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SOCCER
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The Reserves
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A matter which should require serious thought is that so early in the season,.~lubs are failing to field compete reserve teams, 8
the players in the first side. They are entitled, in these circumstances to the highest respect. I have known many cases where
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or 9 players being all that have turned out.
reserve teams playing away never sighted an
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It seems to be thought by some Clubs that second team watches are of little account whilst supporters join in heaping everf kind of criticism on them. It must b~ realised that to these se:-ondteam players theIr matche~ are most Important. Every game to them 1Sa chanceto make the first team and when th,::y are made to feel that their efforts are n~appreciated, and sometimes belittled,
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emse a
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p aye
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0
many away
'and not a single official of the Club has been with them. Many of the reserves are good enough to appear in any senior fo?tball and ",~ho can be called upon to play m any ()f the 4'firsts" matches at any time. They are there for that purpose, and only count as reserves because it is im'possible to include all l
the Soccer Chain, not as some would thinkanencunibrance.
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it is a big handicap.
Clubs would do well to remember that Re-rve Team matches a!e vita~ly importan~ to ~ Club. They provIde theIr only possIble opportunity for training .an~ developinfS the yo~ng players wh~ ar.e b~mg got re~dy m the be11efthat they .wIll JustIfy promotion to the senior side; Club officia,ls should give them every possIble encouragement, and c!uh suI?porters could do the same by watchIng theIr games more 0f ten t h an t h ey do. B h. th . 11 h h t prove
offici9-l of their Club. Club fielding rese!ve teams must carry out their obligation in fairness to their opponents who often travel considerable distances. Soccer needs today, efficient, well run clubs, who regard their reserves as a vital link in
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TECHNICAL SCHOOLS COMPETITIONS A letter has been received by the SecCretary of the V.S.F.A. giving details of dates o~ which the Technical Schools Soccer Competltion will operate this year on their Sports Days on Wednesdays. to
A n appea . 1 was a1so made t 0 th e V S F A P rovIde referees and coac hes f or t h ese
teams Referees
and
the matter .. AssocIation
has to
been see
. If
re f erre t h ey
d can .
to
th e h e 1p.
However, there may be other people mterested in socce~ who are free on. Wednesday aft~rnoon~, and should they. desIre to offer theIr serV1ceswould they kIndly contact the Secretary of the V.S.F.A. Mr. Armstro?g (MW7476) who can supply any further Information required.
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RESULTS First
AT
A
GLANCE
HOW
Division
Brighton 5 (Jones 2, Barr 2, Parson) d. Moreland 2. Box Hill 7 (Hutchinson 2, Davis, 2, Mountford, Bayley, Chappell) d. Yallourn 4 McIvor 2, Boyes). Western Suburbs 2 drew with Prahran 2. Sunshine United
2 d. Park Rangers 1.
Second Division Coburg" 7 d. Northc.ote 4.
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THEY
STAND
First Division Goals D. L. F. A. Pt.
Club.. P. W. SunshIne UnIted .. 7 7 Box Hill. . . . . . 7 4 Brighton "7 3 Prahran . . . . . . 7 3 Moreland. . . . . . 7 3 Park Rangers. .. .. 7 2
0 0 33 1 2 1 0 2
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Bre~~~d 0 drew wIth South Melbourne Umt-
Western Suburbs. . 7 1 3 3
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Hakoah J.R.C. 2 (Pollitzer,
Yallourn
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Greenbreg) d.
7 0
South \'arra 1 (Johnson). Preston 2 d. Ringwood 1.
d. B ra df or d 2. Yarra
5 d. Hakoah
Club P. W. D~ Bradford. . . . . . 7 6 1 Hakoah J.R.C. . . .. .7 5 1 South Melb. United. 7 4 2 Soutfl Yarra. . . .. 7 4 0
Coburg . . . . . . 7 4 P~eston . . . . . . 7 2 Rmgwood 7 0 Northcote. . . . .. 7 0
0 0 1 1
Third Division P. W. D. . .. 5 4 1 G C 5 4 1 M eorge lb U ross . .t y .. 5 3 ? e. mverSI 01 . 4 3 1 Y ymp~lcI . . . . . . e . . . . . 4 3 0 MarraVI d . 5 2 1 J: ace omans. . . . Brighton. . . . . 5 2 0 \i\f'illiamstown . . .. 5 1 1 Woodlands. . . . . 5 0 2 Heidelberg "B" . .. 5 1 0 Northern United. . 5 1 0 Metters . . . . . . 5 0 1 Club Heidelberg "A"
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. d0 rest on 4 d. Rmgwoo .. . .
