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Premier League Appointments; 14th - 16th January 2012
Topic Started: January 9, 2012, 5:07 pm (2,363 Views)
Portland Ref	January 9, 2012, 5:07 pm Post #1
Junior Member Posts: 90 Group: Members Member #101 Joined: Feb 1, 2007 Refereeing Level 4 I support..... Bristol City	Jan 2012 14 Sat 15:00 Aston Villa FC (First Team) v Everton FC (First Team) Premier League Referee: Clattenburg, Mark Assistant Referee: Beck, Simon Assistant Referee: Child, Steve Fourth Official: Mason, Lee Assessor: Gifford, Rodger Delegate: HENSON, Phillip Jan 2012 14 Sat 15:00 Blackburn Rovers FC (First Team) v Fulham (First Team) Premier League Referee: Taylor, Anthony Assistant Referee: Halliday, Andy Assistant Referee: Beswick, Gary Fourth Official: Atkinson, Martin Assessor: Pike, Michael Delegate: Dolan, Terry Jan 2012 14 Sat 15:00 Chelsea (First Team) v Sunderland A.F.C. (First Team) Premier League Referee: Dowd, Philip Assistant Referee: Cann, Darren Assistant Referee: Ganfield, Ronald Fourth Official: Probert, Lee Assessor: Knight, Barry Delegate: Shreeves, Peter Jan 2012 14 Sat 15:00 Liverpool FC (First Team) v Stoke City FC (First Team) Premier League Referee: Webb, Howard Assistant Referee: Massey, Sian Assistant Referee: McDonough, Michael Fourth Official: Woolmer, Andy Assessor: Worrall, Joseph Delegate: Mcguire, Mick Jan 2012 14 Sat 15:00 Manchester United FC (First Team) v Bolton Wanderers FC (First Team) Premier League Referee: Walton, Peter Assistant Referee: Ledger, Scott Assistant Referee: Richards, Ceri Fourth Official: Attwell, Stuart Assessor: Rennie, Uriah Delegate: Blackbourne, Mark Jan 2012 14 Sat 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur (First Team) v Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (First Team) Premier League Referee: Jones, Michael Assistant Referee: Flynn, John Assistant Referee: Long, Simon Fourth Official: Deadman, Darren Assessor: Curson, Brian Delegate: CUSACK , NICHOLAS Jan 2012 14 Sat 15:00 West Bromwich Albion FC (First Team) v Norwich City F.C. (First Team) Premier League Referee: Dean, Michael Assistant Referee: Watts, Adam Assistant Referee: Pollock, Bobby Fourth Official: Halsey, Mark Assessor: Morton, Kelvin Delegate: Onuora, Iffy Jan 2012 15 Sun 13:30 Newcastle United FC (First Team) v Queens Park Rangers FC (First Team) Premier League Referee: Foy, Christopher Assistant Referee: Collin, Jake Assistant Referee: Smallwood, William Fourth Official: Bates, Tony Assessor: Pearson, Roy Delegate: Howey, Stephen Jan 2012 15 Sun 16:00 Swansea City FC (First Team) v Arsenal (First Team) Premier League Referee: Oliver, Michael Assistant Referee: Kirkup, Peter Assistant Referee: Mullarkey, Michael Fourth Official: Probert, Lee Assessor: Reed, Michael Delegate: HIBBITT , KENNETH Jan 2012 16 Mon 20:00 Wigan Athletic FC (First Team) v Manchester City FC (First Team) Premier League Referee: Atkinson, Martin Assistant Referee: Bryan, David Assistant Referee: West, Richard Fourth Official: Swarbrick, Neil Assessor: Horlick, David Delegate: BARKER , SIMON



Life of Riley	January 9, 2012, 5:15 pm Post #2
McMember Posts: 1,798 Group: Members Member #360 Joined: Oct 9, 2007 I support..... Aston Villa	Hmm. Clattenburg, Beck and Child were all present for Villa's last home game. The usual suspects out in force, nothing too surprising in this week's batch....except of course Clattenburg doing Everton! (as readingfan mentions below) Edited by Life of Riley, January 9, 2012, 5:16 pm.



readingfan	January 9, 2012, 5:15 pm Post #3
Member Posts: 1,469 Group: Members Member #58 Joined: Jan 21, 2007	Clattenburg on an Everton game!!! Wow, that's been a while - nearly 4 and a half years? And in the same week Atkinson gets them again. Interesting. (Good news is there's about 6 weeks after this until the Merseyside derby so...!) Good tv games for Oliver and Atkinson. A little surprised by the appointments of Walton and Foy, and to a lesser extent Dowd and Webb.



robbie_scouse	January 9, 2012, 5:22 pm Post #4
Member Posts: 437 Group: Members Member #15 Joined: Jan 19, 2007	Life of Riley January 9, 2012, 5:15 pm nothing too surprising in this week's batch....except of course Clattenburg doing Everton! (as readingfan mentions below) And Webb - this is his first Liverpool game of the season. Wouldn't be surprised to see his second a fortnight later....



