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Page 1: Agenda : From the Chair Page 3 : Accounts /Membership /This months speaker Page 4 : Mac’s Musings Page 5: Renewal form Page 6 : Sledging ! - Brian Richardson Page 7: Graham Poll Page 8 : Wild West Page 10 : Murphy’s Meanderings Page 11/12/13/ The problem with Brit style chatty refs—an USA view Page 15/16 : The further adventures of Willy the whistler Woodwork Page 17 : Calm Professionalism Page 18/19 ; Goalkeepers misdemeanours 1961 Page 21 ; Dates for your Diary Page 26/27: What would you do Answers / What would you do?

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The Warbler The Magazine of the Woking Referees’ Society

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The Deadline for the October edition is Friday 21st September 2012

Meadow Sports Football Club Loop Rd Playing Fields, Loop Rd, Kingfield, Woking

Surrey GU22 9BQ 7.45pm for a prompt 8pm start

AGENDA

8.00 Chairman’s Welcome Our Guest Speaker

Break Society Business

Next meeting Monday 1st October 2012

Marc Birkett

National List , FIFA and UEFA Futsal Referee

The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Society or it’s Committee


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Welcome to the September Warbler A big thanks to Corin for taking the August meeting, taking us through the law amendments and sharing some thoughts on working with club assistant referees. We welcome Marc Birkett this month. Marc is a FIFA list Futsal referee, Marc was chosen to referee at the Futsal Euros back in January. Marc will give us an insight into the world of Futsal and the differences between Futsal and 11 V 11 Football. For those that don’t know what Futsal is please come along and find out more. For those considering taking the conversion course into Futsal refereeing this is the pefect opportunity to ask all those questions you may have. Following the huge success of a truly fantastic Olympics. Now begins the football season that is 2012 – 2013. I wonder if the same spirit of support and sportsman-ship from 2012 Olympics will continue into football. Some how with regret I doubt it. It is however the sport we love and we are the guardians of our sport. So some of that responsibility falls upon us to ensure the game is played within the laws of association football. If we choose to turn a blind eye to dissent, abusive language and even in some cases violent conduct, then we are condoning this behavior and we are as guilty as any one for the decline of the image of the game we love. We choose to take a match fee for the service we provide so lets go out and be as professional as possible, lets be fit for purpose and never shirk our responsi-bilities. Always consider your colleagues when refereeing, are you supporting their work or are you letting them down? Always try to do the former. We are the masters of our own destiny and in that, the way we choose to act and react. Be sure you are always happy with your own performance and then you know you have supported your colleagues. When we all achieve this, football will be played in the right spirit. Individually we can’t change the image of the game but collec-tively we can make a difference and perhaps even bring about change that will ensure the future of the game we love. Manchester City have set their stall out early with a convincing win at the Com-munity Shield and I am sure will keep the balance of power firmly in the City of Manchester this season. The Noisy neighbors as Sir Alex affectionately refers to them as, I am sure will be the team to beat. If they give us the sort of finish they gave us last year then they will ensure the premier league will continue to be the most exciting league in the world to watch. Who ever you follow I hope they bring you some highs along with the inevitable lows that come with following a football team. Keep the faith and enjoy the season. I hope to see you all at the September meeting. Yours in sport Vince


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From the Treasurer Membership Secretary

012/13 Membership As at 25th August

61 Full Members 3Friends

2 Affiliate Members

Who I am: National List Futsal Referee, FIFA list since 2008, I am involved with Futsal development especially Refereeing with the FA. This year I broke into the UEFA Elite list of futsal referees and have been appointed the Futsal Euro's back in Jan/Feb and AFC Futsal

Championships in May.

Depending on how long you would like me to talk but I'm thinking of a basic introduction to futsal, differences between futsal & 11v11, the

benefits/challenges of refereeing futsal, the futsal pathway in England and then possibly some of my experiences in the game so far.

2012 Current Status

General £1,451.55

Supplies £301.95 Belgium £0.00 Youth Fund £113.50 Total £1,867.00

Society membership 2012/13 A reminder to those of you who have yet to renew their membership, I assume you know who you are. This is your last Warbler !! So fill in the form on the next page and get your readies off to Bryan Jackson asap.


