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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 18, 2019, 6:46 am
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Being less familiar with S&H officials, JCFC could only stake 2p
on the identity of the young AR1 and nothing at all on the
unrecognised AR2, but their names were subsequently gleaned from
a friendly official of the home club at
Wednesday 14th August 2019
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round Replay
Penistone Church 2 v 5 Skelmersdale United
Jamie Waters (Holmfirth); Ryan Henger, Christopher Rose.
The mystery is how Mr Waters, first seen nearly a decade ago,
contrives to look as young as, or even younger than, he did then
- and more cheerful too. He had occasion to speak to the Skem
number 8 for a mistimed slide, but there was little in the
opening exchanges to disturb his mood. The visitors took the
lead with a long shot just after the half hour. Five minutes
later a Penistone defender was racing back with an opponent, who
gave him a firm nudge in the back, winning possession to add a
second. Mr Waters would not have had the best of angles and Mr
Henger did not see fit to intervene - either deciding that it
was not within his sector or perhaps deeming that it was the
sort of push that is routinely allowed to pass elsewhere. Three
minutes later there was a yellow card for the Skelmersdale
number 11, and from the free-kick a couple of touches led to a
Penistone goal.
The visitors proved much the stronger unit in the second half,
adding three goals before Penistone got their second through a
low free-kick from the edge of the area.
The doubtful second goal apart, it was a comfortable evening for
the officials, assuming they were not too bothered by the
frequent comments of a loud Yorkshire voice, stemming from a
gentleman of advanced years. Mr Henger was in front of the stand
and was the butt of the majority of remarks, but seemed to be
amused rather than intimidated. Mr Waters signalled his return
to Level 3 with a very solid performance overall.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 18, 2019, 8:57 am
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As the League season got under way, once again with redrawn
boundaries, it was great to see Brighouse Town sitting proudly
on top of the table - albeit solely by virtue of alphabetical
order. This happy situation was not to survive the afternoon at
Saturday 17th August 2019
BVNPL Division 1 NW
Clitheroe 0 v 0 Brighouse Town
Liam Marshall (Blackpool); David Gillon, Lee Corns
Tallish, slim dark-haired Mr Marshall proved to be a prominent
member of the pressure group demanding higher fees for referees
to enable them to replace blunt razor blades.
Brighouse had the better of the first half hour, with some good
approach work, but having lost their purveyors of goals to
Guiseley, were unable to capitalise. They did hit the post on 6
minutes, and clipped the bar on 27. Mr Marshall had spoken to
the home number 9 and the away number 10 for separate chirrups
and correctly shown a yellow card to the Clitheroe number 10 for
an attack breaker. As half-time approached, however, Clitheroe
came back into the game and it took a good block by the keeper
and a clearance off the line by a full-back to keep them out. A
little childish silliness between Brighouse 4 and Clitheroe 10
was appropriately dealt with by a warning.
Clitheroe continued to shade things after the restart. The
Brighouse number 10 had a further chunter and this time his
captain was summoned as well, though it was for a later foul
that he was eventually to see yellow. In the meantime a
Brighouse cross had hit the inside of the post and as Clitheroe
looked to break, the Brighouse number 15 stopped the attack with
a clear foul and rightly received a yellow card. After 81
minutes Clitheroe burst through a porous Brighouse defence and
the keeper had to make a brave save. The resulting corner was
again cleared off the line - JCFC not being sure whether to be
pleased or not, holding as he did the 82 minute golden goal
ticket. A petulant trip earned the Brighouse number 5 the game's
final yellow card shortly before the final whistle.
Mr Marshall created an excellent impression: accurate and
confident decision making, regardless of shouts; appropriate use
of cards; great use of advantage; firmness in quelling dissent;
splendid movement, both forwards and backwards - all
contributed to a good display. In particular his manner with
players was first-rate, helped by a remarkable facility for
remembering names, and he used his smile well. The assumption
had been that he would be rather poor, being one of what seemed
to be the very few Lancashire referees not to be promoted last
season - nothing could be further from the truth, and he must
surely be upwardly mobile very soon.
