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May 2019.Pub @ WokingRA Chairman President Andy Bennett Vince Penfold Vice Chairman Life Vice Presidents Colin Barnett Roy Butler; Ken Chivers ; Neil Collins David Cooper; Peter Guest ; Chris Jones, Treasurer and Membership Secretary Secretary Anthony (Mac) McBirnie Bryan Jackson 01483 423808 01483 835717 / 07770 643229 1 Woodstock Grove, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 2AX [email protected] Training Officer Editor : The Warbler Pat Bakhuizen Mac McBirnie, [email protected] Welfare Officer Supplies Officer ; Callum Peter Gareth Heighes [email protected] 07951 425179 Assistant Supplies Officer : Gareth Heighes R.A Delegates Committee Brian Reader 01483 480651 Chris Busby ; Tom Ellsmore ; Tony Price Tony Loveridge Martin Read ; Paul Saunders ; Will Siegmund Friends of Woking Referees Society Roy Lomax ; Andy Dexter; Tom Jackson ; Mick Lawrence ; Lee Peter ; Jim D’Rennes : Eamonn Smith Affiliate Member Ian Ransom INSIDE THIS MONTH’S WARBLER Page 3: Agenda Page 4 : Chairman’s Chatter Page 5/6: This Month’s Speaker - Tom and Andy Page 7: Membership & Accounts / Academy News Page 8 : Results of RA Board Elections Page 8/9: How to Deal With Racist Comments - Andy Bennett Page 10 : Last Month’s Meeting Page 11: Just a Sec / Dates for your Diary Page 12 : Woking RA Application Form 2019/20 Page 13 : Extract from CRA Meeting 25th March Page 14: You’re in Charge Page 15 : Mac’s Musings Page 16/17 : “Have a Word Ref !” Page 18 : Murphy’s Meanderings Page 19 : Plum Tree Page 20 : Stephanie Frappart, 1st Ligue 1 Female Referee Page 21 : Young Referees’ Respect Initiative Page 23 : Adie Takes the Bull by the Horns Page 24/25 : Willie The Red Card Ref - Three More Steps Page 29 / 30 : You are the Ref Answers : You are the Ref Questions The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society Meadow Sports Football Club Loop Rd Playing Fields, Loop Rd, Kingfield, Woking Surrey GU22 9BQ AGENDA ♦ 7.15pm Academy Meeting ♦ 8pm Chairman’s Welcome ♦ Guest Speakers ♦ Andy Bennett & Tom Ellsmore ♦ Raffle ♦ Society Business The next meeting will on Monday 12th August The deadline for August Warbler is Friday 2nd August The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Society or its’ Committee 3 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society So, here I am the day before the deadline to submit this to Mac and I’m thinking “what shall I write about this month”? Well, a lot has taken place since the last Warbler came out. We had a great evening with our Guest Speaker Tim Robinson last month. It was brilliant to see a packed Meadow Sports and I know Tim really enjoyed the eve- ning with us all….so much so that eight of us went for a curry with him after- wards!! On a serious note though, the quality of our Guest Speakers that we at- tract to come to talk to us is second to none and we’ve already got some more lined up for later in the year and into 2020, you won’t be disappointed. Lots of our members have been involved in League and/or County Cup Finals. I hope that everyone enjoyed their experience and that your game(s) passed with- out incident. It’s always an honour to receive any cup final appointment so con- gratulations to all of you that have been appointed this year – our Society is proud of you!! We’ve got the final few games of the domestic league season building up to a tense climax. Many questions remain unanswered – will it be Manchester City or Liverpool, will Leeds Utd implode and bottle it again for the umpteenth season, will Chesterfield ever get back into the football league – these are the searching questions (nearly) everyone seems to be asking….. Talking of Leeds Utd., how many of you watched or saw the incident in their game versus Aston Villa last weekend? I admit I watched and re-watched it sev- eral times and I’m still of the opinion “play to the whistle”. We were taught that at the age of 10 so why is it so hard to do when you’re a professional player? The wider learning points from this we may end up discussing at the meeting so make sure you have your own views ready to air and discuss. For those of you who follow the refereeing scene on social media, there’s been a lot of hype around Mike Dean’s 100th red card issued in the Premier League – some of you will have been in the room back in October at Met Police/Imber Court when Mike came down as the guest of the Surrey FA Referees event. What an entertaining and thoroughly decent bloke he was/is and it’s not his fault that players seemingly can’t behave themselves enough – if it’s a red card then it’s usually a red card!! I’m looking forward to seeing you all on the 13th May for our final meeting of this season (I know I talked about the quality of our guests’ but you’ll have to put up with me and Tom Ellsmore that