"Jack Lee, the assistant referee who caused Chris Clare to lose his qualification as head coach of the Northern League?"

The English league is different from other leagues because it has no rest time throughout the year except for the summer. There are twenty-two teams in the Northern League, and the annual competition adds up to more than forty games.

Plus the teams in the Northern League will also be able to play in the FA Cup, and as a lower league, they will also play in some regional cups. Don't look at the Premier League teams playing more games, these lower league teams play more games.

So after a month-long ban, Jack was once again given the opportunity to officiate the game.

It's a pity that Jack's situation is a little delicate. The referees of the Northern League, one by one, refused to cooperate with Jack. None of them wanted to work with a prickly head like Jack, they all hated an assistant referee like Jack who didn't respect the referee. In general, when the FA arranges referees, it has to fully listen to the head coach's opinions.

It's not the same as the Premier League. The Premier League is not directly subordinate to the FA, so the Football Team has always had a firm grip on the referees as a way to exert its influence over the Premier League.

But like the Northern League, they are all leagues that are directly subordinate to the FA. The FA has absolute control, so the management of referees is a bit lax. When deciding on the referee team, the referee is determined first and then the fourth referee. As for the selection of assistant referees, the referee is qualified to put forward his own opinions. And now most of the referees in the Northern League have directly refused to cooperate with Jack.

Who wants to work with Jack?

An assistant referee disagreed with the referee on the pitch and was eventually sent off by the referee. To make matters worse, the referee was disqualified from the Northern League by the FA during the post-match investigation.

None of the referees are willing to cooperate with such assistant referees. The FA doesn't have a tough idea either. After all, Jack doesn't have that kind of qualification, and the FA won't force those referees for Jack's sake.

Jack was disliked by the referee team in this way, and he didn't get any chance for more than two months.

That's when Jack understood. What a big thing it is to be an assistant referee to challenge the prestige of the referee. It looked like the FA's decision was in their favour, but the reality was much worse than expected.

"Yes, that's him."

"He's related to you?"

A very young bald head, touching his shiny bald head, asked the old man in front of him. This old man is Jack Taylor. At present, Jack is ostracized by the referee of the Northern League, Jack himself is anxious, and Jack Taylor is also anxious.

As a disciple of his own very high esteem, Jack Taylor didn't want Jack to disappear from the referee team. With Jack's family situation and study situation, he can live well even if he doesn't have to be a referee. Maybe just give up being a referee.

So Jack Taylor can only go out in person to help Jack get a chance.

"The disciple I value the most, a very talented referee."

"Jack, that kid is now a star in the Northern League."

"Howard, so I'm coming for you. He's really talented and I haven't seen him misjudge since I've known him. He's an assistant referee and he's going to be your biggest help. ”

"Yes."

Maybe it's a habit, he always touches his bald head. Looking at Jack Taylor, he really couldn't refuse, because although he was not a disciple of Jack Taylor, he was also helped by Jack Taylor. There is such a thing as favor, you can't always owe it.

"Howard, don't dare to say anything else, as an assistant referee he will never misjudge any offside situation. I can give him a ticket for this. ”

"Is there really such a god?"

"More talent than you think."

"In the next match, I will ask him to join my referee team."

Inside, he didn't want to accept a problem referee like Jack. Once a referee has no authority, then it is simply not enough to control the game. The player questions the referee, who can tell him what authority is with a whistle and a sign in his hand.

But if the assistant referee does not maintain the prestige of the referee, then the prestige of the referee is really gone. But Jack Walker can't afford to give face, so he is willing to give Jack a chance.

"Howard, thanks."

"I just hope he's really that good."

…………

Time flies, Jack is banned for a month, and then two more months without a chance to play. It was February 1996. During this time, Jack had no game assignments, so he could only come over every day to watch the game and watch the referees' decisions.

Thankfully, he was finally informed by the FA that he was available for the next match as an assistant referee. And I also received a notice from the referee that several members of the referee team wanted to meet before the game.

"Hi, I'm Jack Lee."

Jack had already arrived ten minutes early, and he didn't expect others to be earlier than him. Even the referee was already sitting there, waiting for Jack to arrive. This came as a surprise to Jack.

"Hello Jack. I'm Howard Webb, the referee of the game. ”

"Hello Referee Webb."

Howard Webb, the star referee of the Northern League. At the age of eighteen, he began refereeing in the regional leagues and soon became the head referee of the regional leagues. At the age of twenty-two, he became an assistant referee in the Northern League, and at the age of twenty-four, he became the head referee of the Northern League.

To put it in another number, as a referee born in 1971, he became a referee in the regional league in 1989. In 1993, he became an assistant referee in the Northern League, and in 1995, that is, this season, he became the head referee of the Northern League.

Don't look at Webb becoming an assistant referee in the Northern League at the age of twenty-two, but it is far more valuable than Jack becoming an assistant referee in the Northern League at the age of twenty. Because Jack is an assistant referee directly in the Northern League, he doesn't have any experience. Webb, on the other hand, has been a referee in the regional league for four years, as an assistant referee and as a head referee. Such a low-level experience allowed him to become an assistant referee in the Northern League, and soon to become the head referee of the Northern League.

The twenty-four-year-old referee of the Northern League can be said to have a bright future. As long as he doesn't make too many mistakes in the enforcement of the Northern League, becoming an English football league referee within a year or two is a certainty. As long as you are a referee in the Northern League, no one knows the name Howard Webb. I don't know how many assistant referees are willing to cooperate with him, and I hope that when he develops in the future, he will also promote them.

"Hello Jack. I'm Mark Clattenburg. ”

"Hello, Mark."

Jack didn't expect Webb's referee team to be composed of a group of star referees. Mark Clattenburg is currently the youngest referee in the Northern League, and his limelight is no less than that of Howard Webb.

He became a referee at the age of fifteen, and at the age of eighteen, he became an assistant referee in the Northern League in the 1993-1994 season. Now he is only twenty years old, only about half a year older than Jack, but he has been an assistant referee in the Northern League for two years. Consideration has already begun to be given to making him the referee of the Northern League.

Once he became the head referee of the Northern League, he became the head referee of the Northern League before Webb. He will become the youngest referee in the history of the Northern League.

In the upcoming match, Clattenburg will be the fourth referee for the match. As soon as Webber had anything, Clattenburg would replace Webber as the referee.

"Hello Jack. I'm Danny Roberts. ”

"Hello Referee Roberts."

This is the first assistant referee on Webb's team. Not much of an impression of him Jack. After all, Jack has no connections in the Northern League, and he is not familiar with the referees in the Northern League. And there are a lot of referees in the Northern League, and Jack can't know them all.

At most, I know star referees such as Weber and Clattenberg.

"Jack, sit."

Webb stroked his bald head, then spoke to Jack. But as soon as Jack sat down, Webb's voice sounded again: "Jack, to be honest, if it weren't for someone asking for help, I would never approve of you joining my referee team." However, I can only give you one chance, and I will never tolerate the existence of any assistant referee who dares to affect my authority. ”

"Yes."

Jack immediately stood up. Asked for help, Jack immediately remembered his teacher, Jack Taylor. It should be Jack Taylor, and no one else can help him in this line of work.

"Okay, let's take a look at the characteristics of the players on both sides of the game."