Rob Jones - Promoted to Football League Line
At just 21, Rob has quickly progressed through the leagues. Rob started refereeing on the Eastham Junior Leagues and Wirral Sunday League before being promoted to Level 4 during 2006/7 season and started refereeing on the West Cheshire League. Later in that season he was promoted to Level 3 and was appointed to the Pyke Cup Final.
Rob becomes one of the youngest officials to reach this level and we wish him well for the forthcoming season.
Level 4 Promotions Announced
Danny, Pete and Lea narrowly missed out last year but have stuck at it and have been rewarded following successful seasons operating on West Cheshire Division 2 and 3 games.
Next season they will become Supply League Referees and referee on the West Cheshire Division 1 and join the Contrib Assistant Referees list, lining on North West Counties 1, Unibond and Blue Square North games.
Mike Dean To Referee The 2008 FA Cup Final
Congratulations to Mike on behalf of all the membership.
**PRESS RELEASE FROM THEFA.COM**
The
FA can today confirm that Mike Dean will referee this
season's FA Cup Final between Portsmouth and Cardiff
City.
The Cheshire official started refereeing in 1985,
progressing through local leagues, then the Northern
Premier League before being appointed to the National
List of referees in 1997.
In May 2000 he refereed the League Two Play-Off Final
between Darlington and Peterborough United at the old
Wembley Stadium.
The same year he was promoted to the Select Group of
referees and started officiating regularly in the
Premiership.
A FIFA international referee since January 2003, Dean
was fourth official at that season's FA Cup Final
between Arsenal and Southampton, and was in charge of
the 2004 FA Community Shield between the Gunners and
Manchester United.
Full
list of officials
Referee - Mike Dean (Cheshire FA)
Assistant Referees - Trevor Massey (Manchester FA)
& Martin Yerby (Kent FA)
Fourth Official - Chris Foy (Liverpool FA)
Neil Davies Promoted To Level 3
Level 3 referees who are deemed suitable also can be promoted to the National List of Assistant Referees. This means lining on the Football League and those who excel on this list are invited to the Select Group of Assistants and they operate on the Premier League and High Profile Football League games.
This means that Wirral now has 9 Level 3 referees, Neil Davies, Rob Jones, Brian Robinson, Steve Copeland, Doug Stewart, Dave Croft, John Dowd, Andy Hutchinson and John Stokes.
Andy Hutchinson is on the National List of Assistants and John Stokes is on the Select Group of Assistants.
This is a great statistic for a small district.