As a postscript it might be added that he twice resisted pleas
from the Brighouse goalkeeper "Ref, ref, ref please talk to me."
This showed admirable wisdom, as said keeper is not someone
anybody in their right mind would wish to talk to.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 20, 2019, 4:38 am
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A sunny evening attracted plenty of supporters to
Monday 19th August 2019
BVNPL Division 1 NW
Brighouse Town 0 v 1 Marske United
Jordan Crossley (Rochdale); Dave Chisnall, Matt Edwards.
The Brighouse programme, an otherwise rather below average £2's
worth on this occasion, redeemed itself with a full page of
details about all three officials. A further innovation for this
season seems to be that the PA system is now audible at last -
though the announcer got the assistants the wrong way round. Mr
Crossley, a tall, dark-haired young man on the skinny side of
slim, could well have referred to either of them as Dad.
"The Mystic Anorak" in Clitheroe's programme on Saturday had
offered a predicted final table for the coming season, with
Brighouse third and Marske to finish seventeenth: JCFC would
suggest that those two are more likely to be reversed.
Nevertheless Town made a decent start and a strong shot from
their number 10 skimmed the crossbar on 17 minutes. That apart,
however, they seemed determined to offer the visiting keeper
some uncontested practice in catching high balls, with central
defenders also accepting countless invitations to head the ball
clear. Only once did a Brighouse player make contact with such a
delivery - number 5 having come up for a corner could only
glance the ball with the top of his head as it came across and
out to safety. Marske, meanwhile, looked well-organised and
quicker in thought, exposing the home side's defensive
shortcomings. Midway through the half a deftly-slipped ball
behind the left back drew the defence all over the place
resulting in an easy goal. There was almost a repetition shortly
afterwards, but the keeper got a crucial hand to the ball. There
was a justified caution for the Marske number 11 for a foul, but
the half had been largely cleanly contested.
The Brighouse number 6 received similar treatment five minutes
into the second half for an attack-stopper. Town, however, were
showing a little more urgency. On 62 minutes a corner was met
with a bullet header into the net, but sadly it was well after
Mr Crossley had blown for a foul by another attacker. Marske
were happy to sit back and absorb the pressure, which they did
comfortably. Stoppage time saw another booking for a needless
foul by a Brighouse player - perhaps he just thought he should
make a donation to the coffers of the County FA.
A first-season Level 3, Mr Crossley had a very good match. He
got himself into excellent positions to make some good spots,
crisply delivered, and both his decisions and his sanctions
seemed accurate. As a result there was precious little dissent:
the one moan from a Town player (about which side a substituted
player should have left the field!) was met with a firm
suggestion that he should concentrate on playing football - a
sentiment greeted with approval by home fans. A fine evening's
work might encourage him to project himself a little more: he
maintained a slightly worried frown throughout, but will surely
relax a little as he settles into this level. I look forward to
seeing him in action again.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 20, 2019, 4:56 am
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The Mystic Anorak also published last season's preditions and
this Brighouse anorak applied Spearman's Rank Correlation
Coefficient and found that the result was a fairly commendable
0.52. There's hope for Town yet!
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 21, 2019, 5:31 am
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Two apparently appealing prospects presented themselves - and
JCFC unerringly chose the wrong one. (Heaven help those at
Mossley if not!)
Tuesday 20th August 2019
NCEFL Premier
Liversedge 1 v 0 Penistone Church
Dane McCarrick (Cleveland/Leeds); Michael Trevethan, Joshua
Brayshaw.
Mr McCarrick, still on the upward slope of his twenties, is
quite tall and fair haired, though with an appearance suggesting
that this latter description may not pertain for all that much
longer. His postgraduate studies have led to learned papers on,
among other things, the significance of height in football
refereeing. (For what it's worth, JCFC would view posture rather
than stature as the major factor.) Mr Brayshaw made his two
colleagues look almost geriatric in comparison.
As hinted above, the match was a pretty dire affair, the pie and
peas indifferent, the seats uncomfortably hard and even the
presence of K S Hackett, fresh from a break in Cornwall, did
little to enhance the occasion. Sedge took the lead on 9
minutes, the Church keeper's attempted block being unable to
keep out a close-range shot. The next excitement was delayed
until the 42nd minute, when a Sedge shot was tipped over the
bar. The home number 11 received a yellow card for a foul as
Penistone tried to launch a counter.
