Refwatch...FULHAM (H)

[higher]

We have:
REF:Lee Mason (Lancs)who did our Villa 2-1 away win http://www.royals.org/matdoc/230806.html and that 6-0 demolition of West Ham http://www.royals.org/matdoc/010107.html
Asst 1...G Beale (red and yellow flag)
Asst 2...P Kirkup (yellow flag)
4th official..D Deadman
PGMO....C Wilkes

Other royal appointments include:
09/04 2005 Sunderland 1 READING 2 http://www.royals.org/matdoc/090405.html
29/11/2005 Arse 3 READING 0 (league cup) http://www.royals.org/matdoc/291105.html
31/01/2006 READING 4 Norwich 0 http://www.royals.org/matdoc/310106.html
22/04/2006 Sheff Wed 1 READING 1 http://www.royals.org/matdoc/220406.html

So apart from the Arse slip up (?) Mason has been rather dandy for us.


Well hello again

[biscuitsrus]

You are awful but I do like you.........!

[Barry the bird boggler]

Mr Mason, are you free?

[biscuitsrus]

I'm free!

[earley_royals]

I can only remember a 2-0 win over Villa.

[RoyalChicagoFC]

Lee ("33rd Degree") Mason

[Chaney]

he did the 2-1 defeat at Villa and sent off Sonko

[BR2]

Details later but for the record we have:
Lee Mason (Lancs)who did our Villa 2-1 home win and that 6-0 demolition of West Ham.

Well hello again

Was that a secret sign in the photo to say that I'm going to send Sonko off in 5 minutes time?

[higher]

Umble apols it was indeed the away Villa game not the home one.Ya just cant get the staff

[AbovetheI]

Mason is a pretty good referee. Has a lot of common sense. A welcomed official IMO.

[Royalee]

Mason is a pretty good referee. Has a lot of common sense. A welcomed official IMO.

Apart from the Sonko sending off and pretty much most things that night, yes.

[Dave the rave]

Why is Clive Anderson reffing this one again? After 90 mins I'm sure the crowd won't be laughing.

[RoyalBlue]

Umble apols it was indeed the away Villa game not the home one.Ya just cant get the staff

In which case he hasn't been quite as dandy as first thought!

[silas]

Mason is a pretty good referee. Has a lot of common sense. A welcomed official IMO.

Apart from the Sonko sending off and pretty much most things that night, yes.

Sonko sending off was as clear as they come, last man brought him down. Letter of the law says he is off. You can argue the law but not at Mason because he is just applying it.

[SpaceCruiser]

Mason is a pretty good referee. Has a lot of common sense. A welcomed official IMO.

Apart from the Sonko sending off and pretty much most things that night, yes.

Sonko sending off was as clear as they come, last man brought him down. Letter of the law says he is off. You can argue the law but not at Mason because he is just applying it.

Sonko fell over rather than attempted to bring the Villa player down.

[lozz2601]

Oh, great.
(This is the 2-1 away Villa defeat we are talking about, yes?)
Sonko didn't deserve to go - he tripped over his own feet.
Pen, yes, red card, no.

[Royalee]

Mason is a pretty good referee. Has a lot of common sense. A welcomed official IMO.

Apart from the Sonko sending off and pretty much most things that night, yes.

Sonko sending off was as clear as they come, last man brought him down. Letter of the law says he is off. You can argue the law but not at Mason because he is just applying it.

I think most players would fall onto others if they'd been tripped over and then obstructed by them through use of diving so they had no other option then to 'trip' or fall onto them. If those were given all the time there'd be 20 penalties a game as players would fall over for the entire 90 minutes. FIFA are doing their best to follow your example of making football a boring mundane non contact sport though - well done you.

[silas]

Mason is a pretty good referee. Has a lot of common sense. A welcomed official IMO.

Apart from the Sonko sending off and pretty much most things that night, yes.

Sonko sending off was as clear as they come, last man brought him down. Letter of the law says he is off. You can argue the law but not at Mason because he is just applying it.

I think most players would fall onto others if they'd been tripped over and then obstructed by them through use of diving so they had no other option then to 'trip' or fall onto them. If those were given all the time there'd be 20 penalties a game as players would fall over for the entire 90 minutes. FIFA are doing their best to follow your example of making football a boring mundane non contact sport though - well done you.

I simply said Mason was following the laws of the game, and by those laws it was a clear sending off. Appears that you agree with me by your last comment on FIFA. As I said you can argue with the laws of the game but not Mason for applying them.

[AbovetheI]

Oh, great.
(This is the 2-1 away Villa defeat we are talking about, yes?)
Sonko didn't deserve to go - he tripped over his cock.
Pen, yes, red card, no.

[Royalee]

Mason is a pretty good referee. Has a lot of common sense. A welcomed official IMO.

Apart from the Sonko sending off and pretty much most things that night, yes.

Sonko sending off was as clear as they come, last man brought him down. Letter of the law says he is off. You can argue the law but not at Mason because he is just applying it.

I think most players would fall onto others if they'd been tripped over and then obstructed by them through use of diving so they had no other option then to 'trip' or fall onto them. If those were given all the time there'd be 20 penalties a game as players would fall over for the entire 90 minutes. FIFA are doing their best to follow your example of making football a boring mundane non contact sport though - well done you.

I simply said Mason was following the laws of the game, and by those laws it was a clear sending off. Appears that you agree with me by your last comment on FIFA. As I said you can argue with the laws of the game but not Mason for applying them.

The law itself is a joke - it should be for intent, although it's irrelevant in this case as it wasn't a foul anyway - if anything it was a foul the other way.