The Referee

So everything is set for the start of the season and I now have my full set of fixtures.  I miss the start of the season on Saturday as I am away for the weekend.  So my first game is next Tuesday where I will be at Loughborugh Uni vs Castle Vale.
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Firstly Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you keep to all your resolutions.   I had a sensible New Years Eve as Yesterday I was Assistant for the local derby between Hinckley & Nuneaton. 
It turned out to be a good game and everything you would expect from a local derby, but luckily no controversy.   The [...]

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Monday night was a unique experience for me and one I hope in time to experience again.   As mentioned previously I was Assistant Referee for the Setanta Shield fixture between Kettering & Boston that was shown live on Setanta.As you can appreciate I was nervous about this, however to be honest I get nervous before [...]

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Well this weekend I had a free Saturday.  This was planned though as I was helping my wife’s employer with a huge industry awards ceremony at the ICC in Birmingham.   To be honest it was good fun and while I would have rather have had a game, it made a change on a Saturday and [...]

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Tuesday Night I was Assistant at the Setanta Shield game between Alfreton & Hucknall.   This was a local derby with an extra spice as the Hucknall manager used to manage Alfreton. The game was a typical local derby with plenty of incident.   
The first half went by quickly with Alfreton taking a 1-0 lead in at [...]

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