Hendo	January 9, 2012, 5:22 pm Post #5
Member Posts: 1,613 Group: Members Member #87 Joined: Jan 28, 2007	Absolute bloody rubbish - I refer you all the the APPOINTMENTS thread in General Discussion when we all expressed our views on who deserved games this week - and one which proves once and for all that there is no accountability whatsoever within the FA. NONE. Full stop. Grandad - disgraceful, lost control of the Wolves v Chelsea game and FAILED to send Lampard off but gets a game Dowd - wrong dismissal in the Utd v Wolves game but gets another go here Foy - dreadful performance yesterday but gets a game here Webb - awful pen decision in the Sunderalnd v Everton game and some other less than acceptable performances over the holiday but gets his obligatory game Where oh where is the accountability? Do those making these appointments live in some kind of bubble in which they never use their own eyes and ears to see the awful performances being dished out? Do they take any account whatsoever of what the Assessors say? Do the Assessors have any influence whatsoever because I very much doubt it. Its all a complete load of horse s***.



steve_26	January 9, 2012, 7:39 pm Post #6
member Posts: 31 Group: Members Member #130 Joined: Feb 19, 2007 Refereeing Level 6	As normal I agree with Hendo - its as if the referees are pulled out of a hat at random with no consideration of prior performance - the transparency, credibility and the accountability of PGMOL is poor at best and these appointments make little sense. Halsey...excellent over the festive period for instance, banished to 4O duty at the Hawthorns yet the usual suspects Walton, Atkinson, Webb and Foy get their weekly runouts. Can someone please tell me how Peter Walton manages to secure the games that he does?



ryan80	January 9, 2012, 7:47 pm Post #7
Member Posts: 976 Group: Members Member #21 Joined: Jan 19, 2007	Agree about Walton. Halsey in the Tottenham v West Brom match was far from excellent!!



JAH_LFA	January 9, 2012, 7:53 pm Post #8
Member Posts: 1,616 Group: Members Member #900 Joined: Jun 24, 2009 Refereeing Level 4	Hendo January 9, 2012, 5:22 pm Absolute bloody rubbish - I refer you all the the APPOINTMENTS thread in General Discussion when we all expressed our views on who deserved games this week - and one which proves once and for all that there is no accountability whatsoever within the FA. NONE. Full stop. Grandad - disgraceful, lost control of the Wolves v Chelsea game and FAILED to send Lampard off but gets a game Dowd - wrong dismissal in the Utd v Wolves game but gets another go here Foy - dreadful performance yesterday but gets a game here Webb - awful pen decision in the Sunderalnd v Everton game and some other less than acceptable performances over the holiday but gets his obligatory game Where oh where is the accountability? Do those making these appointments live in some kind of bubble in which they never use their own eyes and ears to see the awful performances being dished out? Do they take any account whatsoever of what the Assessors say? Do the Assessors have any influence whatsoever because I very much doubt it. Its all a complete load of horse s***. Take away every referee who has made a mistake... who are you going to appoint then? Then what are you going to do when they make a mistake? And then the next lot?



TheThingFromLewes	January 9, 2012, 11:54 pm Post #9
Member Posts: 2,462 Group: Members Member #310 Joined: Jul 31, 2007 I support..... Fulham	Man U v Bolton won't be an easy game for Grandad it being a local derby.. Taylor for us at Ewood and Foy, Oliver and Atkinson on the tele. Friend and Moss in the football league.



Mackem ref	January 10, 2012, 1:23 am Post #10
Member Posts: 3,023 Group: Members Member #112 Joined: Feb 4, 2007 Refereeing Level 6 I support..... Have a guess!!!	Friend and Halsey, two refs who have had relatively quiet games recently (no controversies), are nowhere to be seen, yet Foy, Walton Webb and Dowd are all given good games in the PL!!! How does it work?? Anyway, will be nice to see Oliver's shiny new FIFA badge on telly on Sunday!!!
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Hendo	January 10, 2012, 7:43 pm Post #11
Member Posts: 1,613 Group: Members Member #87 Joined: Jan 28, 2007	Mackem ref January 10, 2012, 1:23 am Friend and Halsey, two refs who have had relatively quiet games recently (no controversies), are nowhere to be seen, yet Foy, Walton Webb and Dowd are all given good games in the PL!!! How does it work?? Anyway, will be nice to see Oliver's shiny new FIFA badge on telly on Sunday!!! Quite agree, as with steve_26's post earlier in this thread. Its a complete lottery, if your face fits you are guaranteed a game even if you under-perform or turn out dross. Was looking at some of the marks awarded over the festive period by those papers who mark refs and some very interesting reading which reflects the views of the learned posters on this site rather than the blinkered views of those responsible for the PL appointments. For example - The best marks on Boxing Day/27th were Attwell (WBA v Everton) and Halsey (chelsea v Villa) with 8 Grandad averaged 3/10 for Wolves v Chelsea, Dowd 5/10 for Utd v Wolves, as did Webb for Sunderland v Everton, Mason (Blackburn v Stoke) and Probert for Newcastle v Liverpool Most of the rest were in the 6/10 or 7/10 bracket. I have just noticed too that Ledger is in the PL at Utd v Bolton despite his c**k up in the last min of Sunderland v City when he missed an offside. I wonder if any tight offsides this weekend might favour the home side or the visitors!!?? And another prediction; I fear that despite his relatively poor season, Dowd is being groomed for the FA Cup Final, which like Atkinson's last year would be made on favouritism rather than merit. You read it here first.



flipmode	January 15, 2012, 5:49 am Post #12
Member Posts: 2,828 Group: Members Member #23 Joined: Jan 19, 2007 I support..... Manchester City	Can't argue with Martin Atkinson I suppose. I'm sure I will though when I get back from the DW Stadium in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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microscopist	January 16, 2012, 12:04 pm Post #13
Member Posts: 1,489 Group: Members Member #111 Joined: Feb 4, 2007 I support..... Manchester City	Quote: Can't argue with Martin Atkinson I suppose If I were Mancini I'd think twice about playing Balotelli.
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