FA Watch

Emily rang me not so long ago to tell me about this. Henry Winter was one of only two people who contacted me immediately after the mass media e-mail went out back in September - the other being Ian Cheeseman.

Henry offered to support us back then and he's really come through for us - the timing could not be better with Not My Fault and I going on Blue Tuesday tonight.
 
I've just received the standard Stage 1 reply from the FA which avoids answering the points made in time honoured fashion.

I'll send a copy to Henry Winter and will write again to the FA perhaps later today. We should then get the standard Stage 2 'I say old chap, how dare you have the temerity to contact me again' letter in a weeks time, if past experience is anything to go by.

The FA's message was:

Dear Mark

Thank you for contacting The Football Association.

FIFA guidelines aimed at avoiding the “re-refereeing” of matches generally prevent The FA from taking disciplinary action on incidents which are seen and dealt with at the time by the match officials (this includes taking no action). As a general rule, if the match officials see an incident and have jurisdiction to take action, The FA cannot act retrospectively.

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. Every supporter will have an opinion on the game’s major talking points and we’re always interested to hear them.

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 Keith Hackett, General Manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Premier League refereeing enquiries should be addressed to Keith Hackett, The Premier League, 30 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8PL or via info@premierleague.com <mailto: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 suggestions will form part of this feedback process.

Kind regards


The Football Association
 
Mark Tipton said:
I've just received the standard Stage 1 reply from the FA which avoids answering the points made in time honoured fashion.

I'll send a copy to Henry Winter and will write again to the FA perhaps later today. We should then get the standard Stage 2 'I say old chap, how dare you have the temerity to contact me again' letter in a weeks time, if past experience is anything to go by.

The FA's message was:

Dear Mark

Thank you for contacting The Football Association.

FIFA guidelines aimed at avoiding the “re-refereeing” of matches generally prevent The FA from taking disciplinary action on incidents which are seen and dealt with at the time by the match officials (this includes taking no action). As a general rule, if the match officials see an incident and have jurisdiction to take action, The FA cannot act retrospectively.

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. Every supporter will have an opinion on the game’s major talking points and we’re always interested to hear them.

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 Keith Hackett, General Manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Premier League refereeing enquiries should be addressed to Keith Hackett, The Premier League, 30 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8PL or via info@premierleague.com <mailto: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 suggestions will form part of this feedback process.

Kind regards


The Football Association
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I thought it was the challenge from Evans you were talking about and not the standard of refereeing?

Also, why are they able to suspend Adebayor, and not take action on that matter.

Hypocrits, the lot of them.
 
Gaham poll said on talk sport this morning that evans should have been sent off but because utd made such a song and dance about the reff it will be swept under the carpet there clever like that
 
I never had any replies to my E-mails and wonder whether pen and paper would have a bigger impact. Recorded delivery or something like that. They have standard replies, so I wonder what the answer is.
 
It might sound frustrating but perhaps we need to let them hang themselves by letting them come back to us with the same standard replies every time. Then the press will hopefully pick up the whitewash that is going on (and we will encourage them to think that!).
 
bluesoup said:
Sorry if already posted.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/mancity/6532491/Manchester-City-supporters-demand-investigation-into-Jonny-Evans-challenge.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... lenge.html</a>
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Fan-fucking-tastic

This is getting somewhere and being recognised, well done to the F.A watch squad!
 
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