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Friday afternoon I was padding a bit of time and checked my personal email.  I found I had received my first appointment of the new season!
I have been appointed Referee for the FA Cup Extra Qualifier Goodrich vs Meir KA on the 16th August.  This was a massive surprise and one I’m really chuffed with.   [...]

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Balloongate!

I didn’t see the game myself but caught on the news the Balloon Assisted goal from the Sheff United vs Man City game.   For those of you that didn’t see it, here is the goal.

 What is quite interesting though from a trainspotter Referee point of view.  Is that by law this would be an outside [...]

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FA Cup 3Q Round

On Saturday I was at Gainsborugh for the 3rd Qualifying Round tie vs Blyth Spartans.   It wasn’t a classic as a game, but what you would expect from a cup game.  Fiercely contented with some firm challenges. I didn’t have a great deal to do as Assistant throughout the game (1 offside and a couple of [...]

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FA Appointments

Thursday I got home from work thinking no post today due to the postal strike.  However was surprised to find two letters from the FA.
Ive been appointed to an FA Cup 3rd Qualifier at Gainsborugh vs Blyth.  Then the following weekend I have been appointed to Leamington vs Banbury United.
Really pleased with those games and [...]

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Ive today been out in the FA Cup at Stamford vs Spalding. There wasn’t a great deal for me to do as an assistant. I think if flagged for 3 offsides and 1 free kick. Although Stamford won 5-0, Spalding had a couple of chances to pull goals back and also 2 [...]

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