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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: JohnCoyle
       Date: July 22, 2020, 9:53 am
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       Arthur G. Kingscott was the last man to referee two FA Cup
       Finals, refereeing the 1900 Final (Bury vs. Southampton) and the
       1901 Final (Tottenham Hotspur vs. Sheffield United, as well as
       the replay).
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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: bmb
       Date: July 22, 2020, 11:03 am
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       > Taylor, Kavanagh & Atwell. This will be the TWENTIETH time
       this season Arsenal have had one of these officials.
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       > We could amost run a betting ring on these types of decisions.
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       > ZERO thought gone into this by PGMOL.
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       This is not an appointment made by the PGMOL. This is made by
       the FA referees committee
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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: rustyref
       Date: July 22, 2020, 11:11 am
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       Definitely the right answer in my opinion.  I'd be pretty gutted
       if a got the FA Cup final appointment in a behind closed doors
       campaign knowing that I'd never get it again, especially if I
       thought I'd be in with a chance in future years.
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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: TVOS
       Date: July 22, 2020, 11:36 am
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       --- Quote from: Fengunner link ---
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       > Taylor, Kavanagh & Atwell. This will be the TWENTIETH time
       this season Arsenal have had one of these officials.
       >
       > We could amost run a betting ring on these types of decisions.
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       > ZERO thought gone into this by PGMOL.
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       It looks like there's lots of thought gone into it by the
       appointing committee, which is not PGMOL.
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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: Whistleblower
       Date: July 22, 2020, 11:54 am
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       I am surprised that if they were going for a second timer they
       haven't picked Atkinson. However as Taylor has had the fixture
       before perhaps that was a determining factor. Thus is going to
       be the Cup Final listed with an asterisk next to it and a
       footnote.
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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: redman2014
       Date: July 22, 2020, 1:55 pm
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       I get the logic and can understand why they have done this.
       2 points though -
       1. What if you are Pawson, Tierney etc who may have had it this
       year and then gets injured or something happens to your career,
       next year?
       2. Can we read anything into Taylor going to Euro 2020 next
       year? It seems that Taylor is FA's preferred referee.
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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: greeny
       Date: July 22, 2020, 2:12 pm
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       Based on appointments in Europe, UEFA seem to rate Taylor higher
       as well.  Interesting that the FA article mentions that Taylor
       and co are off out to Europe next month.
       The chances of a career-ending injury to one of those due to
       have the final are very slim, so I doubt that was a
       consideration.  In my opinion, this was the right thing to do
       given the circumstance.  I doubt Craig or Paul would have wanted
       their one and only chance at the final to be in front of an
       empty stadium.
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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: Acme Thunderer
       Date: July 22, 2020, 2:36 pm
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       Congrats to Anthony and his team. I hope you all have a great
       day and a good game. My one concern is that this repeat
       appointment does not set a precedent. In my view, the Cup Final
       should be a once and once only opportunity for any referee to
       aspire to, which is why I would have preferred Scott or Mason
       this year, and any deviation from this would in my view spoil
       the dreams of many aspiring young referees. There, that's the
       negative view out of the way and I look forward to watching a
       really good game in front of the TV on the 1st August.
       #Post#: 19370--------------------------------------------------
       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: Irishref1985
       Date: July 22, 2020, 6:41 pm
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       Thank God that Mr "I know it all" Hackett was wrong and they
       didn't give it to Lee Mason. Now that would have been a
       disaster. Taylor would have been my second choice behind Mike
       Dean.
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       Re: FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Chelsea - Saturday 1st August 2020
   DIR By: RCG
       Date: July 23, 2020, 1:19 am
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       Will Adam Nunn get a 2nd appointment at some point to get his
       family's final? Or does that privelege only fall to the
       referees?
       Appointment wise makes sense if Anthony and whole team are
       heading into Europe, keeps them fresh/sharp. Probably does imply
       UEFA has Taylor over Oliver currently.
       I would like to see Oliver do the play off final
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