Irish Referees in Uefa Cup

On 24th September, two teams of Irish referees will be in action in the UEFA Cup.

For Grasshopper-Club (SUI) against HNK Hajduk Split (HUN) in Zurich, Switzerland the referee is KELLY Alan (IRL) with FOLEY Eddie (IRL) and WOGAN David (IRL) as assistant referees while STOKES Ian (IRL) is the fourth official.

FK Ventspils (LAT) play Rosenborg BK (NOR) in Liepaja, Latvia with MC KEON Paul (IRL)in the middle. DELANEY Ciaran (IRL) and MOLONEY Martin (IRL) are on the line with TUITE Paul (IRL) as the fourth official.

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God help them..... The clubs obviously.....

the worst linesman and most incompetent referee in the league get a euro match?! Pat Kelly's head must be wedged right up his hole :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by Macy
God help them..... The clubs obviously.....

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Amen.

Quick Question Ref,

who picks which referrees and assistant ref's get the call up, do UEFA approach the fAI for ref's, or are their names just put forward to UEFA to evaluate them. I remember seeing a documentary on a referee training facility prior to the last world cup, where refs were tested on fitness etc., does something like this exist for UEFA.

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Originally posted by tiktok
Quick Question Ref,

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no problem.

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Originally posted by tiktok
who picks which referrees and assistant ref's get the call up, do UEFA approach the fAI for ref's, or are their names just put forward to UEFA to evaluate them.

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The FAI nominate referees they think are good enough to make the FIFA panel and they are assessed on a continuous basis by FIFA.

FIFA then decide if they are good enough or not.

UEFA appoint referees and assistant referees to all official competitions.

The FAI would find referees for friendlies.

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Originally posted by tiktok
I remember seeing a documentary on a referee training facility prior to the last world cup, where refs were tested on fitness etc., does something like this exist for UEFA.

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indeed it does.

for all the info about referees training and so on see

http://www.uefa.com/TrainingGround/R...ing/index.html

*and Eanna it has nothing to do with Pat Kelly.

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Originally posted by Ref
The FAI nominate referees they think are good enough to make the FIFA panel and they are assessed on a continuous basis by FIFA.

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Does this mean that that FIFA are as incompetent as the FAI?
I'm not trying to be a smartarse, but if Kelly, Foley and McKeon are reckoned to be amongst the best in Ireland, soccer in this country is in a seriously bad way.
I know Ref that you will say it's easy to criticise, but any fan of any club in this country would nominate this trio in the "Worst" category. We ALL can't be wrong.....:confused:

Can't see the ref that was in charge of the $hel$ Sligo Rovers replay ever getting a chance to ref a UEFA game

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Originally posted by Ref
*and Eanna it has nothing to do with Pat Kelly.

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who's fault is it so :)

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Originally posted by Éanna
:)

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keep smiling eanna.