are still going to miss some things, either behind your back or not being in a good enough position to see clearly what occurred.” Billy was suddenly alert. “Talking of not seeing what’s in front of you, have you ever watched ‘The Usual Suspects’? Very good film. Kevin Spacey’s terrific. Watched it through three times and still couldn’t work it all out. You’re concentrating on the dialogue and what the actors are doing, but not taking in the clues around you.” Some of us had seen it, so knew what he meant, but mainly it was good that Billy was getting animated about something.
Currently he seemed to be constantly watching football or catching up on all the films he’d missed over the years. It would be better if he got out a bit more. As far as we knew he still had no idea where his wife had gone, and didn’t appear to worry too much about it. “And what a clever ending,” he enthused, “ when realisation sets in.” Although not particularly to Harry’s liking, Charles and I steered the conversation on to other Kevin Spacey films so that Billy could contribute more and continue his growing confidence.
Realisation having set in, Charles went to get the next round.
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MURPHY’S MEANDERINGS
I’ve always liked running, especially long distance, probably because it came nat- urally to me; not that I was any good. However, being five foot six and weighing eight and a half stone was a definite advantage. Fitness was a very strong point of my refereeing but it got mixed reactions from Assessors. One compared me to a whippet and another complimented me on being able to run faster backwards than many of the players could run forward. However, there were others who said I was too busy running about to see infringements or my favourite Assessor’s comment “Seb Coe might not make a good referee”.
Doing training for stamina was not difficult because I could just run around the streets of an evening. Where I did have a problem was for short distances and sprinting. There were times when I didn’t referee for three or four weeks, either when weather conditions were bad and games were being called off or when the Football League and FA were using me more for lines and taking up all my Satur- days. When this happened I felt I was losing my sharpness for refereeing. I solved this by training on the local Rugby pitch using its markings to do repetitive sprints until I was sprinting the length of the pitch.
Contrary to what is taught now, I never warmed up before a match, merely did a few stretching exercises and in the forty three years I officiated only had one inju- ry, a pulled hamstring. My son–in-law played for a good local Sunday side and when he found that they had an important game with no referee asked me to offi- ciate. The pitch was in a field on the edge of a village and, breaking the habit of a lifetime, thought I would have a run around it to loosen up. I hadn’t gone more than ten yards when my foot went down a rabbit hole stretching my leg and pull- ing my hamstring. Nobody noticed and, not wishing to let anybody down, I did the game. It was not very painful at first but as the game wore on the pain increased and the muscle became tighter and tighter. Fortunately it was an easy win for my son-in-law’s team and the game was not too taxing as I was reduced to walking by the end.
It was quite a silly thing to do as I did more harm than good and I was out of ac- tion for five weeks missing both non-league and Football League games. From then on there was no more warming up for me.
Tony Murphy
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ANOTHER SUNDAY AND SWEET F.A.
The alarm clock buzzes and another Sunday morning dawns. I creep from my bed. The bloodshot eyes, that haggard expression, God the wife looks awful in the mornings. I look forward to my Sunday morning games, the lack of skill is made up by sheer determination and luck, and the players are just as bad.
I'm not the type to eat breakfast, I never eat on an empty stomach, so after 2 gallons of coffee I leave for the ground. I like to arrive early and on this morning I'm glad I did for a horse had trekked its way across the pitch and deposited a huge amount of waste. I decide to search for the groundsman and tell him what has happened and ask for a shovel. "I'll put it on my rhubarb," I said jokingly. "Funny lot you Londoners," he replied, "I put custard on mind." As I shovel away the offending heap, it reminds me of the curry I had the night before, not the sight but the smell.
By now the teams had arrived and were changing in the open air for there were- n't any changing rooms at this ground. Isn't it strange how men lack modesty. Can you imagine a team of ladies doing the same, but then again, in really cold weather you couldn't tell the difference. I am approached by a gruesome look- ing character who asks if I am the ref for this game. I smiled and replied. "Yes," thinking all the time that his poor beer fuzzed brain must have been working overtime because there is only one pitch and here I am standing in my referee's kit. "Bloody hell" I think to myself, "If this is the brains of the outfit, we are in for an interesting game.."
