Viva Brighton Issue #84 February 2020

JJ WALLER
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Kirsty Dowle is on the 2020 international list of FIFA referees and was assistant
ref at the 2018 Women’s FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley,
in front of a record 45,000 crowd. She’s captured here by JJ Waller, refereeing a
recent men’s first team match at Whitehawk FC (in front of a smaller but no less
enthusiastic crowd). The first woman to do so for 35 years. “It was generally agreed
she was the best ref seen at Whitehawk this season”, reports JJ.
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