74 The game is approaching

Jack, who was on the cusp of the limelight, was notified by the FA just twenty days later. ()

Philip Don.

Really a decisive person. Although he is now being used by Philip Don, Jack still admires Philip Don for daring to think and do, which is the biggest characteristic of Philip Don.

The FA referees committee went so far as to let Jack continue to officiate League Cup matches.

In the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, Jack will officiate Newcastle against Blackburn. Needless to say, when Kevin Keegan was there a few years ago, Newcastle was a Premier League powerhouse competing with Manchester United for the Premier League title.

The same goes for Blackburn.

After the formation of the Premier League, the first team to challenge Manchester United was Blackburn. In '95, Blackburn snatched the Premier League title from Manchester United. It's a pity that Blackburn is a small team after all, and when Blackburn's owner Jack Walker's investment slowly decreased, Blackburn's outstanding players left Blackburn one by one. Blackburn Rovers are now bottom of the Premier League table and are the current favourites for relegation from the Premier League.

But after all, after the establishment of the Premier League, Newcastle and Blackburn were all former Premier League powerhouses. Although it is not as good as Liverpool vs. Tottenham or Arsenal vs. Chelsea in this round, it is also a more important game in the fourth round of the League Cup.

What's more, this match is a match between two Premier League teams. Regardless, Jack is not qualified to officiate this game. Not to mention Jack, even Webb, who is currently heavily trained by the FA, is not qualified to officiate this game. Even if a referee like Bennett is about to become the referee of the Premier League, if he wants to enforce such a game, he needs to have manpower on the referee committee, otherwise it is impossible to have such an opportunity.

It can be said that such a game should be completely enforced by the Premier League referee himself. But Jack was notified. The FA refereeing committee appointed Jack as the referee to officiate the game.

Jack was a little angry.

Philip Don was too impatient. After listening to the teacher's analysis, Jack certainly understood why Philip Tang was currently advocating for himself. Isn't it just that I see myself as a full-time referee and want to use this to make some articles. But no matter how hard you praise it, there should be a limit. Where is this to praise yourself, it is completely throwing yourself into the oil pot.

Now Jack is really in a hurry. The slightest mistake could be a catastrophe.

The fourth round of the League Cup is not just one match, but also between several teams from the lower leagues. Philip Don could have had Jack officiate those games. Even those games, because they were in the fourth round of the League Cup, were very stressful games for Jack. It's also a heavyweight game for Jack.

But now Jack has been asked to officiate against two Premier League clubs.

Two Premier League clubs?

Jack is now only a young referee who has been in the refereeing industry for three years, and even if he is qualified, it will only be four years. Until now, he was only the referee of the English League C, but Philippe Tang allowed himself to officiate at Premier League clubs. It's all about catching ducks on the shelves. Jack didn't know how many times he had spat on Philip Don.

Jack didn't have a choice, though.

After all, the FA has already made a public announcement, and Jack's enforcement of this game is undoubted. Jack didn't have any reason to shirk the law enforcement this time, after all, a bunch of media were watching Jack.

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Jack was angry, and Jack Taylor was even more angry. Because all the media was focused on Jack's performance in this game, many big names in the FA were on the scene.

St James' Park, home of Newcastle.

The bigwigs of the referee committee came here en masse. After all, Philip Don's plan, Jack's game is important. If this game goes well, then the plan will go well. Philip Don will continue to blow the wind as well. But if the performance is not good, then the original plan will be terminated immediately.

No sooner had Philip Don sat down than he saw an angry Jack Taylor.

"Philip, are you trying to ruin Jack?"

Jack Taylor looked at Philip Don with a gloomy face. I can't help but be angry with Jack Taylor. In the past 20 days, Jack has been at the center of the media storm, and even the president of FIFA and UEFA has been involved.

In this case, the fourth round of the League Cup for Jack, which is still a match between two Premier League clubs, must have received a high level of media attention. These media will surely be critical of every Jack's decision in this game under a magnifying glass.