I walk amongst the players searching for intelligent life and to ask for a match ball. The late night before has taken it's toll on most of them and various noises emit from all sorts of orifices. The smell of best bitter, Chinese food and horse oil is not my favourite blend. "Hello ref," shouts No 4, "I hope you're better than that prat we had last week." I acknowledge his remark with a nod and then wonder if he's related to the first chap I met, because I was that prat he was referring to for I did them last week However, no harm done and I'm not the sort to hold a grudge. The skipper introduces himself and hands me the match ball. "That's nice," I remark, "But haven't you got a round one0" "Sorry ref but funds are short." he replied. Oh well we are hardly playing serious stuff here, besides it may add to the fun. "Have you got a linesman," I ask. "Not sure ref," comes the reply, "We haven't got a full squad yet, but you'll manage won't you9" Manage, of course I'll manage, only because I have little option.
My mind wanders to the glory of Wembley. The professional game, the big crowds and the television cameras. What the heck am I doing here. I'll tell you what, loving every minute of it, that's what. Paul Lacey
Sent to me by Tony Murphy
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Graham Polls -WEEKEND REF WATCH: The contrast of Ivanovic's yellow against Taylor's red highlights the need for FA consistency
While the opening weekend produced some interesting refereeing decisions, it was the midweek game between Chelsea and Aston Villa which threw up the most intriguing debate. After the undisputed dismissal of Newcastle’s Steven Taylor for a forearm smash on Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero on Monday, those watching Branislav Iva- novic tangle with Christian Benteke expected the same punishment. However, referee Kevin Friend decided to issue just a yellow card for the Serb, and to rub salt in Villa’s wound Ivanovic then scored the winner. For consistency with Taylor’s dismissal it was expected that the FA would step in to charge Ivanovic using their new disciplinary code; the FA rules were changed in the summer regarding incidents of this nature following an incident last season with Wigan's Callum McManaman who escaped punishment for an X-rated tackle on Newcastle's Massadio Haidara. However, they were only amended so the FA can take action if a referee has not had a full view of an incident. Thankfully what remains in place is that, in general, the FA will support the active referees’ decision unless there is a clear error. Think of DRS in cricket where the same delivery can result in either a player be- ing out or staying in. If the replay shows that a delivery would have hit the stumps then it is clear that the player was out. However, if the ball was only just hitting and the standing umpire gave the bats- man not out then the standing umpires’ decision stands as it was not clearly wrong and was credible. Let’s just hope that the FA remain consistent with this through the season so that we all know what to expect in such situations. That will help all observers see that a lot of decisions fall into a grey area and very few are black and white.
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You know you're 40 when… (Men) Courtesy of The Sunday Telegraph You own a bicycle that cost more than your car. You tell everyone how the clip pedals make your bicycle much more efficient. No one is interested. You fall off at the lights trying to glimpse a pretty girl in a passing bus. You realise she is 19. You admit that this has happened more than once. You know what cholesterol is. You know what your cholesterol is. You stop playing squash in case you get a heart attack. You have to warm down after kicking a football with your children. You google "brain tumour" every time you have a headache. You sigh when you sit down. You check your pension pot and discover it's going to pay you £4,000 a year. You wonder if it's too late to start a business. Something in computers, per- haps - they seem to be the future.
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The Adventures of Willy ‘The Whistler’ Woodwork Part 22 –Take the lead! Match: Cockfosters Casuals –v- Reds Rovers Venue: Hackney Marsh – Pitch 165 League: Division Three – Sunday Park League (North) Time: 81st minute
The Rovers number eleven was running along by the touch line towards the Cas- uals goal when suddenly he abruptly stopped in agony with what appeared to be a torn hamstring. He seemed to be in great discomfort and without waiting he just stepped off the field of play to receive treatment. Thankfully the defender kicked the ball out of play but this still put me in a quan- dary. The player had clearly left the field of play without my permission but was it right in these unusual circumstances to produce a yellow card? As I walked to the player his manager asked if he could make a substitution as the injured play- er could not continue. I told the manager that was okay and with the player still in pain on the ground I then duly produced a yellow card. This was not a popular decision but I knew yet again I was right and that I had applied the law correctly.