There were a couple of warnings for Church players early in the
second half. The next caution came on 29 minutes: from the other
half of the field it looked as if attacker and keeper were
simply going for the same ball on the ground, but Mr McCarrick's
decision that the Church number 7 was deserving of a yellow card
must be accepted, as he was much closer to the incident. There
were no complaints when the visiting number 8 saw yellow a few
minutes later, but the caution for the Liversedge number 3 on 81
minutes seemed a little harsh. Liversedge were eager to use up
time - Mr McCarrick tried to hurry them along, and did add an
appropriate period of stoppage time - but oddly it was a Church
player who was aggrieved at being made to leave towards the
nearer side, and idiotically showed his displeasure by doing so
at an angle, not the wisest of moves when your side is looking
for an equaliser late on. In added time Sedge indulged in some
mischief with the ball and Mr McCarrick raced to the home dugout
to flourish his yellow card at the coach/manager responsible.
The best feature of the evening was that JCFC met a fellow
Brighouse watcher and received a most welcome lift back to
Brighouse, reaching home an hour and half earlier than
expected.
As another new Level 3, Mr McCarrick did a decent enough job and
did lapse into the odd smile. He kept firm control and was
generally well-positioned, with rapid, if not always elegant,
movement. A competent evening's work, but not one to raise a
frisson of excitement. Sound, but as yet no more, for this
watcher - though again time may allow extra qualities to
blossom.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 22, 2019, 6:40 am
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More than half a century has passed since JCFC last visited
Lawkholme Lane, as Cougar Park was then known, all-time
favourite RL player, Paul Charlton being in the visiting side,
but with the village ground in Steeton not being of the standard
required for step 6, that was the venue for
Wednesday 21st August 2019
NWCFL Division 1N
Steeton 0 v 1 Cleator Moor Celtic
Niall Eaves (Blackpoolish?); Luca Caggiano, Manfred Wojtas.
In the intervening period, the entrance to the ground has been
moved to the opposite end, away from the town, in an industrial
estate, adding a half-mile diversion once this was discovered.
With a long and awkward journey from West Cumberland, Celtic
arrived at 19.30 and did well to get the match started just
after 20.00, allowing time for a steak slice and tea in the bar.
Mr Wojtas had been seen before, when Silsden were in the lower
division. His then grey locks were by now snow white. Mr
Caggiano was unfamiliar. So too was Mr Eaves, setting out on his
fourth season at Level 4, who proved to be rather more sturdy
than the current slimline template for young referees, with
perhaps consequent slight limitation in his sprinting pace.
On 7 minutes Celtic won a corner, despite a clear push by the
attacker and Mr Caggiano received some stick, which grew more
forceful when the corner led to a penalty. Fortunately he was
spared when the keeper saved the kick. Steeton, though,
continued to have difficulty in getting out of their own half.
Mr Eaves followed a fairly liberal line, which led to a stoppage
for an injury a second or two after what appeared a foul. This
turned out not to be a case of bringing back after no advantage,
so play was to restart with a drop ball. The Steeton player was
either unaware that contested drop balls were no longer an
option, or maybe he was arguing that as the ball had been struck
against a Steeton player before the whistle, the ball should be
dropped for them. A spell of concerted pressure saw Celtic take
the lead on 23 minutes. They almost claimed a second a minute
later, as the keeper clawed the ball off the line, but Mr
Caggiano gave a clear play on signal. Steeton did eventually
come into the game a little more, a cross hitting the bar, but
the visitors still had the better of things and they in turn hit
the post. Play moved rapidly from end to end,but though chances
were created they were not taken.