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Well, the Olympics are over and the Paralympics are about to start. If we thought our Olympians did well, with much made of their 4 years of commitment, 12 hours a day dedication to their sport, then wait till we see the Paralympians in action. I guarantee there will be tears before bedtime and not just from the ath-letes. Talk about overcoming adversity. With some disabled from birth to others who’ve been blown apart whilst serving their country, these guys and girls are what I call real heroes. Although the BBC did a great job, I thought it strange that they didn’t stay on for the Paralympics. They had all the infrastructure in place, but I also noticed that they barely mentioned the Para’s. Was this be-cause they weren’t covering them and didn’t want to advertise the opposition channel ? You do have to admit though we really “Did It Right” as Lord Seb would say. There were quite a few articles in the press comparing our top tier footballers’ attitude and behaviour with Olympic sportsmen and women and also about the spectators who were cheering anything and anyone from the brave woman run-ning in a head scarf from Saudi Arabia to the Gamesmakers and Service person-nel. Interestingly Bill Collis, who attended a couple of football games tells me that the obscene chanting, constant heckling and booing so prevalent in the pro-fessional game was totally absent at the Olympics. Talking about the Service Personnel on duty at the Park. I was speaking with one of the lady officers and mentioned that working at Stratford must be better than Helmond. “I don’t know” she said, “our living conditions and hours are not as good as at Camp Bastion” But they carried on smiling ! What about that handball ? Vicious I thought and as for women's hockey!! Jaws smashed and heads gashed open with a very hard piece of wood swung at maxi-mum velocity. Next minute, or in the case of a broken jaw, next game these amazing women are back in the thick of it. Really makes some of our Premier-ship Footballers look a right bunch of wimps—but we know that already. We had a very interesting and interactive debate at the last meeting, ably led by Corin, about the handling of “club assistant referees” The key was about how you briefed them before the game, presuming you do that is! Too much info and they are unlikely to remember everything. Too little and they will either be waving the flag, usually still furled around the stick at every opportunity, or have it stuck under their arm and a mobile phone stuck to their ear. I always start my briefing by thanking them for helping me (and I usually need all the help I can get) and try remembering and using their names, referring to my book if necessary. Doesn’t always work. I’ve had to report a couple for misconduct (swearing at me) and had one young lad who every time I looked, was glued to his “I” type phone texting, tweeting, facebooking or whatever it is they do these days. You don’t ac-tually see a youngster using it to speak to anyone these days do you? Time to dig out the boots and wet the old foxy!

Mac


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WILD WEST rambling on about the local Leagues & Referees.

Time was when any article about the local Leagues written for a local Refe-

rees' Society magazine would be sure of a decent amount of attention by the

members thereof. Much has changed in recent years, marked by an influx of

youngish whistlers, mostly keen to advance as quickly as possible up the lad-

der that is marked in 'levels', from 7 to 6 to 5 and then 4, and a swift

'Goodbye' to Border & Alliance becomes the order of the day. Not for them

the Gordon Sturkey 'fount of all knowledge' of teams and Clubs, and which

players moved where, and as for knowing the names of the various League's

and their Officers ... Do me a favour, the only phone number they feel they

need to know is that of the particular RefSec they need employment with.

Long gone is the ancient habit of a League having a hard core of about twenty

really regular serving referees, ready, able and willing to go to any venue and

do any game. Whereas the usual 'quota' of refs for a 48 team League

(maximum 24 League games a week) was around 36, or 40 max., with the

'need' for the promotees to satisfy the promoters with 'number of games

done' plus the 'double jump1 initiative, allied to the inevitable 'retirement' of

some of the old guard, the total number of whistlers for a season of 24

matches a week has risen to 60.

Better looked after ? Yes, of course they are, SCFA Referees' Department is

now like a business on its own, but beware of making it into a factory. These

are still youngsters we are dealing with, in many cases. There is no substitute

for experience, and it may be true that most successful referees did most of it

themselves, but we dare not risk too many 'knock-backs' amongst the poten-

tial rising stars. The writer knows for sure that DISCIPLINE is not a dirty word,

most of us have always had the discipline of 'money', we quite simply could do

with a bit more. Watching the ball boys and girls at Wimbledon, to be called

'Court attendants' if we seek accuracy (!) the way they have been taught to

do that job and the way they do it will set them up discipline-wise for the

rest of their lives. Seeing so many young people taking up and succeeding at

refereeing, listening to all their mentors and assessors, many apparently brim-

ming with confidence, we really do need to wish them well, appreciate that the

future of the game's on-field control looks to be in safe hands whilst also

hoping that someone reminds each and every one of them that each truly

'grass-roots' game still needs a qualified, registered and appointed referee, so

PLEASE? if you have a free Saturday or Sunday, NOW, whilst you are on the

way up, or LATER, when you are deemed 'past it' by the Leagues that were

screaming out for you 10 or 15 years ago,


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think of your roots, think of the real grass roots, give that local RefSec a

