jimbo2011
Player Valuation: £750k
My email, Sunday:
Dear Sir or Madam, I spent nearly £300 getting from my home in Solihull to the Merseyside derby taking into account tickets, petrol and so on. £300 might not be alot for the suited massive of the FA in your ivory towers, but to normal people it is. The entire day was ruined from the moment your appointed official Martin Atkinson chose to send Jack Rodwell off subsequently changing the entire direction of the game. I understand that when visiting a football match the result is something that you have to live with but I feel genuinely aggrieved that Mr Atkinson influenced the result so significantly with his blatantly one-sided and inept performance. I would like to know if there is an avenue for me to pursue recompense for my financial losses yesterday through the FA.
Their response, today:
Thank you for contacting The Football Association.
Whilst understanding your frustration as a football fan, every supporter will have an opinion on the game’s major talking points and we’re always interested to hear them. The Football Association receives frequent correspondence on individual refereeing decisions across all levels of football as well as on the performance of referees in general. It is important to understand that without a referee there is no game and as a result the long-term health of football relies on recruiting, retaining and developing referees. Whilst 100% consistency is impossible when human judgment is introduced into a situation, referees get the overwhelmingly majority of decisions right. In fact they are arguably the most consistent people in the game making split-second decisions that will be analysed repeatedly by slow motion cameras and panels of football experts.
There is a system in place for monitoring the performance of referees and referee's assistants. This involves referees assessors and reports from club managers. All assessors come from a footballing background and the majority are fully qualified referees themselves. The performances of referees over a season are then taken into consideration when the leagues appoint their referees for the following season.
The Select Group officiates in the Premier League and is the responsibility of Mike Riley, General Manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Premier League refereeing enquiries should be addressed to Mike Riley, The Premier League, 30 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8PL or via info@premierleague.com.
We do appreciate all of the feedback we receive from supporters. This feedback is collated and used to build a picture of public opinion and is subsequently fed back internally within the organisation. Please rest assured your comments will form part of this feedback process.
What a bag of bollocks eh!?
Dear Sir or Madam, I spent nearly £300 getting from my home in Solihull to the Merseyside derby taking into account tickets, petrol and so on. £300 might not be alot for the suited massive of the FA in your ivory towers, but to normal people it is. The entire day was ruined from the moment your appointed official Martin Atkinson chose to send Jack Rodwell off subsequently changing the entire direction of the game. I understand that when visiting a football match the result is something that you have to live with but I feel genuinely aggrieved that Mr Atkinson influenced the result so significantly with his blatantly one-sided and inept performance. I would like to know if there is an avenue for me to pursue recompense for my financial losses yesterday through the FA.
Their response, today:
Thank you for contacting The Football Association.
Whilst understanding your frustration as a football fan, every supporter will have an opinion on the game’s major talking points and we’re always interested to hear them. The Football Association receives frequent correspondence on individual refereeing decisions across all levels of football as well as on the performance of referees in general. It is important to understand that without a referee there is no game and as a result the long-term health of football relies on recruiting, retaining and developing referees. Whilst 100% consistency is impossible when human judgment is introduced into a situation, referees get the overwhelmingly majority of decisions right. In fact they are arguably the most consistent people in the game making split-second decisions that will be analysed repeatedly by slow motion cameras and panels of football experts.
There is a system in place for monitoring the performance of referees and referee's assistants. This involves referees assessors and reports from club managers. All assessors come from a footballing background and the majority are fully qualified referees themselves. The performances of referees over a season are then taken into consideration when the leagues appoint their referees for the following season.
The Select Group officiates in the Premier League and is the responsibility of Mike Riley, General Manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Premier League refereeing enquiries should be addressed to Mike Riley, The Premier League, 30 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8PL or via info@premierleague.com.
We do appreciate all of the feedback we receive from supporters. This feedback is collated and used to build a picture of public opinion and is subsequently fed back internally within the organisation. Please rest assured your comments will form part of this feedback process.
What a bag of bollocks eh!?
