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More for Fans and PlayersFrom The Middle Articles written by Dick Sawdon Smith for his weekly column in the Reading Post
Appeared 4th November 2011
WRONG COLOUR PLAYERS
UNDERPANTS GO DOWN BADLY It’s not often that youth football matches get in the news, but a recent FA Youth Cup game played at Newport County ground, made not only the national and local newspapers and Welsh and Bristol BBC television but spread around the world courtesy of YouTube. What made the headlines was not something that happened on the pitch but on the touchline. It appears that two young members of Bath football club were wearing the wrong colour of what Law 4 (players equipment) calls undershorts. |
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BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T SEE IT, DOESN’T MEAN IT DIDN’T HAPPEN After Reading’s match at Crystal Palace, the only topic of conversation amongst Royals’ players, management and fans was of course the disallowed goal in the dying minutes of the game. According to manager Brian McDermott, the referee told him it was because of a foul on the Palace goalkeeper. I wasn’t at the game and although I watched the incident on the BBC Football League Show, it all happened too quickly and there was no replay, unlike Match of the Day where they replay every controversial incident several times. This means that I can’t really comment on the correctness or otherwise of the referee’s decision. It is though, I feel, worth reviewing what happens in the goalmouth ...... Click here for full articleAppeared 18th November 2011 INJURIES MEAN MORE
DECISIONS FOR REFEREE TO TAKE When people take up refereeing they quickly find out that it’s all about making decisions and sometimes they have to make decisions on things they know nothing about. I was reminded of this a few weeks ago after the injury to Reading Football Club’s Jay Tabb. Supporters of the Royals will not need reminding that he took the full force of the ball in his face, when it was kicked by an opponent from a short distance, and was knocked unconscious. There are eighteen powers and duties of a referee and two of them refer to injured players. The first one says ............Click here for full article
Appeared 25th November 2011
If we believe what been going on in the last couple of weeks, we could come to the conclusion that we in England are too sensitive for the rough and ready world of football. The most noise has been about FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s contribution to the tales of racism between players, following two recent instances in the Premier League, Chelsea and England captain John Terry allegedly against Anton Ferdinand of QPR and the claim by Manchester United’s Patrick Evra that he was racially abused by Liverpool striker, Uruguayan Luis Suarez. .........Click here for full article |
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11th November 2011
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WE TOO SENSITIVE TO RACIAL COMMENTS AND SPITTING?