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Is this a debut?
By: JCFC Date: October 29, 2019, 3:30 pm
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Colin Steven is to referee the Premiership game between Hamilton
Academical and Ross County this Saturday. Am I right inh
thinking that this is his first Premiership middle?
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: Vlad Vladadze Date: October 29, 2019, 4:37 pm
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According to Transfermarkt, it's his third Premiership game
HTML https://www.transfermarkt.com/colin-steven/profil/schiedsrichter/6179
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: JCFC Date: October 30, 2019, 12:27 am
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Thanks. I must pay more attention.
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: Affy_Moose Date: May 3, 2022, 3:47 pm
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Just adding here, as this forum seems to be dead these days.
Chris Graham was given his Premiership debut last weekend for
Livingston v Hibs.
Matthew MacDermid has been handed his Premiership debut this
weekend for Motherwell v Hearts.
That's a fair few debuts handed out in the last 18 months or so,
including a handful of AR debuts also given this season. Great
to see, and hopefully all will do well.
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: JCFC Date: May 3, 2022, 10:51 pm
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[quote author=Affy_Moose link=topic=1139.msg47745#msg47745
date=1651610832]
Matthew MacDermid has been handed his Premiership debut this
weekend for Motherwell v Hearts.
[/quote]
That is great news! Thanks for posting it, Affy_Moose.
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: JCFC Date: May 4, 2022, 5:55 am
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In case anyone wonders why it is great news, I first saw Matthew
as a Category 3D::
Wednesday 24th April 2013
South of Scotland League
Crichton 1 v 2 St Cuthbert Wanderers
Matthew McDermid (Motherwell); Finlay McDermid, Michael McDermid
With a ticket for Dumfries in his pocket, JCFC decided to take
advantage to see young (20ish) Category 3 Development official
Matthew McDermid in action. As is usual he was the only official
appointed, so it was a surprise to see three smartly dressed
young men arrive. "Young" it must be admitted is stretching
things more than a little in one case, but by JCFC's standards
it is not inaccurate. A puzzled inquiry of this trio produced an
introduction to Finlay and Michael, alias Dad and younger
brother. In a reversal of Mr Chapman's farewell photos at
Bury/Thackley, the trio had their photo taken to commemorate
their first outing together. If any of our Lanarkshire
contingent know the clan McDermid, perhaps they could prevail
upon them to post the photo on here!
The surroundings were reminiscent of a public school cricket
field (although with a very poor square!) and it was a very
pleasant place to be. Later in the year, when the midges are
more active, that opinion might have to be revised, however. The
visitors outplayed their lowly hosts in the first half, but had
nothing to show for their pressure. Immediately after the
interval, though, a deflected shot looped off the back of a
defender and into the net with the keeper stranded. Crichton
came back strongly, however, coming close a couple of times
before equalising with a header on 63 minutes. In the closing
stages, though, it was Wanderers who scored a slightly scruffy
winner.
Each assistant had a very early offside. Dad is doubtless not so
quick as he once was, but used his experience to compensate
well. Michael was perhaps slightly tentative when raising his
flag, but got the decisions correct - and was faultless when it
came to keeping his flag field side, which has not always been
the case in Scotland. As for Matthew (forgive the familiarity in
the interests of clarity!) he covers the ground extremely well,
with a running style reminiscent of Paul Robertson's glide, and
from the early stages he used a greater degree of preemptive
patter to control the game than I have sometimes seen in
Scotland. The match was a very pleasant affair, Mr McDermid
having only to speak officially to three players - two for trips
and one for chirruping. He missed nothing, though using
advantage appropriately, and I should love to see him again in a
slightly more demanding context. I certainly felt that he looked
the part. In the brief time that I was speaking with them, they
seemed a very pleasant family and I hope that they enjoyed their
card-free evening as much as I did. Good luck to Matthew in his
career - I shall follow it with interest - and maybe one day we
will see Michael in the middle.
PS A little research suggests that Matthew's middle name is
Cain. That clearly should have been Abel, though not necessarily
with that spelling!