night!!) before we can all take a well-earned break over the summer. Stay fit, stay healthy and above all else, stay happy. Enjoy your break and see you back in August when it all starts again. Cheers Andy 4 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society My first interest in refereeing came about when I went to watch my Grandfather Mike Ellsmore at the local parks I used to love rummaging through his box of refe- reeing equipment, this led me to take the course aged 14 I started out on the north east hants youth league. I was luckily enough to be introduced to the Surrey FA development group where I was able to do games at Fulham academy, where I was coached and mentored. Aged 16 is was allowed to run the line on the combined counties division 1, I then went for promotion from 7-5 successfully. I spent a year as level 5 before being promoted to level 4 aged 18, I then spent 2 years at level 4 doing the middle on the combined counties premier devision be- fore being promoted to level 3 aged 20. I’m currently a level 3 referee running the line on the National league south and doing middles in the southern leagues and Bostik leagues. I started my referee journey back in 2011 in my home county of Derbyshire. It all came about due to an ongo- ing injury that halted my twilight years as a goalkeeper. I played cricket with three colleagues who were local referees in the Chesterfield & District Sunday League – I loved hearing their stories - and I had also been told by several referees’ throughout my half-decent refereeing career that I “should give reffing a go if you think you could do better, you big-mouthed fool”…..so I did!! When I moved to Surrey in 2012, I was fortunate enough to progress through the promotion scheme fairly quickly and I’m now a Level 3 referee operating on the Southern & Bostik leagues. I am also a Panel Select As- sistant Referee on the National League Premier and Premier League 2. Continued on next page 5 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society I’m also very fortunate to have been accepted onto the FA CORE Programme for this past season which has helped me develop immensely in my refereeing ca- reer. I’m proud to be a part of Woking Society and regularly help Pat & Co. at the FA Referees’ Course which we put on, on behalf of Surrey FA for all new referees’. I really enjoy this and it’s great to see some faces that we have trained over the past few years now within our society and the wider county doing so well. All of the above is done in-between having a real day-job as a National Sales Manager for a beer importer where I spend most of my days (and some nights) either driving or getting the train to various meetings around the UK and then “having” to sample several different beers – it’s not the worst job in the world!! My career highlights to date: Referee: • Achieving my Level 3 status in three seasons via the Surrey County pyra mid of leagues inc. Surrey Youth League, Surrey & Hants Border League, Surrey Intermediate League and Combined Counties League • Southern League South & West Division Play Off Final – May 2018 (Wimborne Town FC vs Swindon Supermarine FC) • Bostik League Premier Division Play-Off Semi Final – May 2019 (Carshalton Athletic FC vs Merstham FC) • Combined Counties Division One Challenge Cup Final – April 2016 – Worcester Park FC vs Bedfont & Feltham FC • FA Premier League U16 Final – April 2017 – Chelsea FC vs Manchester City FC • UEFA U16 International Tournament – Jan 2019 – Italy u16 vs Spain u16 Assistant Referee: • Isthmian League Premier Division Play Off Final – May 2017 (Bognor Regis Town FC vs Dulwich Hamlet FC) • FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round – 2018/19 season (Barnet FC vs Braintree Town FC) • National League Premier 2018/19 season (Leyton Orient FC vs AFC Fylde) • Surrey County Cup Final (Saturday Intermediate Cup) – 2015/16 season I’m looking forward to a fun and interactive meeting and it’s great to be present- ing alongside another Woking RA member in Tom Ellsmore. Both Tom and his grandad Mike were amongst the first people that welcomed me to Surrey all those years ago and it’s so good to see Tom progressing in his refereeing career – look out for him on the TV very soon (and not on Crime- watch, I mean refereeing games of football!!) Andy 6 The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society 2018/19 Membership 2019 Current Status 73 Full Members General £2,061.48 6 Friends Supplies £184.35 1 Affiliate Member Belgium £0.00 92 Referees trained in Training Fund £362.58 2017/2018 Youth Fund £113.50 20 Referees trained in 2018/2019 Total £2,721.91 Your subscriptions for the forthcoming season are now due, so make sure you get your application form and monies to Bryan Jackson asap.
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