1.
Under.19 DivIsIon Hakoah J.R.C. 2 (SImon 2) d. Preston 1. Western ;uburhs 6 d. South Yarra O. Ya}lourn - d. Prahran 1. . Br~i~ltol~4 (Donaldson 3, McKenzIe) d. Box P k R 4d Cb 0 ar
angers. 0 urg . Under 17 Division Preston 4 d. Box Hill 2 (Beveridge, Reece); South Melbo1'rne United 5 (Watson 3, Tomlin.son 2) d. Coburg O. BrIr!;hton 3 (Parker, Ross, McMurray) d. Sunshine Vnited O. Under 15 Division
Bri,g-hton 1 drew with Preston 1. Box Hill 1 (Bedford) d. Ringwood O. Northcote versus Sunshine United result not
to;ha~d.
1 6 20 32 1 ...J
GeorgeCross2 d. Williamstown 1. First Division Reserves Brighton 7. (Walton 3, Taylor, Finney, Short, Maver) d. Moreland 1. Yallourn 7 d. Box Hill 1. . Prahran 7 d. Western Suburbs2. Park Rant?:ers 3 d. ~u~:hine United 1. Second Divlsl~n Reserves Northcote against Coburg. South M eIbdefaulted . d 3 (S ourne U mte perotto, James) P
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Second Division
Third Division Heidelberg "A" 9 d. Brighton 1 (Sinclair). Heidelberg "B" 4 d. Northern United 1. Melbourne University 6 d. Yarraville O. Olympic 2 drew with Woodlands 2. Macedonians 3 d. Metters O. "
South
9 14
2 22 16 9 2 17 14 8 3 17 19 7 4 18 18 6 3 13 15 6
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L. 0 1 1
Goals F. A. Pt. 21 1}3 18 12 11 26 10 10
3 24 12 8 3 24 18 8 5 16 30 4 6 7 27 1 6 8 34 1 L. F~o~s.Pt. 0 31 3 9 0 13 4 9 0 23 13
0
6 8 5 7
1 12 11 6 2 6 11 ",'1 3
3 3 4 4 4
12 16 J
8 8 6 3 6
18 15 17 18 17
3 2 2 2 .1
First Division Reserves Club P. W. Brighton. . . . . .. 7 5 Park Rangers. . .. 7 5 Box Hill .. . . . 7 4 ..
Prahran
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Yallourn . . . . . . Western Suburbs.. Moreland
SunshineUnited.
4
D. 2 2 1
L. 0 0 2
Goals F. A. Pt. 33 7 12 26 7 12 35 13 9
1
2
25
15 9
7 3 0 4 19 27 6 7 3 0 4 21 35 6 7 l' 0 6 12 32 2
. 7 0 0 7
8 43 0
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Club
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt.
South Melb. United. South Yarra. . . .. Bradford. . . . . . Preston. . . . . . Hakoah ].R.C. . . .. Coburg . . . . . .. Northcote . . . . ..
7 6 7 7 5 5
6 6 5 3 1 1
0 0 0 1 1 0
1 0 2 3 3 4
4 1 0 3
35 245 23 13 4 4
Ringwood.
7
0
0
7
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NOTE.-(a)
Northcote's
a ourn Preston.
7 7
7 2 2 3
Hakoah].R.C. . . . 6 2 1 3 14 19 5
Cub
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South Melb. United. Preston . . . . . Brighton
default
0
again.st
13 17 6
7 2 1 4 18 18 5
5 18 2
15 22 5 9 22 4 2 57 0
Under 17 Division 1
Goals
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P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt. 7 7 7
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Box Hill. . . . . . Sunshine United. . Coburg
7 6 4
0 0 0
0 1 3
31 22 23
3 14 7 12 10 8
7 2 0 5 13 24 4 7 2 0 5 11 22 4 7 0 0 7 0 34 0
Under 15 Division P . W . D . L . F. Goa Als. Pt.
Cl ub
Preston. . . . . . 6 4 2 0 27 4 10
P W D L ¥o~ Pt' 7 .6 .0 . 1 .38. 4. 1,; 6 I!!&: 0025 412..
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Western Suburbs. -. 7 2 1 4 Prahran 7 1 2 4 South Yarra. . . . 7 0 0 7
Under 19 Division P Uk R Bar . ht angers... ngon Y 11
Coburg . Box Hill.