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: Affy_Moose Date: May 4, 2022, 8:43 am
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[quote author=JCFC link=topic=1139.msg47780#msg47780
date=1651661743]
In case anyone wonders why it is great news, I first saw Matthew
as a Category 3D::
Wednesday 24th April 2013
South of Scotland League
Crichton 1 v 2 St Cuthbert Wanderers
Matthew McDermid (Motherwell); Finlay McDermid, Michael McDermid
With a ticket for Dumfries in his pocket, JCFC decided to take
advantage to see young (20ish) Category 3 Development official
Matthew McDermid in action. As is usual he was the only official
appointed, so it was a surprise to see three smartly dressed
young men arrive. "Young" it must be admitted is stretching
things more than a little in one case, but by JCFC's standards
it is not inaccurate. A puzzled inquiry of this trio produced an
introduction to Finlay and Michael, alias Dad and younger
brother. In a reversal of Mr Chapman's farewell photos at
Bury/Thackley, the trio had their photo taken to commemorate
their first outing together. If any of our Lanarkshire
contingent know the clan McDermid, perhaps they could prevail
upon them to post the photo on here!
The surroundings were reminiscent of a public school cricket
field (although with a very poor square!) and it was a very
pleasant place to be. Later in the year, when the midges are
more active, that opinion might have to be revised, however. The
visitors outplayed their lowly hosts in the first half, but had
nothing to show for their pressure. Immediately after the
interval, though, a deflected shot looped off the back of a
defender and into the net with the keeper stranded. Crichton
came back strongly, however, coming close a couple of times
before equalising with a header on 63 minutes. In the closing
stages, though, it was Wanderers who scored a slightly scruffy
winner.
Each assistant had a very early offside. Dad is doubtless not so
quick as he once was, but used his experience to compensate
well. Michael was perhaps slightly tentative when raising his
flag, but got the decisions correct - and was faultless when it
came to keeping his flag field side, which has not always been
the case in Scotland. As for Matthew (forgive the familiarity in
the interests of clarity!) he covers the ground extremely well,
with a running style reminiscent of Paul Robertson's glide, and
from the early stages he used a greater degree of preemptive
patter to control the game than I have sometimes seen in
Scotland. The match was a very pleasant affair, Mr McDermid
having only to speak officially to three players - two for trips
and one for chirruping. He missed nothing, though using
advantage appropriately, and I should love to see him again in a
slightly more demanding context. I certainly felt that he looked
the part. In the brief time that I was speaking with them, they
seemed a very pleasant family and I hope that they enjoyed their
card-free evening as much as I did. Good luck to Matthew in his
career - I shall follow it with interest - and maybe one day we
will see Michael in the middle.
PS A little research suggests that Matthew's middle name is
Cain. That clearly should have been Abel, though not necessarily
with that spelling!
[/quote]
Thanks for sharing. I did read your posts each week with
interest, and see the progress made by officials.
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: ajb95 Date: May 4, 2022, 10:16 am
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Scotland has too many refs at category 1. With only 6
premiership and 6 championship matches doesn’t make sense to
have so many.
I suppose VAR Will be the saving grace
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: Affy_Moose Date: May 4, 2022, 10:43 am
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[quote author=ajb95 link=topic=1139.msg47793#msg47793
date=1651677362]
Scotland has too many refs at category 1. With only 6
premiership and 6 championship matches doesn’t make sense to
have so many.
I suppose VAR Will be the saving grace
[/quote]
Category 1 officials cover everything from Tiers 1-5. The
Premiership and Championship requires 18 Cat 1 referees every
weekend.
Also to remember, Category 1 is split into a Select Group,
Performance Group, and Development Group. Of the Select Group
there are only 17, with a further 18 in the Performance Group.
Of the latter, the majority have not yet officiated a
Premiership match. Of the five at Development, they typically
only officiate one senior match per month, and will officiate
LL, HL, WoSL, and EoSL for the other weeks.
Too few officials and you end up with a serious succession
planning problem. To some extent, the numbers being promoted to
Cat 1 and SAR will reflect the SFA's planning for VAR.
The appointments are published each week, and match appointments
are tracked by both Soccerway and Soccerbase. Plenty of
Referees and SARs have 40-50 senior appointments this season
(not including Tiers 5 or below). Not sure why you see there
being an issue?
I suspect that VAR will require more promotions, not less...
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Re: Is this a debut?
By: Steelman Date: May 13, 2022, 10:24 am
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Interesting, to me anyway, that Matthew MacDermid, from
Motherwell got his Premier League debut at Motherwell v Hearts
which is typically a feisty affair. Also unusual to get a debut
in a top six fixture.
And, he did very well and looks a promising official. Happy to
see him back anytime based on that display.
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