The Referee

Friday was the first game on the line since I had returned from Injury.  I was obviously a bit nervous how it would hold up, especially with the game between Ilkeston & Eastwood being a real local derby.
 Early on with Ilkeston taking a surprising 2-0 lead, and the Eastwood defence playing high up the pitch.  [...]

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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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Its been quite nice this season to get to go to some grounds I have never been to before.  Yesterday was another to add to the list as I visited Carlton Town for their fixture against Spalding.     Its a nice setup at Carlton and its clear they have worked hard on their facility’s.
It was clear [...]

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In a complete contracts to last weeks game where it rained constantly all day, today it has been far to hot.  Those people who talk about having summer football havent ran around in that.
At Ilkeston today the sun was blaring down on me for the whole 90 minutes with no shade or breeze.  It was [...]

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On Saturday the football season got under way for a lot of people.  However for me my first competitive game is not until this Saturday when I go to Thurnby.   However this weekend I Refereed a friendly, Gresley Rovers vs Eastwood. Both teams are from the Unibond, Gresley from Div1 and Eastwood the Premier.  
I was [...]

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