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Coburg last Saturday, not yet included m above lad.der. (b) Northcote'~ defaults on the two prevIous Saturdays ag:amst Ha~oah and uth Yarra, also not yet Included m ladder. "'[c) Coburg's default against Hakoah on May 22nd, also not included in ladder.
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South Melb. United. Brighton . S~nshine United.. B H .Il I R.ox mgwoo. d . . . . Northcote
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3 9 9 10 39 4 4 19 4 5280
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A BRIEF REVIEW OF LAST SA TURDA Y'S GAMES
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Last Saturday marked the half-way of home and away fixtures, and during
stage these
past seven weeks it has been quite noticeable that games in the two main divisions have been much keener than in th.e past few seasons. With the re-introduction of promotion and relegation, this might have had something to do with the improvement of the game, but the standard of play generally is, in the writer's opinion, a long way yet below that
of pre-war
years.
This
of course can
be remedied, but it is the p~ayers ~hemselv~s ~ ~ whom we look to, to do thIS, for 1£ they, In ~ * ~ their various teams, combine as one unit ~ ~ when they are playing a game, instead of as i Phone: Warragul 469 i !ndividuallsts, the standard .of the game must ~ ~ Improve. Many readers wrll remember, and ~1."1"1"I"I.II""I"I.lII"I"I"I"I"I".""'I.lIIU"'I"I"I"I"I"""11I""I.I".I'I"I'!I"I"I,,"i its not many years ago, when ordinary leaguc ~
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matches ,at Middle Park attracted crowds three and four deep right around the ground.
PROSPECTS FOR 'rODA Y Today sees the second half of the
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league programme in full swing, as far
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again, but as I stated ?efore, it is up to the players themselves to Im1?rove the standard of the game, So get to It you fellows, and
as the two main divisio~s a~e.c?ncerned. The match of the day m DIVISIO~ 1 appears to be the contest at Olympic Park
give us that brand of football
between Box Hill
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that many of
us have heard so much about, but have never seen. . . .
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United,
and Brighton.
Brighton
will be endeavouring to take the ~econd positi9n on the ladder from Box Hill.
leaders of t~~ ,First DlVl-
In the first round of games played on April
Slon, are m an excellent ,pOSltlO!l for the 17th, these two teams played a 2-all draw, premiership, and are the only team t? h<:tv.e and on form it looks as if another very hard gained maximum points in the two ~am dlVltussle will be staged. If Moreland follows up sions. In their match last we~k agamst ~<:trk its sequence of winning one week then. losin.g
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they
met
much
suffer
OPPOSlUO?
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be its turn United
may
thlr\
sequ~nce,although when thes,eteams last met. Sunshine only managed to wm by the na!row marfTin of 5-4. Park Rangers shoul~ wm at hom~ against Prahran, .and Yallou!n may open itsMatch winningci account the davagainst in the Western Second Su.b1;1r.bs, DIvIsion
success at home goals to
Sunshine
to wm
on top by the ?dd goal in three.. Morelan~ did not follow on their of the prevIous week, and went down against Bri&'hton to the extent of 5 two. ... Box Hill, with many changes m
In the .Second DIvIsion,
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it should
\veekbut
Its side, were at one stage of the game down by 3 goals, but when the players settled down they quickly took control of the game, and defeated Yallourn by 7 go,al.s.to 4,
f
the next,
than was expected, but managed to come out
upset th..."l
will be at Middle. Park where South Melbourne United will be striving hard to gain second position against Hakoah. These two teams played a draw in the first round of
the match .o~ the
day was at Footscray, where the v~ltors, South Melbourne United, caused Bradford to drop its first poiI?t of the seaso~. South pressed very hard m the last ten mmutes for the decisive goal, but failed to penetrate the
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goalie. The game ended in th scoreless draw.
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te~m is still, l~eating all-comers, and defeated Bnghton ~hlrds C9mfo!tably. Woodla~ds ran Ol ympic to a very close contest which
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victory, the Third
This game also ended m
. ... DIvIsion,
, Heidelberg
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G
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first
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~ ~. ~ Brighton
goals
each,
eorge
ross
the verdict by 2. to 1, Yarraville had ItS first . defeat of the season at the hands of the
. University,who waDcomfortably~y six clear
rf .
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goals.
Heidelbet~
Cross and feated.
