Sian Massey

[FantasyIreland]

Officials don't have a gender once the game has started. They may have agenda though ;-)

Very good.

Personally i think the game,and society,has progressed sufficiently to not see gender as any sort of barrier.As with any appointment in life,the criteria should not deviate from ability and talent - it should always be the best person for the job.

 

[Blueknows]

Women are perfectly able to referee male games but they shouldn't. The twain can't meet. Women should ref women. Men should ref men.

same as commentating imo

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

same as commentating imo

I would happily never have Jonathan Pearce commentating on women's games again. His voice makes my ears bleed.

 

[mat]

Googling female refs gave me some snippets of information.
The Bundesliga ref who seemingly led the way had just retired concerned about Coronavirus.
Her partner is a certain Howard Webb
Imagine his pillow talk about the best goals he gave to the rags.
The internet is full of pictures of beautiful refs dotted around the world in leagues l have never heard of but it is hard to get much serious information about women reffing in senior mens football.

If the PL have a female ref for a men's games (PiGMOL already have a pool) my money is on Lucy Oliver getting the gig.

Imagine her reffing a city game with her hubby as 4th official. I think Pep would ban himself from participating to save on a 10 match ban.

 

[mat]

The media hypocrisy is laughable.

I'm sure you all remember both *** *** and the Daily Heil publishing pictures of Sian in her going out out clothes just after she was announced as running the lines in the PL.

 

[Mike Cledford]

If the PL have a female ref for a men's games (PiGMOL already have a pool) my money is on Lucy Oliver getting the gig.

Imagine her reffing a city game with her hubby as 4th official. I think Pep would ban himself from participating to save on a 10 match ban.

I always imagined Oliver was a confirmed bachelor. Most women would give him the red card.88

 

[Paladin]

the way the system works is that once you've passed a certain level on the refereeing pyramid you can choose whether to only referee or only line, after which point you'll never go back.

This. It's a career path she has chosen. It's unlikely to change as she is a specialist now, and a very good official.

 

[Gazza]

I would happily never have Jonathan Pearce commentating on women's games again. His voice makes my ears bleed.

Dalek.

 

[AkanjisAfro]

She was in the headlines yesterday, but I was wondering why she never gets a chance to ref a PL game. Surely she cant do any worse than some of the fools that are regularly given the chance to surprise us with the ineptitude. Wondered what others thoughts were?

You can’t do both, you have to decide once you reach level 3

 

[Stoned Rose]

She was in the headlines yesterday, but I was wondering why she never gets a chance to ref a PL game. Surely she cant do any worse than some of the fools that are regularly given the chance to surprise us with the ineptitude. Wondered what others thoughts were?

Pics?