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#Post#: 71957--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Wurst is yet to come : generally jaundiced jottings from
German jaunts.
DIR By: JCFC
Date: December 6, 2023, 9:37 am
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Several years ago babyref (is that the same person as the
current BabyRef?) asked what had become of Knut Kircher. He was
still active at the time, retiring in 2016.
It has been announced that from the 2024/5 season he will be
replacing Lutz-Michael Fröhlich as the German referee supremo.
#Post#: 71961--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Wurst is yet to come : generally jaundiced jottings from
German jaunts.
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: December 6, 2023, 11:00 am
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>
> Several years ago babyref (is that the same person as the
current BabyRef?) asked what had become of Knut Kircher. He was
still active at the time, retiring in 2016.
>
> It has been announced that from the 2024/5 season he will be
replacing Lutz-Michael Fröhlich as the German referee supremo.
>
--- End Quote ---
babyref surely toddlerref by now ? [emoji6]
#Post#: 71974--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Wurst is yet to come : generally jaundiced jottings from
German jaunts.
DIR By: Conkernut
Date: December 7, 2023, 2:47 am
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--- Quote from: Whistleblower link ---
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> [quote author=JCFC link=topic=253.msg71957#msg71957
date=1701877024]
> Several years ago babyref (is that the same person as the
current BabyRef?) asked what had become of Knut Kircher. He was
still active at the time, retiring in 2016.
>
> It has been announced that from the 2024/5 season he will be
replacing Lutz-Michael Fröhlich as the German referee supremo.
>
--- End Quote ---
babyref surely toddlerref by now ? [emoji6]
[/quote]
Or maybe even moodyteenagerref :-[
#Post#: 71983--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Wurst is yet to come : generally jaundiced jottings from
German jaunts.
DIR By: Boris10
Date: December 7, 2023, 5:05 am
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Anybody watched a programme about the Stasi and Dynamo Berlin
who 'won' 10 consecutive East German titles?Can't remember which
channel,but a cameo from Berndt Heynemann
-very interesting[with sub-titles,so others apart from JCFC can
understand!].
#Post#: 106843--------------------------------------------------
Re: The Wurst is yet to come : generally jaundiced jottings from
German jaunts.
DIR By: JCFC
Date: June 2, 2026, 6:19 am
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I am delighted to read that Felix Weller, whom I saw in 2017 in
the Oberliga, has been promoted to the 2.Bundesliga.
Anyone who feels that the ascent of Mount Mossley is an
insufficient challenge could have joined me (provided he could
walk slowly enough) on the way to
Sunday 21st May 2017
Oberliga Westfalen
TuS Ennepetal 2 v 2 ASC 09 Dortmund
Felix Weller (Neunkirchen, Siegerland); Florian Schreiber, Jens
Schäfer.
When Anne Bronte penned the lines
Believe not those who say
The upward path is smooth
She had a moral path through life in mind, rather than routes to
German football grounds - or even the vicissitudes of the
refereeing pathway. Nevertheless they did come to mind today.
The word "Tal" means "valley" and here it was particularly deep,
the station and the ground of course being on opposite sides,
the ground being right at the top. The tune Sussex then passed
though my mind, as the steep and rugged pathway was trodden
anything but rejoicingly. The thought of idly resting and
staying by still water definitely would have appealed. Finally
making it to the plateau, it was delightful to see a lovely
grass pitch, with row upon row of comfortable seats. Delight
soon turned to despair as the match was to be played on the
adjacent artificial pitch, with just hard standing for
spectators.
Herr Weller is 21 and a member of his region's prospects group.
In appearance he looked as Mike Jones must have done over a
quarter of a century ago: slightly built with thinnish features
and fair hair. His two assistants were only slightly older, the
combined ages of all three only just surpassing mine. The
assistants had enough hair for two splendid coiffures, but as
Herr Schäfer had collared the lion's share, his unruly mane left
Herr Schreiber sadly deficient.
There was a tricky decision for Herr Weller in the first minute
as two players went hard for the same ball, resulting in pain to
each, but he got it right, whatever one home player thought.
Despite one attack which forced the Dortmund keeper to dive to
save, the visitors were on top, only a desperate defensive toe
preventing them from going ahead. On 31 minutes a visiting
attacker was running into the box, a defender came across but
took man rather than ball and the penalty was rightly given. The
offender, number 21, was hurt in the process, but rose to
receive a yellow card before going down again and having to be
replaced. The keeper did well to save the shot, but was
understandably miffed that the rebound was spotted home to give
ASC the lead. The visiting number 11 threw a hissy fit when
penalised - correctly it seemed - and was called for a lecture,
which ended amicably.
There was an easy yellow two minutes into the second period, the
home number 11 going through from behind. Ennepetal were looking
livelier in the second half, and equalised on 63 minutes, going
ahead four minutes later. Misuse of his arm by the visiting
number 8 drew a reaction from an opponent and a yellow from Herr
Weller. There were a couple of chances for ASC inthe closing
minutes, but first a header then a shot went just wide. In
stoppage time the home number 11 set up a glorious chance for a
colleague, who ended up playing it with the leg he was standing
on. ASC gained possession, Herr Weller played a great advantage
deep in Dortmund territory, cautioning the Ennepetal offender
later, and the visitors raced away to score. In the end,
everyone was pretty happy.
AR1 was a confident hand changer and came in with a number of
flags for could. AR2 contributed just the one and did not switch
hands, but was impressively vocal in preempting several appeals
in his sector.
It is easy to see why Herr Weller is highly regarded: movement
was of course good, whistle well modulated, which pleased me if
not a German Beobachter, and his decision making was accurate,
with a pleasing refusal to be impressed by yelps of pain. He
always appeared calm and the only minor call I could fault was a
late whistle for offside when the keeper was safely hugging the
ball. My slight reservation concerns his lack of obvious
interaction with the players and even with his assistants. He
led well on throw-ins, but there seemed to be little eye contact
with them. I should be happy to see him again in the future,
though feel that a further year at this level might help him to
develop his use of his personality a little more. When I wished
him well in the clubhouse before the match, I received a
confident beaming smile in response - it would be nice to see
that appearing on the pitch. That apart, the match was very well
handled and his method works for him and clearly meets the
expectations of his mentors.
The downhill path was easier and the uphill stretch to the
station was neither as steep nor as long.
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