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Olympic,
Ge!:>rge
the Umverslty have yet to be de-
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matches,
and
then. A the result the
both
teams
have
&,ood hard. contest m doubt right to
whistle.
Of
contest home
that match
turns
on
the
at
good
is the
remaining
loo~s agaInst
a
improved
since
games
the
only
all open is Bradford's Coburg. Coburg usually
brand
of
football
especially
Coburg
2-0,
close
when
result
may
met,
in
and
this
a similar
match.
the
season
agaInst
in
George
the
Third
Cross
to
Division be
played
.Bot? teams on aretherunning :tndHeidelberg. second respectIvely ladder, fiirst and
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SATURDAY'S First
v. Box Suburbs
Moreland
v.
GAMES!
Hill v.
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Sunshine
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v.
Hakoah Northcote
J .R.C. v.
Third Brighton Heidelberg
v.
Yarraville
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Same but
on
This "A"
Brighton Park
v. Rangers
Prahran "'Testern
Box
v
Yallourn
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v.
Co?urg
v.
Bng-hton Preston
Box v. v.South
SunshIne.
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Hill
v.
J.R.C.
17.DIV1sIon Umted
Hill Melbourne
Under
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Prest<;>n
Hakoah
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Un.der
15
United
v.
Sunshine South
Cup
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Victoria's for
to .
be
played
at
successful
to
held
it
.
South
Ict~rIa
m
:eadm~s.s
for
the
IS
two
now for
Sunday.
the
Last
?1g
19 teams, 19
Rangers
Reserves
mencing
at
Park.
train
team
a
at
doIng second
very
two
~een
specIally
and tomorrow, will
team
are
every
afternoon
. usm.ess
and
between
Under
for
to
Park
Under
3
b own
selected
the
seasons.
match,
Sunday
g
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d
MIddle
played
Park,
takin
previous
selected
Under
19
against
after
ge.ttIng
at
was
inter-
OlympIc in
.
tra1mng
match
Adelaide at
Austr~lIa,
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go Under .
was
back
to
Junior
Australia
cup
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turn
the
South
will 1Jmted ,..
is
season
An
United.
TRIALS
Last
training
Melbourne
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STREET side. near!
PARK
Australia.
Division
Northcote v,
Division
it
play
Middle
the Park
a
Park com-
p .m . 15
Junior
interstate again
team visits
tomorrow
also last week,
went Sunday, at
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compete
Skolnik
solid
Preston
SWANSTON MELBOURNE (west
South
V
Hill
Suburbs
Coburg
to
had
19 Division Yarra
v.
v.
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MIDDLE
season,
state
grounds. Under South
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Unive~sity UnIted t v. I lams own R L eserve eague. as for First and Second
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Olympic rreorge
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v. Ringwo.od South Melbourne
Athletics, down
pattern.
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and
"dragging
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United
Yallourn
Coburg
Ri~ers
Division
P Second Division South Yarrarest9n v.'Bradford
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matcho~
contest
last
event~a.te
Heidelberg's est
they
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belt, as the score was three to one m their:
favour. Not till the game was well into the
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second half did the Hillmen appear to be on!
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This game was a hard contest, Hakoah being slightly better than the visitors, as the result proved. Hakoah J.R.C. defeated South Yarra by 2 goals to one. The first goal for Hakoah was scored by Pollitzer from a pass by Greenberg, Hakoah's outside right. In the second half Greenberg kicked the second goal. Short1y afterwar~s the referee f!:ave South Y a:rra ~ penalty, which c~ntre forward Johnson turned
goal sco~ed by Joe F~rrugia. !he first half ended with George Cross leadmg one goal. .The second half of t.he 'ifame was pl~yed with much more determmatlon by both sides, but the George Cross defence remained firm and kept the Ol~mpic for\vard line out. A pe.nalty was. received by Geor~e Cross but !hls team failed t? add to their sc.o~efrort'
mto a goal Fmal score; defeated South Yarra 1.
It, so a game which. w~s very excltmr; aJ hard played from begmmng to end termmatea
Hakoah
J .R.C. 2
At Fawkner Park South Yarra Reserves defeated Hakoah J.R.C. Reservesbv 5 goals to one. . .
in a victory for Georf!:eCross--one goal to nil. Referee Chas. Sandham, complimented both teams for their good sportsmanship and clean
Hakoah J.R.C. Jumors defeated Preston juniors by 2 goals to one. N. Simon bejng the goal scorer for Hakoah.
play. . The cup was ~resented by. Mr. Pol.ites, Presldent of Olympic, at a social evenmg of the Maltese Social Society in Unity Hall, on S;tturd~v, 22nn May, to the George Cross captain, G. Zammit.
