Ref Watch Good Friday Refwatch ........ Ebbsfleet (A)

[Mick]

Not much to say about the competitive history between the two clubs, just our comfortable 3-0 home win earlier this season. Fingers crossed for two “doubles” in just under 4 days !

Good Friday’s referee is Lauren Impey. She got a mid-season promotion at the start of this year and will be refereeing he second ever National League match. This promotion came only 6 months after her previous promotion to do National League North/South, so I guess the diversity campaign has not done her any harm.

She is a Corporal and a Physical Education Instructor in the RAF, based at Wittering near Peterborough.

Although she has only done that one NL match (Boreham Wood v Maidenhead, 5 yellows), she has done many top Women’s matches

Assisting will be Lee Hartley from Stamford and David Hutton, formerly from Essex but now from Downham Market in Norfolk (who I believe used to be a regular watcher at Roots Hall).

Fourth Official is Constantine Hatzidakis from Bromley, the former Premier League Assistant, who got into a bit of controversy when he appeared to elbow Andy Robertson in a Liverpool match. He is now working his way up through the ranks as a referee. Played rugby for Harlequins.

 

[Richard Hearn]

Good Friday’s referee is Lauren Impey.

She is a Corporal and a Physical Education Instructor in the RAF, based at Wittering near Peterborough.

She wouldn't be the first corporal to rise to greater heights, would she? There was Benito Mussolini and that Austrian painter.

Oo-er, on second thoughts.

 

[hlane17]

Ref was unfortunately totally out of her depth today.

You'd think they'd assign someone more experienced at this level to a game between top form teams with a big crowd expected.

 

[Supershrimper]

Ref was unfortunately totally out of her depth today.

You'd think they'd assign someone more experienced at this level to a game between top form teams with a big crowd expected.

To be fair she didn't award any of the penalty shouts Ebbsfleet seemed to want when they threw themselves to the floor in the first half.

 

[hlane17]

To be fair she didn't award any of the penalty shouts Ebbsfleet seemed to want when they threw themselves to the floor in the first half.

I'll grant her that, but also missed an absolute stonewall pen for the first challenge. If that was for us, I think we'd be fuming.

Also failed to book any of the Fleet players for clear simulation.

 

[OldBlueLady]

I'll grant her that, but also missed an absolute stonewall pen for the first challenge. If that was for us, I think we'd be fuming.

Also failed to book any of the Fleet players for clear simulation.

Yeah, I didn't get that. I thought the Kensdale challenge was a definite penalty - as you say, we'd have been livid if that had been the other way. And, if she thought the others were simulation, why didn't she book them?

She was pretty poor for both sides - a lot to learn.

 

[Jay_SUFC]

Yeah, I didn't get that. I thought the Kensdale challenge was a definite penalty - as you say, we'd have been livid if that had been the other way. And, if she thought the others were simulation, why didn't she book them?

She was pretty poor for both sides - a lot to learn.

Agree, first one was stonewall; baffled how she didn't give it, but then again, she barely moved from the centre circle, so probably never saw it!!!

 

[Whispering Bob]

When both sets of fans chant ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ you know the official’s having a howler.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

She wouldn't be the first corporal to rise to greater heights, would she? There was Benito Mussolini and that Austrian painter.

Oo-er, on second thoughts.

I was thinking Cpl Jones of Dad’s Army fame

 

[Richard Hearn]

I was thinking Cpl Jones of Dad’s Army fame

Ah, but he was only a lance-jack.

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Acting unpaid