Ref Watch .... Bradford City A

[Mick]

Our last five visits to Valley Parade have seen us shown a total of 4 red cards (and 1 to them). Despite this we've managed two wins and two draws in those five games.

Tuesday's referee is the youngest referee on the Football League List, in his first season. The 29 year old Ross Joyce from Elston, just outside Middlesbrough, has progressed from the Teeside youth leagues remarkably quickly.

He has not refereed either Southend or Bradford before and this will be his 20th match as a Football League referee, his previous 19 producing an only slightly high 63 yellows and 3 reds. Nearly all his matches were in League Two up to November; since then they've been mainly League One so he's probably doing okay.

By profession, he is the Referees Development Officer for the North Riding FA. The number of League Officials who actually work for the various county FAs seems to have increased dramatically in recent years. Favourable treatment from assessors ? Possibly.

At the end of last season he refereed the Conference Play Off final at Wembley in front of a crowd of over 47,000.

Assisting will be Graeme Fyvie and Danny Markham, both from Sunderland and Ricky Wootton will be making the shortish journey from Wakefield to carry out Fourth Official duties.

 

[SHRIMPERPETER]

Another north east ref doing a home north east team v us? Will he be any better then that numpty yesterday? :stunned:

 

[ace]

Just for once, can the officials gave a good game. Lets be talking about the football and not them after the game. Been pretty disappointed with the standard this season.

 

[Shrimperforlife]

Another north east ref doing a home north east team v us? Will he be any better then that numpty yesterday? :stunned:

Bradford's in Yorkshire? , hardly traditional North East

 

[SHRIMPERPETER]

Bradford's in Yorkshire? , hardly traditional North East

Well it ain't flipping midlands is it?! Still north east:'(

 

[rlb999]

Third division players. Third division referees.

 

[Lord Football]

Well it ain't flipping midlands is it?! Still north east:'(

Lol, are we slagging refs off for coming from an area of the country they don't actually come from now.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Well it ain't flipping midlands is it?! Still north east:'(

North east of Manchester I suppose.

For us to moan about a Teesside ref doing a Bradford game would be akin to Bradford whinging if the reverse fixture was officiated by someone from Oxfordshire.

 

[Feathers]

Tuesday's referee is the youngest referee on the Football League List, in his first season. The 29 year old Ross Joyce from Elston, just outside Middlesbrough, has progressed from the Teeside youth leagues remarkably quickly.


Mick,

Is this part of a Football League strategy to promote younger referees? I think it would be positive if there is such a strategy in place.

 

[Shrimperforlife]

Well it ain't flipping midlands is it?! Still north east:'(

I was born in Yorkshire and my father is from Sunderland , trust me the banter from one side to another , shows they are definitely not the same ....

 

[Mick]

North east of Manchester I suppose.

For us to moan about a Teesside ref doing a Bradford game would be akin to Bradford whinging if the reverse fixture was officiated by someone from Oxfordshire.

...... as indeed it was in 2011 ! I recall no such complaints.