Would you have done any differently? Can an injured player leave the field of play without the referee’s permis- sion? I looked at my watch and with a sigh of relief I noticed that there were only nine minutes remaining of the match. If only the remaining minutes could produce nothing contentious…..if only! The Rovers player then shoots and the ball is about to cross the Casuals goal line and enter the goal when suddenly from nowhere a dog runs onto the pitch and prevents the ball from entering the goal! Just what I needed! I immediately blew my whistle and was of course surrounded by players from both sides. It seemed that everyone had some thing to say. ‘You cannot award the goal, the ball never went into the goal’ and ‘Regardless of what the dog did you know the ball was going to go in the goal, you must award the goal’. I had to make a decision and decided that in the spirit of football knowing the ball in no doubt would have entered the goal, my decision was to therefore award a goal. - eedless to say that Rovers totally agreed and some players even applauded my decision whilst to put it mildly the Casuals were not happy. Surely you would have awarded the goal……………
Can a goal be awarded if there was no doubt that it would have entered the goal had it not been for the actions of the dog?
Within twenty seconds the Casuals manager asks to make another substitution. The player about to be substituted walked towards me and he was fuming about my last decision. “The dog should have been on a lead and so should you”. I told him to keep his comments to himself but he continued with a tirade of abuse. This same player had already been cautioned previously for dissent in the 21st minute and I knew that I had no other option to now produce a red card. (Just a quick tip for you here……it is useful to not only take the players name for a red or yellow card but to also record what the offence was and the time of the incident)
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Anyhow back to the match……….The player saw the red card and proceeded to leave the field of play and as he did the substitute immediately then entered the field of play. “Oh no no no you don’t” I told him and explained that his team mate had been sent off and cannot be replaced. I told the manager if he wanted the substitute to play then another player would have to be taken off. This seemed to totally baffle the manager and all the Casu- als team. The substitution procedure is not fully completed until a player leaves the field of play and only then can the substitute enter the field of play. That was evident to me but not the Casuals. They had no other option than to accept my decision. A decision which I knew was correct. And as always is the case they are always awarded with confidence. If the player about to be substituted is sent off, does another player also have to leave to enable the substitute to enter? As I have mentioned previously the pitches at Hackney Marshes are very close together and if it is not dogs that are not on leads causing problems then it is the ball from the next pitch which seems to be frequently on our pitch. For what seemed to be the hundredth time the ball from the other pitch came on our pitch but this time made contact and hit our match ball. I naturally blew my whistle and awarded a drop ball. Rovers who were attacking the Casuals goal at the time felt this was unfair and felt that I should have played advantage. But I know the laws and the other ball is deemed to be an outside agent and therefore a drop ball is the correct restart. Would you have played an advantage?
