Officials for Saturday announced

[GulldenBoy]

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/A ... 57,00.html

[Richinns]

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/A ... 57,00.html

Mr Deadman - why does that ring alarm bells?

Have we had him recently?

[Regiment]

boo - i was expecting howard webb, being's as he works at old trafford =D

[Gulliball]

Torquay 0-1 Crawley. So just the red card and two pens...



Darren Deadman

Aged 34 Darren is a Civil Servant in Peterborough and is married with two children. He progressed to the National List via the Isthmian League and Panel Leagues joining the National List of assistant referees in 2000 and the referees list in 2005. No major appointments are listed within his profile, and his hobbies include his family and Horse Racing.

How did you get introduced into refereeing?

Played at semi professional level and got injured so took the refs exam

What has been the highlight of your career so far?

Getting onto National Lists of referees

What is the best game you have officiated and why?

Norwich V Sheffield Utd - fantastic atmosphere

What are your aims as a National List Referee?

To referee play off final and progress to Select list

What skills do you think you need to become a referee?

Man management skills, leadership skills and a good wife

Who has been the biggest influence in your career and why?

Rob Harris - PGMOL coach- superb

In your opinion who is/was the best referee?

Alan Wiley/David Elleray

[Richinns]

Torquay 0-1 Crawley. So just the red card and two pens...



Darren Deadman

Aged 34 Darren is a Civil Servant in Peterborough and is married with two children. He progressed to the National List via the Isthmian League and Panel Leagues joining the National List of assistant referees in 2000 and the referees list in 2005. No major appointments are listed within his profile, and his hobbies include his family and Horse Racing.

How did you get introduced into refereeing?

Played at semi professional level and got injured so took the refs exam

What has been the highlight of your career so far?

Getting onto National Lists of referees

What is the best game you have officiated and why?

Norwich V Sheffield Utd - fantastic atmosphere

What are your aims as a National List Referee?

To referee play off final and progress to Select list

What skills do you think you need to become a referee?

Man management skills, leadership skills and a good wife

Who has been the biggest influence in your career and why?

Rob Harris - PGMOL coach- superb

In your opinion who is/was the best referee?

Alan Wiley/David Elleray

He had NO CLUE

FFS - really is beyond a joke

I knew his name rang alarm bells and for good reason. Thanks very much Football League.

[CP Gull]

Mr Deadman - why does that ring alarm bells?

Have we had him recently?

Yes!

A certain irony in his appointment given that he was one of the reasons why we didn't get to OT the first time around! He was the man in charge for the 4th Round FA Cup game v Crawley. Hopefully he has a better game this time around! The fact that he sent Zebs off (and one of theirs eventually), gave two penalties against us and generally allowed Crawley to use every trick in the book without taking firm action (apart from when he finally booked Tubbs for his "antics" when being subbed) does not bode well... particularly as we are likely to face something similar with Stevenage. I hope he's stronger this time around!!!

[Awayday]

Edited for accuracy

How did you get introduced into refereeing?

I was always the last one to be picked when we played football at school so I chose to be a referee instead

What has been the highlight of your career so far?

Getting the laces tied up on my boots correctly without the use of my velcro boots

What is the best game you have officiated and why?

Bashley Park FC v Dorking FC - Because I made a weekend of it and stayed in the New Forest for the weekend bird watching

What are your aims as a National List Referee?

To learn my 8 times table and learn the rules of football

What skills do you think you need to become a referee?

You need to be able to write for when booking players, I practice that alot during the games for pointless reasons

Who has been the biggest influence in your career and why?

Bones from Superted, even though he was on the side of the bad guys, he had some very sensible views such as "I am not going in that cave, I will get my slippers dirty"

In your opinion who is/was the best referee?

This is a tricky one, I think it would have to be the bald one from Italy...... ooohhh I love bald men

[AlexGulls]

I thought only capable referees were used in big games like these?

[PlainmoorRoar]

utter idiot

[PlainmoorRoar]

although at least its not phil dowd unlucky swansea v reading!


Assistant 1 Simon Barrow
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Assistant 2 Mike Bull
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[Regiment]

dear god, say it isn't so. he doesn't even LOOK like he can handle a big occasion. in fact, he looks like he shat his pants having that photo taken.

i'll just live in hope that he might think he owes us one for the crawley fiasco.

[Awayday]

I just hope he doesn't see the red shirts of Stevenage and think we are still playing Crawley.

[stefano]

I loved Awayday's edit of the referee's profile! =D

I don't think that worrying or getting worked up about the referee is necessary though. We have the players to play Stevenage off the park at Old Trafford and if we click I can't see the referee having any influence over the outcome. Mark Charles out of the game, man to man if necessary, and play our normal attacking style and hopefully by the time the prawn sandwiches get served up at half time it will be game over!

[tommyg]

To be honest, I didn't have any complaints about the penalties or Zebroski red card. We got sucked into Crawley's game instead of playing our own which is why this isn't our second trip to OT this season.

[GulldenBoy]

Boro fans also don't sound happy:

http://www.borochat.co.uk/sbfc.mpl?acti ... read=54802