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	<description>The Ups &#38; Downs of an English Football Referee</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Augusts Fixtures</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/08/05/augusts-fixtures/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/08/05/augusts-fixtures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BlueSQ North]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MFA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mid Comb]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[My Seaon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Season 08/09]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So everything is set for the start of the season and I now have my full set of fixtures.  I miss the start of the season on Saturday as I am away for the weekend.  So my first game is next Tuesday where I will be at Loughborugh Uni vs Castle Vale.
This is then followed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OOPS!</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/08/04/oops-2/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/08/04/oops-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Appolgoies if you had a comment on the blog that is no longer there.  I seem to have deleted a load by mistake and dont seem to be able to restore them.  This wasnt a censorship attempt but user error!
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		<title>2008/09 Select Group Ref&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/08/04/200809-select-group-refs/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/08/04/200809-select-group-refs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Premier League]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Season 08/09]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Select Group Officials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a handy guide to this years Select Group Officials, courtesy of EPL Talk.
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		<title>US Soccer Podcast</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/31/us-soccer-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/31/us-soccer-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mls]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[podcats]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[us soccer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thereferee.wordpress.com/?p=512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Ive mentioned before that I&#8217;m a massive fan of podcasts.  I find that there more interesting to listen to than some of the drivel that you get on the radio when I&#8217;m driving around.   Plus there more tailored to what i want to listen to. 
One of the podcasts I learnt about a while back is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting ready for the season</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/29/getting-ready-for-the-season/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/29/getting-ready-for-the-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Season 08/09]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thereferee.wordpress.com/?p=509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Its now just under 2 weeks for the start of the season and I&#8217;m probably more excited about the new season that I have been for a few years.  Unsure why, maybe its getting the FA Appointment that&#8217;s given me something extra to look forward to.
Ive been getting ready for the new season over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st Appointment of 08/09!</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/26/1st-appointment-of-0809/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/26/1st-appointment-of-0809/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Appointments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[FA Cup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[My Season]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Season 08/09]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;m really chuffed with.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How far?</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/22/how-far/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/22/how-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fitness Test]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fitness Training]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interesting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PGMO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PGMOL]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Premier League]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thereferee.wordpress.com/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I always remember reading when i first started out that  Referee could cover up to 6 miles during a game.  Ive always wondered how accurate this is.  It cant be the easiest thing to measure as you dont run in straight lines, the same distance or laps of a pitch.
However the PGMOL with the power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Pre Season Game</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/19/first-pre-season-game-3/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/19/first-pre-season-game-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Season 08/09]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thereferee.wordpress.com/?p=502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ive today had my first Pre Season game, where I was in the middle for Gresley vs Mickelover Sports. The game itself didn&#8217;t cause me to many problems both teams behaved well and on the whole used common sense. There was a couple of situations that needed managing but on the whole not a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Test Passed</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/14/test-passed/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/14/test-passed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fitness Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I took my fitness test in Ilkeston and passed completing approx 2730 metres in the 12 minutes.  I&#8217;m a bit disappointed that I didn&#8217;t hit the 2800 as I had hoped but my plan of how I was going to run it never quite panned out as I ended up at the front of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;No Excuses&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/13/no-excuses/</link>
		<comments>http://the-referee.com/2008/07/13/no-excuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category>

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