Carling Cup OfficialsThe officials have been announced for the Carling Cup Final between A Villa and Man Utd later this month.
Phil Dowd will be in charge of proceedings at Wembley with his Assistants
Shaun Procter-Green and
David Richardson, while
Lee Mason is the Fourth Official.
It will be the first time the Stoke born official has taken charge of a major final, although he was previously the Fourth Official in the 2006 FA Cup Final.
FIFA Referees ListThree Select Group officials have been added to the FIFA list of Match Officials for 2010.
Lee Probert (Referee), Steve Child and Jake Collin (Assistant Referees)join the other English officials on the list.
Lee Probert was appointed to the Select Group Referees list in 2007 and was the fourth official for the Carling Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea the same season.
Steve Child and Jake Collin are both Select Group Assistants, with numerous Premier League games under their belts and have benefitted from working with senior colleagues on European matches this season.
The full 2010 list is as follows:
Referees: Martin Atkinson, Stuart Attwell, Mark Clattenburg, Mike Dean, André Marriner, Lee Probert, Howard Webb, Helen Fulcher, Sasa Ihringova, Amy Rayner and Marc Birkett (Futsal).
Assistant Referees: Darren Cann, Dave Richardson, Jake Collin, Jez Simpson, Mike Mullarkey, Mo Matadar, Peter Kirkup, Richard West, Simon Beck, Steve Child, Emma Hock, Natalie Walker and Sian Massey.
New RefereesFollowing a recent refs course at York College there are now
15 new Level 9 referees. Thanks to Ian Hotchkies and Tony Kennedy for their help with the exams.
See "Becoming a Referee" page for details.
York RA MembershipFollowing ther October meeting we now have
81 members (5 up on last year). A good start to the season.
We also has some 35 attending the meeting where Ben Thaler (Rugby League Referee) gave us all an entertaining evening.
Referee NumbersRAE membership at the end of Nov 2009 was 10,118 (9,082), a slight increase. Membership represents 41% of the number of referees registered in England.
And Finally....
The FIFA Player of the Year Gala 2009 was awarded to Marta (for the 4th year in a row) and Lionel Messi.
Map of local clubs on "leagues" page....find your way.
If you are interested in becoming a referee and live in the York area, then drop me an email using the "mail form" facility on this site. Courses are held throughout the year.
If you would like to subscribe to the email newsletter, just send an email and you will be added to the distribution. The latest edition is now on the site (newsletter page).
"Referees' Utilities" page for practical help and advice, including a link to FIFA's interactive "Offside" presentations and misconduct forms; plus some useful local links.
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