The Referee

I received a phone call on Friday telling me I would be assessed on Saturday. Wow not seen one for 5 months and i get two in two games! I left home to ensure I got to the ground in plenty of time, however due to the fact that City were at home. It took me nearly 40 minutes to do the last 2 miles to St Andrews. However as I had left home Early i was still on time.

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In the last 13 years Ive probably sent off two players prior to March for Denying an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity.   In the last two games Ive had to do this twice.  Last week with the keeper tripping the player and this Saturday the Birstall defender took the attacker down after just 13 minutes.This was [...]

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Going in to Saturdays game between St Andrews & Holwell, I was hopeful that it would be played in the Christmas Spirit.  I even made reference to this talking to the captains.   Unfortunately i ended up partaking in another Tradition, giving out Christmas Cards.
We had played a few minutes when a Holwell attacker deliberately pulled [...]

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Last weekend I had a really enjoyable game where the players listened and responded to what I said and was trying to do.  This led to an enjoyable game which was a pleasure to Referee.   This Saturday though was the complete opposite and made me wonder if it would be so simple if everything was [...]

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Last night I had a local derby in the Beacon Bitter League Cup.  It didn’t occur to me until I drove past the away teams ground that there was less than a mile between the two teams. Saffron Dynamo & Blaby are pretty much on the same road!
The first potential problem of the night was [...]

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