Swansea ref on World Cup duty

Swansea referee Mark Whitby has been appointed by FIFA to take charge of the World Cup Qualifying match between Luxembourg and Latvia on Saturday March 28.

He will be assissted by Eddie King from Ystradgynlais and Tonypandy based Phil Thomas. The fourth official will be Lee Evans from Bethesda.

Congratulations to the following society members who have been appointed to the following WWFA cup finals.

Ray Nedin  Juniors Cup: Stebonheath Park, 02/05/09. ko 11.00am.

Referee: Viv Nedin.

Assistant Referees: Adrian Hartley & Robert Godfrey.

4th Official: Colin Discombe.

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WWFA Under 13 Tesco Cup final
Referee Phil McIntyre.  4th Official Alan Gray.

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Youth Cup final: Stebonheath Park, 02/05/09. ko 2.30am.

Assistant Referees: Mike Hopkins & David Kennedy.

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Tony Nakonecznyj Senoir Cup: Stebonheath Park, 05/05/09. ko 7.30am.

Referee: Lee James

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FAW Referee Dean John, who is rated as one of the Top Officials in the Principality Welsh Premier League, will take charge of an Irish Premier League match this evening.

Although he was originally appointed on the Longford Town versus Shelbourne game, which was a Second Division encounter, he will now be in the middle for the Premier Division match between Bray Wanderers and Drogheda United.

The referee from Cwmbwrla in Swansea flew out from Cardiff on Friday morning to Dublin and he will be pleased to see a familiar face when he arrives at the Stadium this evening. The 4th Official is Conor Fitzgerald who was the Irish Referee in the 2007 Four Nations Tournament in Inverness, which Dean also represented Wales at.

The appointment is part of the successful Referee Exchange that exits between Wales and Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland. Prestatyn-based Andy Harms has also been up to Scotland this year, whilst Lee Evans, Darren Adie, Mark Whitby and Huw Jones have also benefitted by going away on the exchange, which is organised by National Referees Officer Rodger Gifford.

Irish News.

Irish Premier League.

Bray Wanderers v Drogheda Utd.

Friday 8th May

WELSH Premier referee Dean John was involved in a controversial incident in the Irish Republic on Friday night.
The Swansea official took charge of the Irish Premier League game between Bray Wanderers and Drogheda United as part of the FAW’s referee exchange programme.
The visitors recorded their first win of the season after the game took a twist with 18 minutes remaining.
Assistant referee Mark Douglas summoned the Welsh whistler over to the touchline and, after deliberating, John brandished a straight red card to Bray’s stand-in skipper Chris Dean for an apparent off the ball incident.
But, although the incident seemed to galvanise the Wicklow outfit who went agonisingly close to levelling matters in the 78th minute, United held on for a 1-0 win thanks to a first-half goal from Brian King.

A referee ordered a penalty to be retaken in a Sunday league football game when an opposition player broke wind as the ball was kicked.

The Chorlton Villa player got a yellow card for the noise which was classed as “unsporting behaviour”.

The team, who conceded a goal on the second take, went on to win the match 6-4 against International Manchester FC at Turn Moss in Stretford, Manchester.

Villa manager Ian Treadwell said their conduct was “normally exemplary”.

We are not a dirty team and we like to play football

Chorlton Villa manager Ian Treadwell

“One of our players ‘broke wind’ and only the referee heard it and he booked the player,” he said.

“The other player had the penalty saved because it was a bad penalty; it was nothing to do with any noise. They were as shocked as we were as to why.”

Mr Treadwell said he was waiting for the Football Association to contact them after it had received a report.

The Manchester Publicity league club faces total fines of £97 for three dismissals and two yellow card bookings from the game.

‘Just hilarious’

Mr Treadwell said: “We are not a dirty team and we like to play football.

“While I won’t condone the actions of the players, it is an emotive game and some of the players were sent off for entering into conversation with the referee.

“This has come at a bad time in the season as we don’t have sponsor and we are looking for a new sponsor for next season.”

Pauline Riley, secretary and treasurer of International Manchester FC, said both teams were “very friendly”.

“There’s no animosity. It was just hilarious,” she said.

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