ring, and see if he needs you for a game. By the way, the N.L.Paper thinks

that Combined Counties level right up to Conference North and South level

is the 'GRASS ROOTS' of Football. I prefer to think and believe that it can

only really be seen as 'grass-roots' if each player still 'PAYS TO PLAY1, i.e.

the most basic level of football.

Thanks to Cyril West


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MURPHY’S MEANDERINGS 2012-13

It’s the middle of winter and you’re carrying out a line appointment. The sun’s gone down, the temperature is dropping rapidly and you’re standing in your uniform freezing cold. Behind you is a spectator wearing a woolly hat, scarf, heavy coat, gloves and drinking a cup of coffee. “Cold enough for you, lino,” he says and you could quite easily throttle him. Even the players are wearing gloves but not you, you’re one of the officials and you mustn’t show any sign of weakness. So what can you do to combat the cold, and don’t tell me you’re too busy running the line and concentrating on the game to feel the cold. I’ve been there and I know how cold it can be especially on a game when you’re not that much involved. I notice that nowadays players wear a sports vest under their shirts; in fact it’s quite common in many sports. I used to do some fell running as well and wore a special thermal vest which I took to wearing under my referee’s shirt. Unfor-tunately, it was long sleeved at a time when it was becoming fashionable to wear short sleeved shirts, although some referees did still insist on long sleeves, and I had to revert to a normal short sleeved thermal vest. I rubbed Radian B liniment on my arms, hands and legs, it smelt a bit in the dressing room and I took a bit of stick over it, but I didn’t care as long as it did the trick on the pitch, and I smothered my feet in Vaseline, something a runner told me to do. Whether it was psychological or not it worked for me and I never really suffered from the cold. These days, as I get older and lose my hair, one person I am having more and more sympathy for is the bald headed linesman. I feel the cold in my head and I wonder whether they feel the cold and how they keep their head warm. I always thought it was essential to keep moving about on the line to keep my muscles warm, especially on a cold day. When play was up the other end of the pitch, say for a corner, and I was stuck on the half way line, I tended to keep moving four or five yards up and down the line or do exercises such as jogging or bouncing on the spot. Nobody ever noticed me and it kept my mus-cles warm. I was always wary of getting a pulled muscle and knew that I could be standing still for a couple of minutes on the centre line and then have to sprint fifty yards to the goal line and if my muscles were cold or stiff it was ask-ing for trouble. It’s not easy for the linesman, he can’t run around like the referee or the play-ers, so he just has to make the best of it.

Tony Murphy

On a similar note, as a spectacle wearer, rain is my biggest problem, but see-ing a Premiership assistant referee sporting a cap on a sunny day,,I decided to do the same next time it rained. An extremely wet and windy day soon pre-sented itself and I dug out a black peaked baseball cap and set off. The result was brilliant. The peak kept the majority of rain off my specs and I was able see the game without any trouble. Back in the changing room, however, when I took my cap off, a glance in the mirror revealed a lovely blue / black mark across my forehead where the dye had run. Mac


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Old age

A PO’EM There was a young lady from Slough Who developed a nasty cough She wasn’t to know It would last until now Let’s hope the poor girl will pull through

KNOW YOUR GREENS

Q. What is the differ-

ence between

Calabrese and Broc-

coli?

A. Calabrese is a nour-

ishing vegetable of the

brassica family and can

be bought in most su-

permarkets, whereas

Broccoli is between Cat-

ford and Lewisham in

south-east London.