All it takes is one major mistake to ruin Jack's refereeing career. So Jack Taylor's eyes can fire when he looks at Philip Don.

"Jack, you should have faith in your disciple."

Philip Don responded indifferently to Jack Taylor. Jack Taylor was furious. In recent years, as Philip Tang has won a lot of benefits for the refereeing industry, Philip Tang's influence is indeed very large. But Philip Don is also becoming more and more domineering, and his style is becoming more and more powerful.

In the past, when Philippe Don first started on the referee committee, although he had a tough style and a big temper, he would not have been so contemptuous of the old referees. But now Philip Don is so disregarding himself, the number one referee in the history of English refereeing. This made the anger on Jack Taylor's body rise.

"Philip, don't you just want to be professional? If today's events pass well, everyone will be fine. But if something happens and you want to leave Jack alone, don't even think about it. ”

Jack Taylor finally warned Philip Don.

If anything happens, as long as Philip Don dares to use Jack as a scapegoat, Jack Taylor will definitely not make Philip Don feel good. Although Jack Taylor has not done anything for many years, he has not mixed anything. But after all, Jack Taylor is a referee for more than 30 years, and he was the number one referee in England at that time.

In the current English refereeing circle, many old referees have a deep friendship with Jack Taylor and have known each other for a very long time. Many of the young referees have received help from Jack Taylor.

If Jack Taylor has a hard time with Philip Don, Philip Don won't be comfortable either.

"There's not going to be anything like that. The media's attention to Jack is only a momentary curiosity, and when the matter passes, everyone will forget about Jack. We definitely don't leave Jack alone with anything. ”

Keith Hackett heard Jack Taylor's warning, so he hurried up to reassure Jack Taylor.

"Even if something goes wrong, Jack can continue to enforce in the lower leagues. As long as a few years later, everyone forgets that he can still continue to be promoted and eventually become a Premier League referee. ”

Jack Taylor snorted coldly when he heard Keith Hackett's words, and did not continue to speak. At this point, Jack Taylor can only wait. But Jack Taylor's eyes could be filled with fire when he looked at Philip Don.

Philip Don, that's crazy.

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Joe Lewis, who was sitting on the other side, sighed imperceptibly. As head of the technical committee, Joe Lewis is also a powerful figure in the FA.

He, like Philip Don and Keith Hackett, is actively promoting the professionalization of referees. In fact, to put it bluntly, not all of them are saints and great men. It's just that they are all fighting for their own interests.

The FA, clubs, players, coaches, and agents are all divided into such a big cake in English football. Everyone wants their own piece of cake.

Among these football-related people, the referee is very beautiful on the field, but in this big cake is a veritable weakling. The referee can't enjoy this cake at all, and even if he does, others will pity you and give it to you.

Therefore, whether it is Philip Tang, Keith Hackett, or Joe Lewis, these are the leaders of the refereeing industry, and they also lack their own voice. They fight for the interests of the referee, that is, for themselves to have the right to speak.

The cooperation of several people is still good.

Philip Don is the main general, and he does things with a lot of wind and vigor. Keith Hackett is the regulator who can unite more people. And Joe Lewis is the boss of the technical committee, and he has the evaluation of the referee. Over the years, he has been pushing for Philip Tang's reform of the refereeing industry.

But now Joe Lewis feels a little different.

Philip Don is too strong. Not just too strong, but too egotistical. Jack Taylor, the first referee in history, I don't know how many of the current English referees have anything to do with him. Such a person, Philip Don, doesn't care at all, and it is really ...... to say that if he is offended, he will be offended.

Dangerous.

In Joe Lewis's opinion, Philip Down was too dangerous. It's too dangerous to offend people in this way.

Now he needs to be strong, and when his position becomes more and more stable in the future, what should he do with these people? Now that they are collaborators, Philip Don is already dictating to them, and once he becomes a high-ranking chief referee, there will be no room for them to survive at that time.

Thinking like this, Joe Lewis unconsciously distanced himself from Philip Don.