joeydiaz
Well-known member
I think it’s fantastic!
Female Premier League referee - Rebecca Welch
- Thread starter atypical_boro
- Start date
I think it’s fantastic!
newusername
Well-known member
I saw it reported that she's reffed 1 game in League 2, 2 in League 1 & 4 in the Championship before getting her first game in the PL. Is that the usual rise to the top?
For some reason I thought refs were like clubs & had to spend a year at each level before getting promoted ... although now I've typed that the cogs are turning & I think there has been talk of an accelerated programme to try & encourage ex-players to ref'/so the best refs have longer at the top.
TeaCider
Well-known member
It's definitely an accelerated timetable, but she regularly refs in the WSL too.
Which you can question the comparative standards of, but it's a professional League.
Juninhoburger
Well-known member
She's a Women's UEFA referee and has also reffed at this year's Women's World Cup.
atypical_boro
Well-known member
I mean, let’s not pretend that they’re not desperate to get a lass refereeing in the PL. Of course they are, but if she’s genuinely good enough that’s fine with me. It’s not like the blokes currently doing it are all getting everything right.
Yea. I saw something on twitter along those lines. Suggested she should do a year in the champo before the premier league gig, which sounds reasonable. I'm not sure about the stats on the black referee being promoted but I think he too may have a low level of mens professional games behind him too.
Not sure how some of the other more long standing refs in the lower leagues feel about this.
atypical_boro
Well-known member
They’ll probably feel aggrieved, but the counter argument will be that black and female referees have been aggrieved for a long time too.
Until we have a perfect world, in every industry, there’ll always be someone whose a bit naffed off.
tripleheader
Well-known member
Yes but can she handle the 'antics' in the mens game? I hope she succeeds.
Paulroddam7
Well-known member
She gave a penalty against me, for handball, in an FA Cup qualifier about 10 years ago. The resulting goal knocked us out.
Sat with her after the game and got the laws out, which stated handball had to be deliberate. I asked her if she thought it was deliberate, she said ‘no but it stopped the cross going in’. I find it hard to see her as any good after that
Sat with her after the game and got the laws out, which stated handball had to be deliberate. I asked her if she thought it was deliberate, she said ‘no but it stopped the cross going in’. I find it hard to see her as any good after that
FishofContemplation
Well-known member
Yeah I know. It was a slightly childish dig at the mackem obsessives.
Agreed. Though that was neither despite nor because of either what third team she might support or how many breasts she has of course.
That's not accurate. In the last 12 months alone, she refereed 6 Championship games, 10 League One games and 5 League Two games.
Rebecca Welch stats on SportsMole
Also, she started refereeing men's games in League 2 back in 2021 so she's obviously refereed more men's league games than just the ones listed above for the last 12 months.
Colgates_shaving_foam
Well-known member
I don't see what gender has to do with refereeing really? It's not as if it can be a fitness or speed argument.
As said above, the fact that Keith Stroud is employed shows that literally anyone can be a ref.
As said above, the fact that Keith Stroud is employed shows that literally anyone can be a ref.
Referees aren't automatically promoted to a higher leagues just because of the number of games they've done.
It's based on a number of factors, including the level of their abilities, referee observer's marks, whether they've shown that have the rights skills, attitude and temperament, etc.
If she’s good enough , why hasn’t she been given the Liverpool v Man U game?
When you said "got the laws out" i thought that was a euphemism ?She gave a penalty against me, for handball, in an FA Cup qualifier about 10 years ago. The resulting goal knocked us out.
Sat with her after the game and got the laws out, which stated handball had to be deliberate. I asked her if she thought it was deliberate, she said ‘no but it stopped the cross going in’. I find it hard to see her as any good after that
Paulroddam7
Well-known member
I always carry a copy of the laws of the game with me