Thanks to Brian Reader for the above


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This is a column from Soccer America Website . Interpretations .MLS = Major League Soccer. EPL = English Premier League. DisComm = Disciplinary Committee. Rules = Laws

Toward the end of the first half of the Olympic final there was an intriguing short episode featuring the English referee Mark Clattenburg and Marcelo, the Brazilian defender. Marcelo had recklessly tackled Mexico's Oribe Peralta, and Clattenburg had immediately shown him a yellow card. Marcelo had spread his arms in that universal gesture of innocence and bewilderment to show -- quite mildly, there were no dramatics -- that he disagreed with the call. Clattenburg got the call right and acted decisively, Marcelo showed his displeas-ure. Nothing unusual in any of that. Then came the odd bit. As Marcelo walked away, shaking his head in disbelief (though surely mock disbelief), Clattenburg called him back and for the next 12 seconds proceeded to give him a face-to-face lecture. Again, all very calm and correct; Clattenburg was not shouting, while Marcelo simply stood there, nodding his head occasionally. Now, what was that all about? For a start, which language was Clattenburg, who did all the talking, using? Does he speak Portuguese? Or does Marcelo speak English? I don’t know, but I’d take a bet that the answer to both questions is no. Clattenburg could claim that English is all he needs, because FIFA has ruled that English is to be used by referees at international games. Which is quite a good idea, but not really of much use if you’re dealing with a player who does not speak English. So Clattenburg’s lecture was simply a charade? I’d say so. Which leads on to the bigger question: Would things have been any different had Marcelo understood every word Clattenburg was saying? I doubt it. Because, whether or not there is a language barrier, the little chats that referees have with players -- and they are a particular specialty of British referees -- always contain a substantial element of farce. Clattenburg’s warning (I’m assuming that’s what it was -- what else could it have been?) cameafter he had issued a yellow card. But most of these chats seem to be designed to take the place of a yellow card. A verbal, or oral, caution. Is there any allowance for such tolerance in the rules? Not that I’m aware of. If a player commits certain offenses, as outlined in the rules, he should get a yellow card. Period. Is a referee permitted to soften that mandate by substituting a verbal caution, a sort of pre-yellow-card caution? I would say no -- but they do it all the time. Tune in to any EPL game -- Sunday’s Wigan vs. Chelsea game, for instance, refereed by Mike Jones, a fully-paid-up member of the chatting-referee fraternity. When Wi-gan’s James McCarthy visited a nasty -- and dangerous -- foul on Juan Mata, Jones called the foul, and gave McCarthy a brief verbal warning, but no card.

The problem with Brit-style chatty refs

by Paul Gardner, August 20th, 2012 1:32AM

http://www.socceramerica.com/author/47/paul-gardner/


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Three minutes later McCarthy was at it again with a late -- also dangerous -- tackle on Eden Hazard. And again Jones called the foul but didn’t give a card. Later in the game, Chelsea’s Frank Lampard went in hard -- and landed on the ankle of Jordi Gomez. Lampard got the brief verbal warning -- and no card. There is no question, in the three instances I’ve cited, of the referee playing the advantage rule. In each case, the foul was called. And in each case the foul was worthy of a yellow card. OK, that’s my opinion -- I saw them as reckless. And I can see no reason why a player who commits a reckless physical foul should es-cape the yellow card that the rules mandate. Referees can argue that the rules are too harsh, that they are reluctant to give that first yellow for fear that they may later be required to follow it with a second yellow and an expulsion. Referees do not like forcing a team to play with 10 men, and keeping 22 men on the field is seen as a virtue. I have some sympathy for that position, but it is an altogether different argument, one that needs a drastic rule-revision to correct. What would really help in assessing the value of the chats would be for us to be allowed to listen in. Not live -- but later. The chat tapes could be released for our inspection and/or delectation. It has puzzled me for a long time -- what can the referees be saying? Something like “Now see here, Mr. Snodgrass, that was a bad foul but I’m going to let you off this one time. If you do it again, I’ll book you. Now stop being a naughty boy, get back to the game, and behave yourself.” Ac-companied, of course, by that laughably emphatic arm gesture that is presuma-bly meant to let us all know that this is one tough ref. Or does the referee feel it necessary to explain the rules? “Listen, Snodgrass, you may not know this, but under Rule (or in Brit parlance, Law) 12 what you just did is classified as Unsporting Behavior and you should get a yellow card. Just this once, I’ll overlook it. But try not to use your hand again.” If the real chats are a lot more sensible than my virtual chats, then there should be no difficulty in letting us hear them. If they are not, then the referees should shut up and just give the cards. One wonders, too, what the players might be thinking about all this. On the whole, I’d say they’d be inwardly smirking at the thought that they’ve got away with one. And that goes double when they realize that, even when they do get a yellow card, they can get away with another bad foul because of the referee’s reluctance to give that second yellow. It is quite possible that players may actually not know the rules, but that can never be an excuse to overlook their transgressions, certainly not for pro players. That’s their responsibility -- to know the rules. As things stand, I don’t see that the verbal warning is justified by the rules, and it certainly flies in the face of an obligation (I always hope that referees do feel such an obligation) to protect players. If the referee is in doubt about the severity of a foul, he should give the benefit of that doubt to the victim, not to the


