Archive for the ‘Northern Premier’ Category

Boxing Day

I trust everyone had a good Christmas and Santa brought you what you wanted.  Christmas for me was stupidly hectic and it had the extra element of a game on Boxing Day at Ilkeston for their match versus Matlock.
I had to do something during the game that I haven’t done now for a few seasons.  [...]

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Out of Sorts

Not sure if it was the cold yesterday or just one of those days.  I was assistant referee yesterday at Stamford for their fixture vs Loughborugh Dynamo in the Northern Premier League.   The day didn’t get of to best start when we spent 20 minutes driving around Stamford having come of at the wrong exit. [...]

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Easter Game

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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Not a great day

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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Wind & Rain!

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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