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New Season Shopping

I went through my kit bag the other night and decided to look what I need to order for the new season, to be honest not a lot really.     I didn’t really need anything drastically.  With the FA blocking the new Umbro kit due to it not meeting FA Regulations, that saved a chunk of [...]

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Mike Riley new GM of PGMOL

“The Board of the Professional Game Match Officials Ltd (PGMOL) has appointed Mike Riley as its General Manager Designate. This appointment will take effect from 1 September 2009 with departing General Manager Keith Hackett completing a handover period by January 2010.” (Taken from Refworld)
This means that Mike Riley will cease to Referee on the National [...]

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FA’s position on the new Umbro Kit

So as expected all contrib officials received an email from the FA today, telling us that we are not to wear the New Umbro kit in contrib competitions.   Thanks Umbro you’ve just saved me some money

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Test – Passed

Took my fitness test today and completed 2700 metres.  Not a great deal to write about to be honest other than it was bloody wet.  If this some plan from the FA to check you can run in November when its wet and cold then good idea.

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Progress

Tuesday was going to pan out as either a good day or a bad day and it turned out to be a good day.   I kept my job, which unfortunately meant that my colleague didn’t.  This has actually meant I go back to the role I did 3 years ago before a change around.
On a [...]

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