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Re: Chris Kavanagh
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: January 3, 2026, 2:46 pm
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> That edges to supporting my thoughts. You have the fifa refs
who are also active midweek. It surely makes sense to give them
a break at the weekend and give the others more games. I suspect
that Oliver and Taylor will be well up there with games similar
to Kavanagh. If you are SG1. Then you should be getting equal
games to the others. It does seem to me that messrs Webb and
Dallas have their favourites and their own agenda which is
hardly fair.
>
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In terms of games refereed,
Kavanagh, Oliver and Taylor - 15
Bankes - 14
Attwell, Barrott, England, Hooper, Jones - 12
Bramall and Pawson - 11
Gillett - 10
Harrington and Madley - 9
Salisbury - 7
Brooks - 6
Robinson - 5
Kitchen - 3
Donohue, Kirk and Tierney - 1
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Re: Chris Kavanagh
DIR By: bmb
Date: January 3, 2026, 3:08 pm
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--- Quote from: Comeonref link ---
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> That edges to supporting my thoughts. You have the fifa refs
who are also active midweek. It surely makes sense to give them
a break at the weekend and give the others more games. I suspect
that Oliver and Taylor will be well up there with games similar
to Kavanagh. If you are SG1. Then you should be getting equal
games to the others. It does seem to me that messrs Webb and
Dallas have their favourites and their own agenda which is
hardly fair.
>
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I pointed out a stage at the start of the season where across a
30 day period Kav had 1 day at home in that period due to travel
and/or matches - 3/4 weeks in a row in Europe midweek and 2
games each weekend in one role or another, plus VAR training,
plus training camp.
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Re: Chris Kavanagh
DIR By: ajb95
Date: January 4, 2026, 11:55 am
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> I guess for games in London, it's more straightforward to
either fly or get the train down, whereas it's not quite as easy
for games like Bournemouth, where there isn't a direct
connection by train/plane from most of the UK.
>
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Frequent trains from Manchester to Bournemouth every day?
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Re: Chris Kavanagh
DIR By: rustyref
Date: January 4, 2026, 12:32 pm
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> [quote author=greeny link=topic=7580.msg99512#msg99512
date=1767460800]
> I guess for games in London, it's more straightforward to
either fly or get the train down, whereas it's not quite as easy
for games like Bournemouth, where there isn't a direct
connection by train/plane from most of the UK.
>
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Frequent trains from Manchester to Bournemouth every day?
[/quote]
Yeah, the Cross Country franchise goes direct from Bournemouth
to Manchester.
Personally I would always get the train rather than drive if
possible, but as a top level referee you would run the very
obvious risk that a fan recognises you and decides to engage in
"discussions". And I'd guess that could get very uncomfortable.
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