Early in the second half there was a lecture for the Steeton
assistant manager. The Celtic keeper parried a long Steeton
shot, the follow-up being straight at him. The visitors put the
ball in the net on the hour, but the whistle had already gone
for a foul on the keeper - and two visitors were spoken to for a
spot of backchat. A Steeton attack was called back from a
threatening position (presumably offside?) and the Celtic number
9 received a yellow card. Mr Eaves's liberal interpretations had
worked well in creating an enjoyably fluid game, helped by the
attitude of the players. JCFC had been wondering, however, what
would happen with more streetwise, feisty teams. The closing
stages saw the question partly answered. There were warnings for
a couple of players and a few soft-looking free-kicks resulted
from Celtic falls. One of them led to a word with Mr Caggiano
and a yellow card for the Steeton assistant manager. There was a
yellow card, too, for the Celtic number 8. The visitors looked
to the corners to run down the clock, Mr Eaves taking close
order. A throw in was hurled straight at the nearest defender's
foot, converting it to a corner, which Steeton protested about.
At a further throw, Mr Eaves answered a query about time
remaining with "30 seconds" and the thrower took his time
getting ready. At this point Mr Eaves held things up,
side-skipped gently back to the other half (shouts from Steeton
players of "You're allowed to run") and the assistant manager
received his second yellow and resulting red card. Returning for
the throw, Mr Eaves whistled for full time as soon as it was
taken - an odd finish to what had been an entertaining match.
The referee's line had certainly contributed to this, though it
had not always been fully convincing. In the general context of
this game, his control, helped by a loud voice on occasion, was
strong enough, but many matches would require a different
approach. It remains to be seen whether it would be forthcoming.
For JCFC, however, the highlight was departing with a bottle of
wine, courtesy of raffle ticket number 51!
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: nemesis
Date: August 24, 2019, 12:46 pm
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--- Quote from: JCFC link ---
>
> More than half a century has passed since JCFC last visited
Lawkholme Lane, as Cougar Park was then known, all-time
favourite RL player, Paul Charlton being in the visiting side,
but with the village ground in Steeton not being of the standard
required for step 6, that was the venue for
>
> Wednesday 21st August 2019
> NWCFL Division 1N
> Steeton 0 v 1 Cleator Moor Celtic
> Niall Eaves (Blackpoolish?); Luca Caggiano, Manfred Wojtas.
>
>
>
--- End Quote ---
Just for the record, it's Thornton which is certainly "ish" and
far too close to Blackpool for comfort.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 25, 2019, 8:45 am
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The draw had not offered accessible ties for Friday or Sunday,
given the rail cancellations, so the weekend's only match was
Saturday 24th August 2019
FA Cup Preliminary Round
Brighouse Town 2 v 2 Morpeth Town
Nik Storey (Worsley); Daniel Moroney, Adewunmi Soneye.
Once again the programme contained welcome biographical notes on
the officials. Mr Storey apparently played until the age of 29,
so must be older than previously thought. Mr Soneye had left the
Royal Navy to study Terrorism and Security, and claimed that the
skills thus developed in conflict reconciliation helped him in
his refereeing. Mr Moroney must be so boring that there was
nothing to be said about him.
JCFC's inquiry of the official supervising the car park whether
we would manage to score for the first time this season was met
with a response of "I doubt it." This pessimistic view was
shared by most home fans, and Morpeth must have been equally
confident as to the outcome. Despite an early Brighouse header
into the side netting, it was Morpeth who went ahead in the
fifth minute, a long ball leaving a man clear to finish
comfortably. There was a caution on 20 minutes for a visiting
attacker for an apparent simulation, it seemed. A minute later a
huge hoof from deep in Morpeth territory saw the home central
defender back-pedalling as two attackers raced past him to
collect. Either of them could have scored, and one of them duly
obliged. It seemed all over, but a looping header from a
diagonal ball produced a goal for Brighouse five minutes later.
On 38 minutes the home keeper leapt to turn an own-goal
attempt(!) away from the top corner and when Brighouse attacked
in turn, a high-footed challenge produced a yellow for the
Morpeth number 3, and an equaliser for Brighouse from the
penalty spot. In the final minute of the half, Morpeth scrambled
clear a Brighouse effort.
