Ken Aston MBE

JOINT PUBLICATION OF FA LEARNING AND THE REFEREES’ ASSOCIATION
VOLUME 25 MAY 2015
Contributors:
David Elleray, Ian Blanchard, Neale Barry, Daniel Meeson,
Adam Gale-Watts, Martin Atkinson, Jon Moss, Amy Rayner,
Simon Breivik, Joanna Stimpson, Lisa Benn, Farai Hallam,
Jack Nield, Ross Joyce, Mike Penn, Darren England, Simon
Bennett, Harry Lennard, Craig Pawson, Keith Stroud, Roger
Vaughan, Will Finnie, George Lowe, Josh Ainscow, Adam
Davies, Tom Bowkett, Ian Tucker, Barry Ereira, Andy Wilding,
A.J.Dale, Pat Bakhuizen
Ken Aston MBE:
a referee with vision
Offside - Interfering with
an opponent
Page 14
Reflection on the 1st
women’s fa cup final to be
played at wembley
Page 36
Also inside
Adam Gale-Watts
Offside - interfering
with an opponent
Jon Moss
Memories of the 2015
FA Cup Final
A my Rayner
Reflection on the
1st women’s FA Cup
Final to be played
at Wembley
Editorial Team:
David Elleray, Ian Blanchard, Thomas Coupland
Design:
St. George’s Park Design Studio
Memories of the 2015
FA Cup final
Page 30
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Roger Vaughan
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Foreword David Elleray 4
Playing Advantage Ian Blanchard 6
DOGSO or SPA? Daniel Meeson 10
Offside – Interfering with an opponent Adam Gale-Watts 14
Offside – Clarification IFAB 21
Ken Aston MBE – A referee with vison 22
Tribute to Joel Richards Mike Penn 26
What it was like refereeing the 2015 UEFA
Europa League Final
Martin Atkinson 28
Memories of the 2015 FA Cup Final Jon Moss 30
Reflection on the 1st Women’s FA Cup final
to be played at Wembley
Amy Rayner 36
Injury prevention Simon Breivik 40
The new FA referees’ course Keith Stroud 42
Over 100 young referees graduate
The FA Referee Development Programme
Daniel Meeson 44
Introducing two new County Referee Development Officers Joanna Stimpson & Lisa Benn 46
Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships Farai Hallam 47
My experience refereeing at the
2015 Dr Pepper Dallas Cup 2015
Jack Nield 48
Be sensible on social media 49
The Iber Cup Ross Joyce 50
Dale Farm Milk Cup 2015 –
FA Referee Development Group Report
RAFAYC updates 54
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Will Finnie
chairman
RA News 59
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