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Les Brechin
March 31, 2021, 1:09pm

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Rebecca Welch appointed ref for the Harrogate v Port Vale game on Easter Monday becoming the first ever female to  be appointed to referee an EFL game.

I remember the time when we had a female ref in the conference, home v Bath I think it was. That must have been 7 or 8 years ago, so it's surprising it's taken so long for the first female to ref an EFL game.

https://www.skysports.com/foot.....te-town-vs-port-vale


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I assumed Wendy Toms had reffed in the league years ago, but it appears not.

Had to chuckle at the quote in the article: "I'm still trying to let it sink in" *



*chuckle, not because of a tiresome old washing comment, but because of that fella who owns loads of shares in GTFC, you remember him.


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  Good Luck to the young lady, I hope she doesn't allow the same disgraceful behaviour with the antics and foul mouth yobbery that goes on on all football pitches.
  I can swear with the best of them but not in mixed company, i know times have changed but i can still remember Mr A Shearer swearing full bloodied on the TV screen and then me trying to explain what he said to my boys.
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This is bad news. We have enough terrible referees in L2 with just men refereeing. If they start having women referees too that means the potential for twice as many terrible referees in L2.
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March 31, 2021, 2:59pm
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Looking forward to a time when female referees aren't newsworthy.


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Haven't seen many men refereeing women's games lately. Seems to be one way.
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For a long while I used to chase eggs, both codes, and every so often we’d get a lady referee as I played and coached at a low level in reality the ladies where just as good and often kept up with play much better than the male refs we’d get. Players did quite often call the ladies Sir which is the etiquette.


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Quoted from GollyGTFC
This is bad news. We have enough terrible referees in L2 with just men refereeing. If they start having women referees too that means the potential for twice as many terrible referees in L2.


And why would she not be as capable or more capable than a male referee?
You should back up your statement with reasoning to make it valid.
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March 31, 2021, 4:18pm
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I work in a male dominated industry and over the last 10 years have had several female apprentices and have had no issues at all with their capabilities, they are equally able and keen to learn and get on with their job, anyone suggesting otherwise needs to grow up and get real, refereeing a game off football requires a knowledge of the rules, the ability to enforce them and a degree of common sense, a persons gender has no bearing on those requirements whatsoever.
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And why would she not be as capable or more capable than a male referee?
You should back up your statement with reasoning to make it valid.


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