The third quarter was fairly uneventful as the pace slowed in
the heat, but on 67 minutes a Brighouse attacker was through and
the keeper raced from his area to take him out. The home fans'
demands for a red card were understandable, but JCFC felt that
Mr Storey's choice of yellow was correct. Brighouse were
fighting hard, and with two tired teams the frequency of minor
fouls grew. Morpeth came close to a late winner, a header
flicking the crossbar on its way out. A foul by the home number
16 received a yellow - no complaints as the player had been
spoken to just a minute or two earlier. In the end Morpeth were
happy enough with a draw, Brighouse surprised to have held a
strong side, but the odds must be on the Highwaymen in the
replay. Dare JCFC brave the lethal lanes on the way to Craik
Park once more?
Mr Storey had been seen once before, in his first season at
Level 3, when JCFC had found his work efficient, but added that
"he did not radiate good cheer." This had been attributed to the
rain on that occasion, rather than finding a fellow misery guts.
Now in his fourth season at this Level, Mr Storey again proved
efficient, in an undemonstrative way and handled the game well.
He did acknowledge a loud shout from one spectator that if he
had been sitting in the stand he would have spotted some
holding, with a nod - but an unsmiling one. So, less gloomy in
his manner than before, perhaps, but radiating good cheer would
definitely still be overstretching things.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 27, 2019, 8:30 am
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Recalling last season's fiasco, when just before setting off it
emerged that the game had been brought forward and was already
well under way, JCFC decided to avoid Brighouse's visit to
Ossett (pity, as they won.) Buses were on Sunday timetable,
trains running normally (if anything about northern rail is
normal) so JCFC took a lucky dip at a ground within easy walking
distance of a railway station and settled on
Monday 26th August 2019
NWCFL Division 1 North
Daisy Hill 4 v 1 Darwen
Lucy Anne Briggs; Joe Hinds, Anthony Parr Robinson.
As Miss Briggs had previously been seen as assistant to Rob
Denton at Carlisle, the guess would be that she hails from the
Lancaster area, but a guess is all it is.
Daisy Hill had made a reasonable start to the season, suggesting
that they might be able to avoid their habitual table-propping
act; Darwen, though, had done even better, despite having played
all their matches away from home. It was the visitors then who
unsurprisingly dominated the first quarter. Miss Briggs spoke to
the home number 8 after a foul on 8 minutes and converted it to
a caution following another foul on 15 minutes - possibly a
trifle harsh, but it had the desired effect. Things turned
around when against the run of the play they took the lead
following a free-kick. Just two minutes later the Darwen keeper
palmed the ball away acrobatically, but Daisy Hill fired in the
rebound. This was the cue for a drinks break, AR2 unusually, but
sociably, crossing the field to join his colleagues. Three
minutes into the resulting added time Darwen were playing about
in defence when they were robbed to gift Daisy Hill their third.
Miss Briggs saw to the half-time substitution herself, as she
was to do with two further substitutions at corners. While
waiting for another corner on 53 minutes, Miss Briggs summoned
the home number 10 and the visiting number 4 for a lecture. This
proved a curious affair, as twice in the course of it the number
4 bent down to grab the 10's ankle, Miss Briggs carrying on
unconcernedly, it seemed. As they went back to their positions
there was a further little spat between them, though without
further intervention. Another drinks break came on 70 minutes,
following which Daisy Hill twice shot wide of the far post from
an acute angle, a Darwen header clipped the bar with the keeper
beaten and Daisy Hill tried an acute shot from the other side
and found the net this time. Darwen responded immediately with a
consolation goal, and threatened again in the closing minutes.
There was a justified caution for a Darwen substitute four
minutes into added time.
Miss Briggs is possibly not the swiftest of sprinters, but in
the heat neither were most of the players, so she was never too
far from the action, though she did maintain a fairly central
path. A decent, efficient - if unspectacular - job in what was a
pleasant game to watch.
And Miss Briggs would appear to come from Garstang.
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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2019/20
DIR By: JCFC
Date: August 30, 2019, 5:03 am
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It's a fine though breezy day,
The train's well on its way
(For you know that I am not a fan of cars.)
I have planned a one night stay
Since I'm very pleased to say
Tonight's the start of this year's FA Vase.
I'm a dithery so and so
And with several games on show
The options really put me to the test
But you'll very shortly know
Just where I plan to go -
Unless, of course, you have already guessed!
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