Chapter 14: The First Major Competition
After all, after promotion from the Anglo-African United, it is to enter the English League C, which is a real professional league.
Therefore, the promotion play-offs of the Anglo-African League every season are more important. In general, for such an important game as officiating, the FA appoints referees who are qualified to officiate in the Premier League. Or the FA is ready to promote to the Premier League's key training targets, that is, those who have already started to be referees in League One are eligible.
Even those Premier League referees who write their CVs will write about important matches that they have officiated. Matches like the Anglo-African League promotion play-off final are included in it, as such matches are far more worthy of a close-up than half of the League One games.
"Thank you."
Webb is also in a good mood right now. Although Webber is a key target of the FA's training, he is only one of the training targets. In addition to young referees such as Webb and Clattenburg in the Northern League, there are also referees in the Southern League, Anglo-African United, and of course, in League One, League B, and League C. There are not one or two referees who have been trained by the FA.
Webb's promotion was quick. Even Webb himself was very surprised. In Webb's view, he is eligible to officiate in the promotion play-offs at least a year or two from now.
Now the more Webb looks at Christina, the happier he becomes. Working with this little girl was indeed the right decision. Those old referees have nothing to do, so it's their ability to mess around. But John Taylor came out to support and suppressed the other old referees at once. No matter how good those old referees are, who can compare to John Taylor, the greatest referee in England's history.
"Christina, don't worry."
Only when there are contacts can we continue to cooperate. John? Taylor pushed himself, and of course Webb wanted to repay John? Taylor. John? The reason why Taylor supports himself must be because of Christina. So Webber reciprocated by supporting Christina as his assistant referee.
This is also a huge step forward for Christina. After all, Cristina has only just become an assistant referee in the Northern League this season, but once she becomes an assistant referee for this game, it will be an important qualification for her.
"Thank you, Howard."
Christina looked at Webb with pleasure. This is Webb's chance, because Webb can use this opportunity to become the referee of the football league. It was also an important opportunity for John, as Christina could become an assistant referee in the football league.
Wembley Stadium, 27 May 1998.
"Christina, don't be nervous." Looking at Christina, who was a little restless, Christina has been nervous since she arrived at Wembley Stadium. Seeing Christina's nervous look, Webb clapped his hands and encouraged her! And another slightly older first assistant referee, Brett Vaughn, also comforted on the side, don't be nervous, and Mike Dean, as the fourth referee, looked at Christina with an embarrassed look, and he was also a gentleman, Mike Dean is also one of the FA's re-reading training objects, and he is currently twenty-seven years old. has also obtained the qualification of assistant referee in the football league, and his qualifications are deeper than Webb. It has been reported that Mike Dean will soon become the referee of the football league.
Mike Dean also officiated in the FA Youth Cup final last year, and he didn't have a good impression of Weber, but he didn't feel anything about Christina's cute little sister, and he also knew Christina's background, and he was already planning to cooperate with Christina when he was a referee in the football league.
This is Wembley Stadium, which is the national stadium of England. The finals of England's major tournaments are held at Wembley Stadium, which is a veritable national stadium.
The importance of the game is really different. Although it was only two Anglo-African teams, it was a match for a ticket to the English League C, and there were quite a few fans who came, more than 20,000.
This is the tradition of English football. Although they are Anglo-African clubs, they also have loyal fans who follow them.
"This is an Anglo-African League promotion play-off final between Woking and Gateshead. This match will determine who of the two teams will be in League C. Players from both sides have entered the pitch, so let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both clubs. ”
The Anglo-African League is a lesser-watched league, and although it is a little better than the northern league, it also doesn't have much attention. But because this is the final of the promotion play-offs of the Anglo-African Union, it is broadcast nationally.
There are also commentators who specialize in commenting on the game.
"Doodoo-"
"The game started and the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game. The referee of this match, Howard Webb, is a very young referee, only twenty-four years old this year, and it is worth noting that the assistant referee Christina Chang is a girl. ”
The commentator will go into detail for the players, but the referee will pass by in a flash. Football matches are played first by the stars, then by the coaches, then by the fans, and finally by the referees.
But for Webb, it was the most important moment of his refereeing career.
"This is the match that will decide the last promotion place in the Anglo-African League. The winner of this match will become a team in League C, officially a club in the professional league. So it seems that both sides are cautious. ”
After the opening, both sides were testing and defending, so there has been no big moves, Christina is also watching the movements of the players on both sides seriously, although it is a little girl, but after all, the young body is still very good, and it has not been affected too much by the holiday!
is very cautious. Both sides have been solid defensively, "both sides were too cautious in the game, and the game could only go on on penalty shootouts. ”
The game was not pretty, and the two commentators were listless. The promotion play-offs of the Anglo-African United, after all, are not comparable to the promotion play-offs of League One, let alone the ordinary Premier League games.
The game is still important, but it's only important for the FA and for the clubs in the Anglo-African Union. It doesn't matter at all to the TV station, because there is nothing attractive about such a competition. Although it was a national live broadcast, there was not much rating. If it weren't for the fact that he was in the promotion play-offs, the TV station would not have been able to broadcast it live. So much so that the temporary commentators are all newcomers who are not very familiar with the players of both clubs.
Their names and commentators need to be read while watching the game to understand the information. In such a situation, the game is not very good-looking, which makes the two commentators really yawn.