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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: Boz Date: February 14, 2026, 3:55 pm
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Tranmere Rovers FC (First Team) v Crawley Town (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Humphries, Andrew
Assistant Referee: Topp, Jake
Assistant Referee: Mulraine, Kevin
Fourth Official: Clayton, Samuel
While I don't think there were any KMI errors in this match,
overall not the most convincing officiating by Mr Humphries.
An early good example of teamwork between the referee and the
nearside AR, led to a Rovers goal being chalked off after a
discussion between them. It seemed there was a touch from a
player in an offside position before the chance converted, which
the AR had not seen.
Mr Humphries then was insistent that a Rovers throw in was taken
from a very precise position, yet had allowed two quick Crawley
free-kicks to be taken some distance from where the fouls had
taken place. Surely more risk of something going wrong if a
free-kick taken from the wrong place?
He seemed happy to ignore manhandling of Rovers striker Ironside
resulting in ironic cheers when he finally awarded a free=kick
Ironside's way midway through the second half, yet willing to
give free-kicks for much more minor contact and even a YC for
Rovers' Whitaker after what looked like an accidental coming
together in the middle of the park, where a free-kick would
arguably have sufficed.
Rovers penalty for a challenge on Whitaker in the box. Just a YC
for the defender, maybe a learning process after last season? It
was one of those where he might have gone red as the defender
had little chance of playing the ball.
The first time I'd seen the 6 second rule actually applied,
against the Rovers keeper and Mr Humphries signalling for the
count was not at all clear. Then a YC against our keeper for
time-wasting delaying taking a goal-kick, which felt very harsh
as there hadn't been any significant dawdling aside from the
earlier penalty corner.
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: Vernon Bear Date: February 15, 2026, 3:10 am
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[quote author=Boz link=topic=7705.msg101459#msg101459
date=1771022757]
Will be my first sight of Andrew Humphries in the middle, any
thoughts?
It sounded like he struggled last season, which think was his
first doing FL games, but seems to have had some more positive
acclaim and decent appointments in this one.
[/quote]
Thought he looked out of his depth in the Stockport v Orient
last week. Just let Orient get away with time wasting /
gamesmanship. A massive downgrade on Sam Allison who was
excellent in the previous home game. Looking at his appointments
though he seems to get impressing someone and could see him
getting a Championship match at some point
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: RCG Date: February 15, 2026, 4:45 am
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"with Howard Webb in attendance!"
From one bear pit to another as Webb's next observation is
Galatasaray in Turkey!! Not much of a difference 😉
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: TheThingFromLewes Date: February 17, 2026, 1:43 pm
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Another Hartlepool game washed out inside three days… this time
at Wealdstone.
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: elbee94 Date: February 17, 2026, 6:26 pm
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Cambridge United FC (First Team) v Colchester United FC (First
Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Brown, Declan
Assistant Referee: Hutton, David
Assistant Referee: Aylott, Andrew
Fourth Official: Walker, Timothy
For a referee with only a few EFL games under his belt, Declan
Brown can go home happy with his night’s work, along with the
rest of his team. An entertaining game played at a fast pace and
the officials contributed to a good spectacle. Declan’s on the
relaxed end of officials but not to the extreme and he was
really smiley in the middle, which the players seemed to like.
He does have a habit I don’t like that is whistling and taking 2
or 3 seconds to indicate the direction of a free kick.
In my view, an incorrect early yellow for Bishop, playing the
ball and then the man, i’m not sure it’s a foul and I don’t
agree with the yellow card. He did show inexperience at times
buying a few cheap free kicks but got the majority right. When
the antics were starting to show signs that it might boil over,
I really like Declan’s decision to call the captains over and
presumably ask them to tell their players to get on with the
game.
Second half very similar to the first from the officials point
of view, one missed yellow for Edwards for me for a collision
with the Cambridge goalkeeper. If we’re being really picky,
there was one head injury which he delayed for a few seconds, by
which point the possession has changed and led to Cambridge
getting the drop ball rather than Colchester. One nice decision
that stood out was to pull back a free kick to Cambridge when an
advantage took a few seconds but never really led to an
advantage.
