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Exiled AusJag

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  1. just heard from my brother at the match. It's only 7 degrees there.
  2. They're far to scrappy and have to really tighten up if they want to gain anything from this game. The pitch looks slippy, but it's the same for both teams. QOS are looking more dangerous on the break. Craigen was lucky to get a yellow. Any harder with the elbow and it would have been a possible red
  3. I've dropped the radio commentary because of that.
  4. thistle are giving the ball away too easily
  5. sitting up late watching the game on the computer
  6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/22049050 english commentary
  7. the jags game is listed on alba. I've connected my computer to the tv so I won't be watching a postage stamp
  8. I gave two penaties today against the same team both both types of incidents mentioned above. I would expect every referee to do the same.
  9. The focus nowadays seems to be on youth and fitness. I had my best refereeing days during my mid 40s after 10 - 15 years refereeing, but by that time you're considered too old to be promoted to the 'elite' leagues, despite having the fitness levels required. Personally I think a ref should have a minimum of 3 years in the league just below the 'elite', then get promoted, irrelevant of age (within reason), proveded they're fit enough. There will still be plenty of years left for that ref to progress. However, I don't know the experiance requirement in Scotland. Also, several years ago FIFA lowered the FIFA ref retirement age from 50 to 45 so associatons are looking to get refs on to the FIFA panel as young as possible. I totally agree with Jaggernaut about shirt tugging, holding etc. The thing that really riles me, and it's seen in all major leagues, are players holding their opponetnts away arms length. This never seems to be punished, so every player thinks they can do it, despite it clearly stating the following in the instuctions to referees in the laws book. Holding an opponent includes the act of preventing him from moving past or around using the hands, the arms or the body. Referees are reminded to make an early interventionand to deal firmly with holding offences especially inside the penalty area at corner kicks and free kicks. to deal with these situations the referee must warn any player holding an opponemt before the ball is in play. caution the player if the holding continues before the ball is in play award a direct free kick or penalty kick and caution the player if it happens once the ball is in play/ If a defender starts holding an attacker outside the penalty area and continues holding him inside the penalty area, the referee must award a penalty kick
  10. I remember George Cumming, but as head of the Scottish Referees. The SFA were using yellow cards with the SFA logo and 'fair play on them. I wrote to him requesting some, which he sent , and I used them for seveal seasons. I also remember Johnny Flanagan and took this photo of him in 1969. http://www.flickr.com/photos/94199364@N03/8571957087/in/photostream. This was the season we were relagated to the second division.
  11. The ref must have been desparate to get his match fee.
  12. I'm fortuante enough to live about 20 minutes away from a wine growing region with some good wineries, but I wish http://www.maryhillwinery.com/ this was one of them!
  13. If she loves you then she'll happily take you there, let you have a few drinks and tell you that you deserve them. I would ask her rather than tell her to go to Firhill though
  14. Are you sure it's the 70s? Don't people wear flares any more?
  15. As you can see looking north, http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/, boots corner is on the north east corner, Burtons the tailor is north west (you can just see the BUR), I thought samuels the jeweler was south east (I'll need to double check the address on the receipts), but it may be another jeweler, and I can't find anyone who can remember what was on the south west corner.
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