Best wishes Willy ‘The Whistler’ Woodwork Courtesy of “The Normidian”
that you're really into football. You know you're 40 when... You know nothing about football. You join Facebook. You buy a Jay Z record You find that your parents are already Your children laughed at you because on it. you called him Jay Zed. Your "news feed" is full of adverts for You own a Kindle Fire, a MacBookPro hair-loss clinics. and an iPad. You leave Facebook, join Twitter and You've only ever used them to play follow Stephen Fry. Angry Birds. You go to a hair-loss clinic. You do this on the loo to escape the They offer you a pill that reduces hair family. loss but might make you impotent. You wonder about growing a beard You take it gladly. You wonder if it's still OK to wear jeans You tell people you shop in Abercrom- and a T-shirt. bie & Fitch because you really like the Your wife throws out all your jeans and cut of their shirts. T-shirts. You actually shop there because you You get your own back by withholding fancy the shop assistants. marital favours The shop assistants call you She doesn’t notice "granddad" behind your back. You think you’re still 29
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Adie’s Damsons in Distress, but his Plums are Victorious
With the New Season looming on the horizon the weather has taken on a some- what ‘Autumnal’ feel (well, it has if you hike your backside out of the sack at 05:30 every morning). Diane and I had a great time on Jersey. We prefer the conventional ferry from Portsmouth, it’s convenient and we can take our own car with the wetsuits and boards. There had not been very good waves for a few weeks prior to our arrival but when we got to St Ouen’s the swells were up to 6 foot and the beach was abso- lutely heaving with locals grabbing the chance to hit some good curls. We sam- pled some great cooking, cool beer and met some real characters on our break, I would recommend the Island to anybody who wants to ‘chill’. Everybody seems so polite on the roads and there isn’t a rat race even at 5pm. I spotted an excel- lent school at St Peter’s and tried to convince Diane she needed to get a job there. ‘I could drop you off each morning dear, and head over to St Ouen’s and spend the day surfing or drive up to the Greve de Lecq and go fishing’. She was not impressed. Thankfully my eldest son Graham had been watering the garden in our absence so we had a plethora of runner beans in the veggie patch, you really cannot beat those home grown organic fruit and veg. I notice my Victoria plum is loaded this year but the frost got the Damson tree so a poor showing there. Should be some apples in the Autumn so the Freeman Orchard is not having a bad year. I had only been home about 8 hours and the phone rang. ‘Our Ref has injured himself, could you...... ?’ 36 hours later, kit packed and off for a game... almost like I had never been away from it!! Last Saturday nice Mr Wood at County allocated me to Fulham Academy for the Fulham v Stoke City U18 match. What a great day with Tris and Steve, very memorable and a terrific start to the season. On to local football. The Surrey County Intermediate League (Western) games commence on the 7th of September and the first two weeks have been allocated and are on the website. I will notify the Match Officials, Club Secretaries and the Assessors via e-mail in the next few days. Adie
You know you're 40 when… (Ladies) You google Harry from One Direction to on your children. see how old he is. Your children refuse to be friends with you You don't mind that he's 19. on Facebook. You do some more research on his previ- Your "news feed" is full of adverts for co- ous flings and realise that you probably lonic irrigation. stand a chance. You leave Facebook, join Twitter and follow You finally understand all the fuss about Cartlin Moran. George Clooney. You'd like to have some strong words with You'd like to go to a nightclub again - main- Isaac Newton about this gravity of his. ly because the lighting is so forgiving. You ask your husband if your bum looks You go clubbing and remember why you'd big; he says yes. resolved never to go again. You get your own back by withholding mar- You try hard to like Lady Gaga. ital favours. You'd rather listen to Suede. He doesn't notice. You think you're still 29.
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Reflections on being the Referees' Secretary of a local League. When I was last seeking to pass the RefSec job of the Border League to someone else I wrote my chosen victim / martyr / candidate / masochist / he- ro, a polite letter well before election time came round, in fact well before an- yone else knew I wanted a bit of relief. The gentlemen took his time (4 weeks actually) to get back to me, but even- tually and both warily and guardedly, he agreed to 'give it a go1. Memory plays strange tricks but I am sure that I was just finishing my fifth session as Border RefSec, having previously and generously handed the post over to Alan Berry, Geoff Hobbs, Barrie Cundy, etc. In each case I tried to pass on my experience but without being dogmatic. In every case they took the job on firmly believing that most referees knew 'how to behave', only to find in fairly quick time that though one might expect referees, per se, to be disciplined and committed, straightforward and honest, in a few cases they behave exact- ly as other human beings do, where a bit of self-interest creeps in, or occa- sionally gallops in. Open dates can be a mystery to the new recruit, he offers all his available dates to 2 or even 3 Leagues, no-one explained it properly, or he just wasn't listening. But when an older hand tries to tell you he didn't give you a particu- lar date (long after you know he DID) take a keen eye to the fixture you have given him, is it too far away (?), has he had a previous problem with one or both teams (?), has he got a Youth game the same day that your fix- ture means he won't have time to do both ?. Or is he really being picky, as the we!! known Scotsman was when he asked Barrie why Cyri! West had a Di- vision One game which ,apparently, I was much too old for, whilst he was on Division 2 that week. Mention of Barrie reminds me that I asked him before his term of office which position he would rather be in on (say) the Friday of a week : One Referee short of a full house (all but one game covered) OR one referee spare. He plumped (logically) for the latter, but in actual fact it is better to be one short, you can carry on "ringing round1, but if you have one referee more than you need (and no matter who it is) he will think you are leaving him out deliber- ately. Having said that, I do recall that there were a lot of times when I wished we had loads of referees, and that might then allow me to omit one or two on a regular basis, the ones that not only from markings by Clubs but also from expressed 'attitudes' by the referees themselves, led you to the conclusion that they may be 'in the game' for the wrong reasons.