One final piece of praise, you naturally critique the assistant
nearest your viewpoint harsher than the other, Andrew Aylott was
excellent in front of a noisy and packed out away stand.
Multiple decisions correct that took slight flicks which he
spotted. Potentially one missed offside from a quick Cambridge
free kick that caught me off guard and possibly him too.
All 3 teams performed to a strong standard and whilst Colchester
were the better side overall, a point each is not unfair and
Declan’s team can equally call it a good night at the office.
After a few poorer officiating performances recently involving
Colchester games, Peter Wright got no comments at all on social
media for our game at Barrow and then Declan tonight (or last
night as I write this not long after getting home!) hopefully
continuing to turn the tide.
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: Ryanellis Date: February 18, 2026, 2:17 am
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Crewe Alexandra FC (First Team) v Fleetwood Town FC (First Team)
Football League 2
Referee: Martin, Ross
Assistant Referee: Joyce, Matthew
Assistant Referee: Clayton, Samuel
Fourth Official: Stonier, Paul
I thought this was an inconsistent performance from Ross last
night. Right from the off, Fleetwood were interested in pulling
the Crewe players shirts, and Ross let them do this. But then he
gave one foul, then didn’t, then did…. He wasn’t consistent in
recognising and giving these fouls.
At this point, 3/4 Fleetwood players could’ve been cautioned for
persistent. Eventually, after 30 or so mins, Ross pulled out his
yellow card for the Fleetwood’s Powell, a caution to which he
actually got the ball!
After Fleetwood took the lead mid way through the first half, I
was surprised they didn’t try any delaying tactics, which was a
fair play moment… until the second half. Most of the team were
fine, but the goalkeeper took forever going to retrieve the
ball, place it down and then kick it. Ross simply let him get
away with it. All he did was blow his whistle and wave his arm.
That’s going to do nothing. He did this EVERY single time. Ross
was also very slow at the 8 second rule, something our manager
pointed out on the touchline several times.
To top it off, only 3 mins were added second half. Now, it was
an uneventful half with 2 bookings and subs, however the
goalkeeper must’ve wasted that time at least…
Overall, not the best night for Ross, and I would like to see
him improve to get more EFL games in the future (he’s in L1 on
Saturday).
I think his style of refereeing is to let play flow, and in this
game it didn’t work at all. To praise, his fitness and
positioning was excellent and his communication with players was
also top notch too.
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: olliebcafc Date: February 18, 2026, 5:03 am
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Bradford City FC (First Team) v Stockport County FC (First Team)
Football League 1
Referee: Joyce, Ross
Assistant Referee: Grunnill, Wayne
Assistant Referee: Hall, Bradley
Fourth Official: Corlett, Matt
Overall a not perfect but pretty standard display from Ross
Joyce last night. He seems to be on the decline but still
trusted with big games and it’s easy to see why. Foul detection
was good all night and use of cards slightly harsh but very
consistent.
AR2 was miles off the pace with at least 2 missed offsides by my
reckoning, including one of the worst I’ve seen around 8 minutes
in. There was also a missed dogso handball by Brad Hills,
blatantly obvious from my seat but unfortunate for Ross and team
that it was near on impossible to see for any of the four
officials.
The other Ross (Martin) for us Saturday, totally new name for us
and Ryan’s report doesn’t fill me with confidence!
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: olliebcafc Date: February 18, 2026, 12:11 pm
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Looks like an error from Duckworth for the first Accrington red.
Doesn’t even look like a foul to me
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: Boz Date: February 18, 2026, 12:34 pm
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I wasn't at Prenton Park to see Rovers v Accrington last
night, which given another poor performance from TRFC was a
relief.
2 Red Cards from Mr Duckworth. I don't think there can be much
argument with the second, right at the end of the game. However
the first RC incident starts around 00.55 in the footage and
seems to be dividing opinion as to whether red or yellow or no
foul was the appropriate sanction. I'd be interested in any
thoughts...
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp6vynl2G4g
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Re: Sat 14th - Wed 18th FEB 2026
By: Boz Date: February 18, 2026, 12:36 pm
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Sorry olliebcafc, I was unable to quote your post for some
reason.
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