fergiefootball Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 how do you quote?? tried the button but nowt happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergiefootball Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 £1000 for an afternoon or an evenings work is highly paid in my book ..what planet is craig on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Wish I was still young enough to get back into Refereeing - I would certainly recommend it to someone struggling to find work -when I retired from it many moons ago you were getting £30 and upwards a game and that was at Sunday league level.  If yer thick skinned and able to talk away -you will survive and progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiginasaintsstrip Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) I don't dispute that's a high wage but I dispute that they don't earn it. I personally wouldn't want to spend 2 hours of my working life being hounded and insulted by grown men with anger issues and if I was going to I'd want a high wage for it. It's nice for us to be able to sit in a football stand and shout abuse at someone trying to do their job, different story when you are on the recieving end.  Perhaps you should temporarily employ someone to follow you around at your workplace berating you for every mistake you make, many of them subjective, and see if it makes up for a higher pay packet.   Wish I was still young enough to get back into Refereeing - I would certainly recommend it to someone struggling to find work -when I retired from it many moons ago you were getting £30 and upwards a game and that was at Sunday league level.  If yer thick skinned and able to talk away -you will survive and progress.  I'm not sure it's quite as easy as walking into a match and refereeing for £1000 a game. I went to school with a guy called Gavin Harris and he had set his sights on being a referee from the age of 16, used to sit next to him in English class and he'd speak about the weekend training he had to go through and so on, he started doing 2nd assistant duties around 5 years ago and occasionally i'll see he is the linesman or fourth official and that's after 13 years of training and studying to get the qualifications required. Never seen him as the match referee yet and that's after around 200 professional games as the assistant.  Not as easy a job as some think and it irritates me when people think so. Edited January 28, 2015 by craiginasaintsstrip Norsaint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brogan Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) That's a fair point, but is it so difficult to become a top quality referee because of the level of competition or because the selection and promotion process is random and pays little regard to skill?  Seriously, how do you account for Collum? By any measure - even compared to his maligned contemporaries - he's widely acknowledged among fans to be shocking. Yet he still gets the biggest games. Edited January 28, 2015 by Brogan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranmere Saintee Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 The main reasons that few make it to the top level as a referee in Scotland are that the small top division does not require many bodies for the 6 games per week and those that do make it will do their best to keep it as a closed shop. Â Why aren't referees ever seen to be disciplined for poor performances as they are in England? Â Craig, maybe your friend just hasn't got what it takes (whatever that is) as Andrew Dallas has reached the top level up here in 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickardo Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Craig, maybe your friend just hasn't got what it takes (whatever that is) as Andrew Dallas has reached the top level up here in 10 years. Aye but Andrew Dallas is bloody hellish too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitsjfc Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Aye but Andrew Dallas is bloody hellish too. It's only because of who his dad is he's got that far imo. Bring back the foreign refs. Oldermoresensiblepack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 I went to ref training for one week. Â True story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 £1000 for an afternoon or an evenings work is highly paid in my book ..what planet is craig on? I am sure the foreign refs would do our games for that kind of money & pay their own fair to get here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergiefootball Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 The foreign refs were excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The ghost of Jim Morton Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Just seen the prices for  the game. Adult and two 12 year olds.. £47  (FORTY SEVEN POUNDS.) That's an utter disgrace. £15 at McD..  £32 more expensive. Also £16 for OAPs and £23 for the rest of us. Nae wonder  folk dinnae  cannae afford to go to fitba and  nae wonder some clubs crowds are plummeting.. 541ntees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scobby_SJFC Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Referees are highly paid in this country I think youl find??? And the west coast bias does exist,if you cant see it you are blind. A west coast bias, really? Do Motherwell get more decisins than St Johnstone? Where does the west coast bias end, cumbernauld mabye? Does this bias only affect the SPFL? What if Morton play Forfar? What happens when two west coast teams play each other? Is it only the Refs who are in on it? Why would players join east coast teams if this is widley known? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Bullfrog booked for the bus. The ghost of Jim Morton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mc Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Ojamma just tweeted that his loan is up, and leaves with a heavy heart, so a bonus for us no doubt Edited January 28, 2015 by dave mc rik2304 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byebyedundee Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Just seen the prices for  the game. Adult and two 12 year olds.. £47  (FORTY SEVEN POUNDS.) That's an utter disgrace. £15 at McD..  £32 more expensive. Also £16 for OAPs and £23 for the rest of us. Nae wonder  folk dinnae  cannae afford to go to fitba and  nae wonder some clubs crowds are plummeting..   Interesting to see if that's for the home support aswell.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Just seen the prices for the game. Adult and two 12 year olds.. £47 (FORTY SEVEN POUNDS.) That's an utter disgrace. £15 at McD.. £32 more expensive. Also £16 for OAPs and £23 for the rest of us. Nae wonder folk dinnae cannae afford to go to fitba and nae wonder some clubs crowds are plummeting.. Time for the topic to be aired on "Off the ball" Is Tam still on it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiginasaintsstrip Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 The main reasons that few make it to the top level as a referee in Scotland are that the small top division does not require many bodies for the 6 games per week and those that do make it will do their best to keep it as a closed shop. Â Why aren't referees ever seen to be disciplined for poor performances as they are in England? Â Craig, maybe your friend just hasn't got what it takes (whatever that is) as Andrew Dallas has reached the top level up here in 10 years. Â Nadir Ctifti had him by the throat once so i'd say he's made it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODLUM65 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) According to Motherwell website a family ticket can be purchased for 1 X Adult + 1 Juvenile for a price of £29.  The entry price being charged is obviously not for the East stand, as it is shown to be cheaper.  Just noticed Saints fans will be in the old ramshackle wooden Main stand. Edited January 29, 2015 by HOODLUM65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Just seen the prices for  the game. Adult and two 12 year olds.. £47  (FORTY SEVEN POUNDS.) That's an utter disgrace. £15 at McD..  £32 more expensive. Also £16 for OAPs and £23 for the rest of us. Nae wonder  folk dinnae  cannae afford to go to fitba and  nae wonder some clubs crowds are plummeting.. If I posted their discriminatory policy regarding disabled fans on here you'd be appalled at that too. They are alone in Scotland in upholding a policy based on personal prejudice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) If I posted their discriminatory policy regarding disabled fans on here you'd be appalled at that too. They are alone in Scotland in upholding a policy based on personal prejudice. Â Â Post it Andrew Edited January 29, 2015 by sixties saintee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McQueen Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Â Get you predictions in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Â Just noticed Saints fans will be in the old ramshackle wooden Main stand. It might be ramshackle but Ye can kick up a braw racket in there.plus it's close tae the boozer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Just noticed Saints fans will be in the old ramshackle wooden Main stand. 'Well told me we'd be in the away stand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aitchy Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Extended highlights of this game to be shown on BBC Alba on Sunday night at 10pm. glenrothes saintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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