FA Automatic Responce concerning Ref Complaints!

[The2ndMouse]

Many thanks for your e-mail.

The Football Association receives numerous correspondence on the performance

of referees in general and also individual refereeing decisions across all

levels of football. Unfortunately, because of the huge scope of these

enquiries, we are unable to answer each correspondence individually.

The issue of refereeing standards is a constant source of debate to anyone

with an interest in football, fans will always have an opinion on the

apparent injustice of decisions involving their teams, and rightly so,

football is a game full of opinion. Our stance remains consistent, Referees

and their decisions have to be respected for the game to remain workable.

They are arguably the most consistently professional people in the game

making split second decisions that will be analysed repeatedly by slow motion

cameras and panels of football experts. Ninety five percent of the time

these decisions will be correct, when they are wrong it is unfortunate but

because of human error unavoidable. They make their decision based on years

of training and experience and what they see at that moment in time. The

referee can only act on what they see, assisted by the other match officials

and naturally not everyone will agree with the decisions they take,

especially when a supporter's own team is involved.

Bias is an issue that is constantly raised, The Football Association receives

many letters from fans of clubs complaining about what they see as favourable

treatment. Our concern is to be even handed across the board. Referees try to

uphold the laws to the best of their abilities and we are confident that no

bias is shown towards any player or club.

Consistency is also an issue that concerns supporters, and we fully agree, we

are constantly striving to ensure greater consistency. It is, however, the

case that two incidents can be viewed by two different people, from two

completely different angles and under very different pressures to those that

you or I may have experienced whilst watching the game. 100% consistency is

impossible when you introduce human judgment into a situation. Nevertheless,

there is an opportunity for the referee to review yellow and red card

decisions after the game. Any referee has 48 hours to consider an incident

in a game and a video can be supplied if necessary. Clubs and players are

also allowed to appeal against red cards.

There is a system in place for monitoring the performance of referees, and

referee's assistants, involving assessors and reports from club managers.

Communication is an important issue and regular review meetings also now take

place, involving referees, clubs and managers.

Recently, there was a radical restructuring, aimed at continuing to improve

the overall standard of refereeing in the professional game which sees match

officials categorised into two groups.

[Elastonpappou 13]

[Irlandos]

Victor Mitropoulos played right back for Aigaleo and later - 1966 - for Panathinaikos.

Lianis played in Iraklis' second team ca. 1964.

So, it's not totally true that former athetes do not get involved in administration of sports!

[Elastonpappou 13]

So you are telling me that Lianis and Mitropoulos are appropriate for the position that they hold. For me playing in the 2nd team of Iraklis 45 years ago dont necesserily mean that he can be considered as an athlete which needed recognition for his efforts, by making him a Minister!

And dont tell me that you knew Lianis for his footballing contributions.... You just heard of him when he became a bloody minister!!!

And I repeat............OYST KOPROSKYLA!!!! :ph34r:

As far as Victoras is concearned........NO COMMENT!