Columnists
STEVE SHORE: We must all work with refs!
I NEED to stop getting frustrated with refs and support them. I appreciate the job is thankless; having to make decisions with no help and manage an area a of 6,000sq metres is not easy and I am sure many feel like quitting after difficult games.
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Mark Carruthers: North East Non-League Christmas chaos – titanic clashes and relegation drama
The Northern Premier League East Division always looked like it was going to be an intriguing division for North East Non-League fans.
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Steve Hill: Hilly’s Away Days – Caught in the twilight zone
96, 93, 95, 94, 97, 94, 97. Not next week’s lottery numbers but a selection of this season’s goal times involving my team, Chester.
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Matt Badcock: The numbers don’t add up
Promotion can be career altering for clubs and players. Currently the numbers don’t add up. They didn’t nine years ago either. It’s time they did.
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Mark Harris: We must all find solution to abuse
“You f*****g s**g” – is it really acceptable to shout that at another human being at a football match? It’s an important question because that’s what a female referee was called last Saturday during a Step 4 match.