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Those last two words could include for the power mad bloke, who insists (each time you meet) on running through chapter and verse of his last ten or so confrontations with various players, or it could mean the chap aiming to 'do' as many games each week as possible (for the money !) who is so clearly stale, and in some cases even contemptuous of those for whom he is officiating. We never had too many all the while I was appointing, and though there are now plenty of REGISTERED referees (if you go on numbers registered and in the County Directory) it would seem that we are still not much better off week by week on the local Leagues. The 'attractions' of the Combined Counties must be known to most read- ers, with a lot of whistlers choosing to wave a flag, even when a local League still needs one or two for the middle. Similarly, the influx of a more than usual number of youngsters in the last few years, albeit that training and assessing appears to have improved in leaps ansd bounds, still finds some of them short of that 'commitment to the cause1 on a regular basis that was deemed vital for the type of referee of several years ago who wanted to “put something back in” when he had finished his playing career. There may also be a factor where the youngster who looks as if he is not doing too well envies one or two of his mates, or other referees of his own age group, who appear to be doing better, and he eases off on how often he officiates, rather than accept the challenge to improve. How easy is it to 'drop' a referee from your list? Difficult during a season, you need a reason and you must disclose the reason, and you may be re- fused. Between seasons I would say it can be done, not by visibly and open- ly dispensing with the services of a particular referee, but by simply not sup- plying an application form for your League for the following season. Why would you do that ? Mostly for one of two reasons :- 1. If he was with you last season and 'let you down* one time too many, being evasive or clearly trying to 'pull the wool over your eyes' when you sought reasons. 2. If his performances on your League during the previous season gave real cause for concern. In such cases, and not just on Club markings, but ra- ther on 'quiet words' from League Officers or other colleagues, you ought to be trying (a) a bit of friendly advice and/or (b) a watching by yourself or another League Officer and/or (c) Ask SCFA if he could be properly assessed. You must give him a chance to improve.
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The last suggestion raises the point that there will always be a few referees, some with good reasons, who never apply for promotion, but who referee so non-controversially that they never 'rock the boat' enough for someone to to even suggest the need for an assessment by a proper assessor. It is quite strange, if you think about it, that it is possible to pass the exam, start officiat- ing, offer yourself to a couple of local Leagues, keep your nose clean so far as avoiding anything really outrageous, accept a moderate number of County Cup appointments, and carry on for almost as long as you wish and as often as you wish, all without anyone ever taking an official look at how you referee. Bad habits will form, you may even be making real 'mistakes in Law' but keep your head down, stay on local middles, and you can and will (probably) sur- vive. So far as the local League RefSec is concerned he will say he is glad to have you, but I bet he is careful where he sends you (which only helps your cause, of course !) And the fact is that you are still doing the job better than someone who has not been trained, or at least we hope so, but are you real- ly worth the thirty quid that bloke has to give you ? CIW.
Any One for Cricket ? What do you get if you cross the Australian cricket team with an OXO cube? A laughing stock.
What do you call a world class Australian cricketer? Retired!
The Australian bobsleigh team have asked the Aussie cricket team for a meet- ing. They want to ask their advice about going downhill so fast!