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I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough. Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes. Velcro - what a rip off! Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are sketchy. Venison for dinner? Oh deer! Earthquake in Washington is obviously government's fault. I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

perpetrator. He should give the yellow, not the chat. This matter of using chats to soften the rules has recently saddled MLS with an awkward problem. On the one hand, MLS has let it be known that it is clamping down on violent play -- to this end we now get regular reports from its Discipli-nary Committee decreeing extra punishments -- suspensions and fines -- for players who, in the DisCom’s opinion, were not sufficiently punished by the refe-ree at the time of a foul, or for players who might have escaped punishment alto-gether. Alongside that, MLS has hired ex-EPL referee Peter Walton as the man to show American referees how to do their job. An English referee straight from the heart of the very chat culture that aims to reduce the punishment for fouls -- surely a philosophy directly opposed to that of the DisCom. The thought that Walton might not be on the side of the chatters had occurred. But the Brits are usually pretty certain they’ve got everything right in soccer and, sure enough, Walton let us know how he feels about this in a recent interview on ESPN’s web site. It makes interesting reading -- though not, I should think, for the MLS DisCom and its backers: “When a player makes a challenge that endangers an oppo-nent's safety and everyone in stadium just goes ‘Ouch!’ the law dictates ‘Red Card.’ But if the player already has a caution and the challenge is merely worthy of a second yellow, I would prefer to see a referee employ a management tech-nique: talk to the player, calm him down and let everyone know that he will get another card if the offense is repeated.” Extraordinary. This is a statement from a high-ranking MLS employee. So far, MLS has issued no disclaimer, no disavowal of Walton’s words, which make a mockery of what its own DisCom is trying to do. Courtesy of Soccer America - Paul Gardner

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/story/_/id/8157750/peter-walton-man-refereeing-mission-roger-bennett


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The Adventures of Willy ‘The Whistler’ Woodwork Part 18 – Push and pull Match: Cockfosters Casuals –v- Reds Rovers Venue: Hackney Marsh – Pitch 165 League: Division Three – Sunday Park League (North) Welcome back and here we are in the 72nd minute when the Rovers forward has beaten the offside trap played so well by Cockfosters Casuals and is running alongside the Casuals defender. Just as it seemed the defender was winning the race to the ball he collides with my assistant and they both fall to the ground. The forward now with the ball at his feet continues his run towards the Casuals goal. With only the goal keeper to beat he goes around him to score a goal. I blew my whistle as there was no problem with the goal but the Casuals players were far from happy. Some of their players had tended to the injured player who by now had fully recovered and most of the other players were so far from the ball that they never even made any attempt to run back but just stood and wit-nessed the event. I explained what happened was an accident and that the officials are deemed to be part of the field of play so no offence had been committed. Had the player or even the assistant suffered a head injury I would have stopped play instantly but this was not the case. My decision was not accepted and we eventually kicked off but only after two Casuals players were cautioned for dissent. Rovers continued playing good passing football and another high long ball landed at the feet of the Rovers forward. Two Casuals defenders were chasing the forward and feeling they will not catch him, the trailing defender dived for-ward and pushed his team mate in the back. The push caused the defender to fall forward which resulted in the defender then colliding with the forward in front who by now was in the penalty area and only the goal keeper to beat. I blew my whistle and thought why does this only happen to me! As if I was on ‘automatic pilot’ I pointed to the penalty spot. Instinctively that felt right but then being surrounded by players I then had my doubts. Obviously Rovers wanted a penalty but Casuals argued the player who made contact had been pushed and how could I award a penalty for an accident. It could have made for an interesting debate but I had to make a decision and a quick one too. I had already awarded a penalty as contact was made on the forward but what was I to do with the two Casuals defenders. With only the goal keeper to beat this was clearly an obvious goal scoring opportunity but the defender who made contact with the forward was pushed by his own team mate and the contact through no fault of his own was just careless and totally accidental. On that ba-sis I did not even caution the player. But I did produce a yellow card for the de-fender who had pushed his team mate for unsporting behaviour. Rovers then quoted me about denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity which has to be a red card offence and I agreed with them. I explained every incident is different and this incident was certainly that! Do you agree with my decisions…….would you have done the same as me? Rovers scored from the penalty and we continued with the game. On the very next Rovers attack a Casuals player shouted “Referee, quick head wound”. I saw a player on the floor motionless and immediately blew my whistle and sum-moned for the manager to enter the field of play with the first aid kit.