Olympic Versus George Cross On Sunday, 16th May, Olympic played George Cross for a Cup donated by the Presidents .of bot~ Clubs. The ga.me was clean and mterestmg. The Olympic team made many strong attacks which were driven back by. a solid George Cross defence. A smart attack by George Cross, within .the first 15 minutes of the game, resulted in a
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TEAMS
Before a team takes the field it is not unusual for captains. or team' managers to issue a fe~ words of w1sdom to the pl.~yers. Such pract1ce has much to commend it but w
the linesmen
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they so ri~hly deserve, because after all there is not much money in the game for them, and they do really earn it-if they all really get it, and in some grades the referee gets just nothing at all. Under those conditions which we know so well, rain, mud and the rest, would you do it for the love of it?.
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game begins and tell them just how he expected them to carry o.ut their duties.. Whether the foregomg has~een practised in this country by referees I do not know h1\.t I believe. t~at it would be for the good \ ,the game 1f 1t were adopted. Frequently, it is at the last minute, that. the referee is looking round to see who is really "running the line" for him, a practice which all teams should attend to well before
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SHOULD CUT OUT CAPERS . Does Th1s Apply Here Also? (Extract from a Scottish Paper)
The unscrupu~ous and loud-mouthed .c~ub hnesman, who d1~putes.almost ~very dec1s1on o~ th~ referee agamst h1s.own s1de and shows h1s d1sapproval by runmng onto the field or
the match begins. The linesman should be
by. gesticulating ?n the touchline, is
selected at the same time as the team.
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My second point may rules," but I believe
not be in the "book that the quality of
the game can be improved by a simple action of the referee. I believe that he should call the two teams to the centre of the g~ound, two minutes before the game is due to start and in a few well chosen words he should 'tell the players just what he expected of them, and that he would control the game firmly but fairly. Controlling the game firmly, commands for the referee the respect of the players, and the spectators, but if ungentlemanly conduct is "Uowed to creep in without any penalty the \.Jndard of play will soon deteriorate. To referees in general it can be said that they are the all powerful authority on the field and to use that authority wisely and well will always reflect credit on them. Players make mistakes-so do refereesoften very honest mistakes, and very seldom does the referee receive the praise he deserves. Sometimes all he gets is abuse, usually from one-eyed spectators. As an example of such treatment I need quote only one instance-if a player happen...to get knocked out temporarily by the ball strikinf! some vulnerable spot the silence is noticeably intense, but if the referee is struck similarily or if ,he. falls over a roar of laughter follows the mc1dent. Let us make a resolution that we will treat our referees in the gentlemanly manner which
The r~feree's out havmg to
task is diffi.cult contend w1th
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capers. . Frequen,tly he has more trou~le m controlling two lm,esmen than ~e has w1th 22 . players. . .. The e~ect .these.md1v1duals have on young players 1S d1sturbmg. I have seen small, trivi.al inciden.ts.being magnified out of ~ll ~roport10n to the1r 1mportance, and players mc1ted to "get stuck ~nto it." The usual sequelsome player bemg sent off the field. Supporters too, are sometimes encouraged by these individuals to run on to the field. And then the harvest. Players are suspended, groun?s are closed.. but .t~e real culprit, the club hnesman, carr1es gulltily on. Recently those football pests have come up against refe.rees w'ho refuse to tolerate their actions and have sent them off. How to punish them is something that has been causing the officials concern. Uusual practice is to suspend them from acting as linesmen until the end of. the season. This punishment is proving much too lenient. It is the clubs who appoint the linesmen, and I believe the only method of dealing with it is to punish the clubs guilty of employing such individuals. Until referees are employed on the line in all games, I would advise clubs to be as careful with the selection~of their linesman as they are in selecting their team.
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no soc~er scores given on this sessi.onalthough. there were 33 gat:1;les1?layed durIng the d~~ . from the Unde~ ~~ grade to ~he ~irst Divis!~n. ~ The responsIbilIty f{)rthls state affaIrs tP~re.fore r~s~s with tq~ CI.ubs anq of drthough thIs. ~at,ter-.,.~as bee? t.n.,entlo.nedat Manage:ment Com;rnlttee meetIngs, It. would appear
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