What do you call an Australian cricketer with a champagne bottle in his hand? A waiter.
Of everyone in the Aussie team, who spends the most time at the crease? The woman who irons their cricket whites.
What’s the height of optimism? An Aussie batsman putting on sunscreen.
What is the main function of the Australia coach? To transport the team from the hotel to the ground.
What’s the difference between an Aussie batsman and a Formula 1 car? Nothing! If you blink you’ll miss them both.
What do Aussie batsmen and drug addicts have in common? Both spend most of their time wondering where their next score will come from.
What did the spectator miss when he went to the toilet? The entire Australian in- nings.
What’s the Australian version of LBW? Lost, Beaten, Walloped.
What do you call a cricket field full of Australians ? A vacant lot.
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Role in Refereeing Active Referee level 5 Referee Mentor Licensed Referee Assessor FA Referee Tutor Level 2 Referees’ Academy Officer Southampton FC Secretary Southampton DFA Referees Committee
Look - it matches your shirt! President of Eastleigh Referees Club Chairman of the RA Board
The following is taken from The FA Carlsberg Referee Awards 2012 Outstanding Contribution Referee Awards Nomination
There can be few people who devote as much of their personal time to refer- eeing as Albert Astbury. He qualified as a referee with the Birmingham County FA on 4 December 1963. They promoted him to Class 2 in Season 1966/67. He Registered with Birmingham County FA 1963 to 1969 Moving with his em- ployment twice; he registered with Somerset FA 1970 to 1972 and the Gloucester FA 1972 to 1976 where he was promoted to Class 1 now level 5. He has registered every year since 1976/77 with Hampshire FA. He is still an active referee officiating on local senior, junior, and veteran adult games. He is a licensed Referee Assessor conducting assessments on Promotion candi- dates 7 to 4. He became a Referee Instructor in September 1982. He has trained over 1,500 new referees to date. He mentors many of the referees that he has trained and other in need of support. He was the first Referee County Fitness Co-ordinator for Hampshire FA in 2002 relinquishing that post in 2003 to become the first County Mentor Officer. He has been the Referees Officer appointed by Hampshire FA to Southampton Football Club since 2002 having already undertaken this role in the previous 4 years. He appoints all match of- ficials 8 through to 16 and other matches. He has built up a team of mentors at the club to ensure that every match has at least one mentor. In 2010 he became Secretary to the Southampton Divisional FA Referees Committee. In this role he completely re-organised the working of the committee which meets quarterly to consider the 15 reports from its various officers. In 1998 he became the first President of the Eastleigh Referees’ Club and its Training Of- ficer both positions he still hold today. In 2011 he was elected onto the Refer- ees Association National Board and was appointed at the 2012 Conference their Vice Chairman. In December of 2012 following a resignation he became Chairman of the Referees Association. Every single role he has undertaken for the FA The RA and for local and National Referees has been conducted with total passion and commitment. He never seeks rewards or plaudits but just gets on with whatever task or tasks are before him at any given moment.
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REVEALED: Refs run more than the Premier League stars (yes, really!) and get 99% of offside calls correct By JOHN DRAYTON Daily Mail You're not fit to referee!' we jeer from the stands. But actually, it seems they are. According to the Premier League End of Season report for 2012-13, the referees actually work harder than the players. Last season referees averaged 176 high speed runs (above 20km/h) whereas players averaged 175. They also performed, on average, 50 sprints (above 25km/h) in each game - which is a massive 64 per cent increase on what it was five years ago. Maybe that explains why referee Phil Dowd has got himself in such good shape heading into the new season. Often derided by supporters for having a somewhat portly figure, the 50-year-old took up a strict pre-season training regime which sees him in superb condition as the Premier League prepares to kick-off once again. The report also published some other statistics about refereeing decisions that may sur- prise you. According to the Premier League, 99 per cent of offside decisions are correct, for the third season running. They also claim that 98.6 per cent of decisions made in the penalty area are accurate - although this wouldn't include fouls that have been missed. There was also a 21 per cent drop in red cards and a 33 per cent drop in yellows.