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F.A. Academy, Fulham u-16 v Manchester City u-16 Referee : Paul Gorringe F.A Academy, Fulham U-18 v Wolverhampton Wanderers U-18 Assistant Referee ; Brian Reader 2011/12 Surrey Youth League Cup Finals Under 12s Referee : Tony Price Under 13s Assistant Referee ; Tony Price

. I have often wondered what is the purpose of the first aid kit as they are of-ten years old plus unless they are a qualified first aider would they really know what to do but back to the action……..As if by a miracle the ‘motionless’ player was now back on his feet, “It’s alright ref, I ook a blow to the head but I’m okay now”. Because I had stopped play I insisted the player leave the field of play. The ‘injured’ player said “Surely I only have to leave he pitch if I actually receive treatment?” I insisted he leave and told him only to re enter on my signal. Again on the next Rovers attack I heard the same shout of a player having a head injury. On both occasions I did not see any these ‘head’ injuries. But I thought about it and it all now made perfect sense. I had previously told the players that I would immediately stop play for a head injury and Casuals were using this to their advantage each time their opponents attacked their goal. This was of course unacceptable and I duly went over to the player on the ground and showed him a yellow card. By another miracle he suddenly jumped to his feet. I then told the player if he wanted treatment he would have to leave the field of play. By now the manager was beside me and I told him he was to be reported for entering the field of play without my permission. The manager told me I had ‘missed’ both incidents but strangely after that there were no more ‘head’ injuries for the rest of the match. What an education you have had by reading this….you now know that a player is not always sent off if they are found to deny an obvious goal scoring opportunity. But there again would you have awarded the same decision and shown the same cards? Would you have stopped play if a player collided with your assis-tant? Seventy five minutes played and who knows what could happen next…….. Keep on your toes, Regards Willy ‘The Whistler’ Woodwork Courtesy of The Normidian.


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Calm Professionalism - a Lesson for All Aspiring Referees

The home contingent were not happy in Tallinn (Estonia v Reb Ireland) as their team not only lost 4-0 but had two men sent off and a penalty awarded against them. But, unlike Ireland's play-off experience in Paris two years ago, this was no injustice. In what can only be described as a breath of fresh air, the referee had an excel-lent game. One of the most important things in life is to look the part and Viktor Kassai from Hungary certainly did. From the outset, and being quite a tall man, he was smart, calm and professionalism personified. He was fit and his move-ment and positioning on the field were good and he didn't appear at all un-nerved by the importance of the occasion to both countries. All his cautions were, in my opinion, correct and the inevitable red card for the Estonian captain Andrei Stepanov in the 39th minute following a foul on Robbie Keane set the tone both for himself and the game from there on in. Stepanov had received a yellow card in the 20th minute for upending Aiden McGready. I know of other referees who, having issued one red card, would have been re-luctant to issue another (one only has to look back to the 2010 World Cup final when, in my opinion, the downfall of English referee Howard Webb was more what he didn't do, rather than what he did do). It was his assistant on the far side who appeared to pick up a hand ball by Raio Pilroja while in a tussle with Robbie Keane, but Kassai didn't flinch and pro-duced the red card to Pilroja, who had earlier been booked, This to me is the hallmark of a good referee. Again he could easily have said one red card is enough, but he didn't. Another thing I liked about Kassai was, for the most part, he was rarely in the picture and allowed the game to flow as much as possible. We always hear about good referees being rarely seen. Then in the 87th minutes Stephen Hunt was brought down and the referee awarded Ireland a penalty. I've heard it said so many times, "Ah they're down to nine players, don't rub salt into the wounds". That is not the way to referee a game. If a team is down to seven players it makes no difference. A game is 90 mins plus what the referee adds on for lost time. This, in my opinion, was an excellent performance by Kassai and his team and if I were assessing them I would award them 8 out of 10 for a job well done. It's surely a lesson for all experienced and aspiring match officials. This was written by Errol Sweeney, a former League of Ireland and South Afri-can Premier League referee. It came from The Independent, November 2011. ( It's good to hear something nice said about a referee for a change).I spotted it in The Chiltern Referee –Mac