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F.A. Academy, Fulham u-18 v Nottingham Forest u-18 Referee : Paul Gorringe
F.A. Academy Fulham u-16 v Charlton Athletic u-16 Referee : Paul Gorringe
FA Cup 1st extra preliminary round Holyport v Hanworth Villa Assistant Referee: Richard Hailstone
FA under 16 Academy Chelsea v Liverpool Referee : Richard Hailstone
FA Academy Under 16 Chelsea v Southampton Assistant Referee : Dale Leacock
FA Academy U16s Fulham v Derby County Assistant Referee : Roy Butler
2nd September Society Meeting. Guest speaker Albert Astbury, RA Chairman
7th October Society Meeting
17th October Imber Court. Surrey County FA RA-FA event Guest speaker to be announced.
4th November Society Meeting
2nd December Society Meeting
6th January 2014 Society Meeting
3rd February Society Meeting - The Surrey County FA Road Show
3rd March Society Meeting - AGM
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Howard Webb thinks the respect shown by players towards referees is better than ever. Goalline technology will be introduced this season to try and help officials, and Webb is fully behind behind the move. Webb was speaking as the latest batch of young referees were being put through their paces as part of an official training day involving the Referees As- sociation. As far as respect is concerned, Webb is in no doubt that the game is moving in the right direction. "If you look at the records for cautions for dissent, the numbers are down." Howard Webb "It's better than ever," he told Sky Sports News. "I've been involved in the Prem- ier League for 10 years. If you look at the records for cautions for dissent, the numbers are down. "Speaking from personal experience, the relations I have with players is by and large positive. Of course, football is an emotional game and sometimes emo- tions spill over in a way that is not acceptable, but most of the games that I am involved in pass off without that sort of incident. "For those of us in the Premier League, it's our full-time living. It's our occupa- tion. We have to be athletes - we have to be totally physically and mentally pre- pared for the challenge. "The demands are higher than ever before, and there's more scrutiny than there has ever been. I guess the youngsters who are coming into the game now are hoping to get to that level. "But to do so, they need to reach a certain standard in terms of technical ability, physical stamina and fitness levels."
David Elleray, the Referees' Association chairman, is also confident that the re- wards now available at the top of the game will ensure that the next generation of officials are of an elite standard. "The number of young referees people coming into football is growing and growing," said Elleray. "I think the reason for that is the FA is looking after them better and I think the interest is there because at the top level, it's a profession where you can now earn a good salary. "Furthermore, if you want to be, you can be involved in the biggest matches in the world in the best league in the world." One of the biggest innovations for this season will see the introduction of goal- line technology and Webb is in no doubt that it will be a boon for spectators and referees alike. "It is something quite new that we have not had before, and it is something that we will all welcome," he said. "The biggest decision in the game is whether the ball has crossed the line or not. It affects the result of the game and we want to get those calls right. "So if there is something that can help us get that right, then why would we not want it?"
Sky Sports— spotted by Mal Davies
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Most youth soccer referees quit within the first couple of years of officiating with verbal abuse by kids' parents being the number one reason for quitting. But if they can get through those critical first two or three years, referees will develop a repu- tation and style, both of which will evolve over the years. My style as a referee is to call fouls a bit more conservatively than many of my col- leagues and to try to play the advantage clause as much as possible, in part so the game will have a nice flow to it. With most fouls, I am looking to see if the play- er can play through the foul. Yet it is extremely important that I communicate that I'm playing advantage to help prevent retaliation. The signal is both verbal by yell- ing "Play On, Advantage", and physical by extending the arms with an upswept gesture, starting below the waist and brought to shoulder level. I will often even briefly tell the fouled player afterwards that I saw the foul and played the ad- vantage, plus sometimes speak to the player who committed the foul as well. During the recent college season, I noticed many teams who I officiated were ad- justing their play to fit the amount of contact that the officials allowed. Certainly on the pro level, the players are aware what that ref will or will not allow. It will be nice when more and more youth teams adjust their play to fit the way the game is being officiated. So if teams are adjusting their play to the officials', should the officials adjust the way they are calling the game to the teams? My answer is certainly yes, especially if theref can sense during the game that there is broad agreement between the teams within the Laws of the Game as to what is, or is not, a foul. I still have the superb "Fair or Foul?" book, which helped me develop as a ref at the beginning of my career. Authors Larry and Paul Harris use nine cartoons on the different types of referees. The Facilitator is a happy man with a halo over his head and wearing a badge that says "Goody Two Shoes". According to the car- toon, the Facilitator calls fouls commensurate with the level of play, covers every inch of grass on the field, is flexible, prevents problems before they occur, is re- spected by the coaches plus compliments and complements his assistants. Try as I might, it's too bad that I was not the Facilitator during a recent high school game as I misread a little of what the players wanted. Two skilled teams were playing and there was nothing going on from a discipline standpoint, so the officiat- ing crew let the teams play. Any dissent, and it was a little at first, came from the perception that a foul should have been whistled. There was no dissent at all after fouls were given. There was little interest in playing through the foul except when the fouled player was right near the opponents' penalty area. I should have whistled a few more fouls and played the advantage less as that's what both teams wanted. In the second half there were two cautions - for dissent, and for unsporting behaviour when a player showed little interest in playing the ball. If I had read the game correctly, I believe that both cautions would not have been necessary.
(Ed. This was written by Randy Vogt for the Eccles Informer issued February 2013. He has officiated over 8,000 games during the past three decades, from professional matches in front of thousands to 6-yr olds being cheered by enthusi- astic parents. In "Preventative Officiating" he shares his wisdom gleaned from games he has officiated and hundreds of clinics to help referees not only survive but thrive). Courtesy of the Chiltern Referee
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GLT is used on the opening week of the Premiership Season The Premier League's new goal-line technology was called upon during Aston Villa’s 3-1 opening day win over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Fabian Delph's shot beat goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny but saw his long-range effort strike the inside of the right-hand post and roll across the line. And the Hawk-Eye Goal Decision System - which was used for the first time in English football during the Community Shield last Sunday - came into play. Television replays shown in the press box confirmed that referee Anthony Taylor had been notified that the ball did not cross the line at any point. Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore believes the GDS system will improve the Premier League this season, after revealing there were 31 occa- sions that could have benefited from it last term. "The most important thing in football is a goal - was it scored or wasn't it," he said. "That is what the whole object of the game is and therefore it's important be- cause we've now got the technology and got the resources that work, that we've been able to introduce it. "I'm absolutely confident of its accuracy, 100 per cent. It's quick, which again is very important. That decision needs to be an instant decision. It will be less than a second." The Premier League is the first football division in the world to introduce the sys- tem but Franz Beckenbauer has called for the German Football League (DFL) to follow after Hoffenheim were controversially denied a goal during their 2-2 draw with Nurnberg in the Bundesliga last Saturday.
Goal-line technology was required for the first time in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge - and thankfully its debut was successful. Chelsea were 2-0 up in first-half stoppage time yesterday against newly- promoted Hull on Jose Mourinho's return to English football when Hawk-Eye was deployed. Branislav Ivanovic met Frank Lampard's corner with a firm header hit straight at Hull goalkeeper Allan McGregor, who saved on the line at the second attempt. The referee's watch will only buzz when the ball crosses the goal-line, so it can be safe to assume Jonathan Moss felt no vibrations in a decision which is now out of his hands. There were no protests from the Chelsea players and Mourinho and Hull coun- terpart Steve Bruce shared pleasantries as the half came to an end. Replays also indicated the technology was working and Hawk-Eye's view of the incident was broadcast on television and on the big screen in the ground. Chelsea midfielder Kevin de Bruyne was happy with how the system worked, telling Sky Sports 1: "It was clearly not over the line. The technology is good so there will be no questions further."
Ed - GLT seems to be working—which is more than can be said for Crickets DRS, but early days yet !
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