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Goal Keepers Misdemeanours By Jack Clough

(Famous referee, who is writing on points of Law during the Season) (GOALKEEPERS are invariably the 'J" topical men of football. Being, as they are, the last line of defence, their success or failure is usually a basic talking point in after-match discussion. Personally, I have a great deal of admiration for them, but it would be interesting to examine some of the features which concern them within the laws of the game. I have noticed a few instances in recent games of a goalkeeper lumping for a high ball, and swinging in ape-like fashion from the cross-bar. Sometimes there has been no reprimand, but it is an offence covered by " ungentlemanly conduct." It would be possible for a " keeper" to pull down the cross-bar by 2" to 3" and quite possibly restrict a scoring shot. Referees should see that this practice is not permitted and an early warning to the player will usually eliminate this action. Another feature which I have seen is the sight of a goalkeeper in possession of the ball, taking the four steps allowed him and then touching the ball to the ground without releasing his hold. This is not in accordance with the law, which clearly states that the ball must be completely released after the taking of the four steps, prior to the " keeper" regaining possession. As most of you are aware, when a goalkeeper secures possession of the ball he can take a maximum of four steps, after which he must release the ball from his hands. He can of course then recover the hall and take further steps, always pro-viding that he remains within the penalty area. Quite naturally if he is still holding the ball when he leaves the penalty area he becomes a normal player and is guilty of handling the ball. On the Continent we witness many instances of goalkeepers making a " meal" of this regulation. They prowl around the penalty area taking sequences of four steps and then bouncing the ball, all with the prime object of wasting time. If this happens and fortunately it seldom does in our own country, the referee should penalise the " keeper " for ungentlemanly conduct and award an indirect free-kick. It is certainly within his power to do so and this action will quickly restrict this unsporting behaviour. International matches abroad, have presented to me unlimited opportunities to check acts of gamesmanship and misconduct by goalkeepers. They do it with such open abuse of the regulations to make it very obvious that their own refe-rees are not penalising these indiscretions. In Italy, some years ago for their game with Germany I had reason to penalise the Italian goalkeeper for " strolling" around the penalty area when his side held a one goal lead. He was giving a wonderful performance but the confusion and blank amazement shown on his face when the situation was indicated to him, left me in no doubt as to the usual pattern of his play. Unfortunately I had to penalise him a second time for the same offence and to my surprise he burst into tears.

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It is not unusual to see these continental stars showing this kind of emotion when things, go wrong, but I am afraid I was not very sympathetic towards his cause on this occasion. Quite naturally they take advantage of the fact that no opposing forward will deliver a charge, and one seldom sees the harassing of the " keeper " as we witness it in this country. Should the Football Association in their wisdom agree to stop the charging of goalkeepers, as I think they eventually will, some of our custodians may decide to introduce this " penalty area parade." Maybe the Authorities would be wise to insert a further regulation which would restrict a goalkeeper to a maximum of eight steps (i.e.: he takes four, releases the ball, takes a further four and then must clear). It would certainly stop any premeditated thoughts of breaking re-strictions. All the features I have mentioned are of considerable importance. The goal--keeper has considerable protection and has 'many privileges allowed to him, and it is unwise and unjust to permit him to add to them by introducing actions of this nature. This was taken from the Arsenal v West Ham programme 2nd Dec 1961 and sent to me by Tony Murphy.

"You can't t reproduce the tired legs. You can't repro-

duce the pressure. You can't reproduce the nervous

tension"

Roy Hodgson, whose England players practised penalties

but then lost a shoot-out

Olympic Titbits


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Punography - Tim Lawrence

I changed my iPod name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.

I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time.

How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Than it dawned on me.

This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down.

I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.

They told me I had type A blood , but it was a type-O.

A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

PMS jokes aren't funny, period.

Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.

Class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there's no pop quiz.

Energizer bunny arrested. Charged with battery.

I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

How do you make holy water? Boil the hell out of it!

Did you hear about the cross eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't con-

trol her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me!

Broken pencils are pointless.

I tried to catch some fog. I mist.

What do you call a dinosaur with a extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.

I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.

All the toilets in New York 's police stations have been stolen. Police have nothing to go

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