Phil Joslin (referee)

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Phil Joslin
Personal information
Full name Philip J Joslin
Date of birth March 23, 1959 (1959-03-23) (age 49)
Place of birth    Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Domestic
Years League Role
1992-1995
1995-1999
1999-		 Football League
Premier League
Football League		 Asst. referee
Asst. referee
Referee
International
1995-1999 FIFA listed Asst. referee

Philip J. Joslin[1] (born March 23, 1959,[2] Newark, Nottinghamshire[3]) is an English association football referee who operates in the Football League. In addition, he has previously held the position of assistant referee for both the Premier League and FIFA, and also fulfilled that role in the 1998 FA Cup Final at Wembley.

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[edit] Career

Joslin first took up the whistle in 1979, officiating in leagues local to his home town, eventually being made an assistant referee in the Football League in 1992. His promotion to the Premier League assistant referees' list came in 1995, perhaps unusually, as this happened before he had been appointed to referee in the Football League. In 1998, he was an assistant referee for Paul Durkin in the FA Cup Final[2] at Wembley on May 16, 1998, when Arsenal defeated Newcastle 2–0.[4]

His promotion to the FIFA list of assistant referees also came in 1995, and he was included as one of the English team of officials at Euro 96.[2]

The step up to Football League referee came in 1999,[2] with his first game being the Third Division tie on August 7, 1999 between Halifax and Darlington at The Shay, when the home side lost 1–0 to a Marco Gabbiadini goal.[5] On March 18, 2000, he took charge of a semi-final, first leg, in the FA Vase between Vauxhall Motors and Chippenham, which finished 0–0.[6]

Striker Jon Newby, then of Second Division Bury, seemed to imply in a 2001 post-match interview that he had fooled Joslin into giving a penalty kick against visiting side Wycombe in a League game on October 2, 2001[7] and then sending off their defender Paul McCarthy as "last man". Newby said: "He definitely had his hand on my shoulder. I will do anything to help us win so if there is contact I am going to go down." The Bolton Evening News remarked that "he [Joslin] did not help proceedings flow".[8]

He was congratulated, however, on a particular performance during a First Division match, in which no cards were shown, between Ipswich Town and Burnley on October 22, 2002, which ended as a 2–2 draw.[9] Burnley's assistant manager Sam Ellis said: "We had a word with him after the game and praised him for his part in a match of such quality. The ref let the game flow, decided against using yellow cards and he certainly helped it as a spectacle".[10]

In 2004, he received further praise, this time from Darlington's then manager, David Hodgson, after reviewing a decision made during their FA Cup first round tie at home to Yeovil Town on November 13, 2004.[11] "Joslin ... admitted he was wrong to send [Brian] Close off in the closing stages", and rescinded the red card. Hodgson said: "It's not often that a referee will admit he is in the wrong but he has and I think he deserves a lot of credit for that. He has taken it upon himself to ring me and ask me what I saw. I told him and he agreed that he'd made a mistake."[12]

He was an assistant referee for only the second match to be played at the "new" Wembley Stadium, as England under-16s played Spain under-16s[13] on April 28, 2007 in front of 28,210 people, England winning 1–0.[14]

Joslin received heavy criticism after the Championship match between Ipswich Town and Leicester City at Portman Road on December 11, 2007, which finished 3–1 to the home side.[15] After Leicester's Patrick Kisnorbo had tackled the home side's Pablo Couñago in his own penalty area, Joslin appeared to indicate a corner kick. However, after discussion with his assistant referee, he awarded a penalty to Ipswich and sent Kisnorbo from the field. According to the Daily Mail, "[v]ideo replays suggest he [Kisnorbo] got a foot on the ball in his challenge on Counago and was unlucky to be sent off, but he did not leave the field immediately, which may put him in hot water with the FA".[16] Subsequently though, after review, the referee rescinded the red card, and Leicester manager Ian Holloway commented: "The ref was overruled by his linesman and that's like me picking a team and then being overruled by my assistant".[17]

On March 13, 2008, it was announced that Phil Joslin would be taking charge of the Football League Trophy Final at Wembley on March 30, 2008. The participating teams are Grimsby Town and MK Dons.[3]

[edit] Other facts of note

Joslin has never refereed a Premier League match, despite the number of years he has been at the higher levels of refereeing, and is due to retire at the end of the 2007–08 season.[18] He has, however, operated as fourth official in the Premiership, such as during the Birmingham versus Liverpool match at St. Andrews on February 12, 2005,[19] for Howard Webb,[20] and the Liverpool versus Middlesbrough encounter at Anfield on April 18, 2007,[21] for Graham Poll.[22]

Through affiliation, he is the County Referees Officer for the Derbyshire County Football Association (rather than Nottinghamshire),[23] and he holds a Level 3 FA Referees Coaching qualification.[24] He was a tutorial participant in the FA Young Referees' Conference at Staverton Park, Daventry, Northants, on May 31, 2007.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Middle initial: the Football League official website. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d Profile: the Football League official website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Home town confirmation and 2008 FL Trophy Final appointment: Grimsby Telegraph website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  4. ^ Assistant referee, FA Cup Final 1998: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  5. ^ First ever Football League match, Halifax v. Darlington, 1999: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  6. ^ FA Vase semi-final first leg, Vauxhall Motors v. Chippenham, 2000: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  7. ^ Bury v. Wycombe, Second Division, 2001: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 20, 2008.
  8. ^ Newby appears to admit 'simulation', Bury v. Wycombe, 2001: from an article at the Bolton Evening News website. Retrieved on March 20, 2008.
  9. ^ Ipswich v. Burnley, First Division, 2002: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 20, 2008.
  10. ^ "The ref deserves some praise for once!", Ipswich v. Burnley, 2002: from an article at the Lancashire Evening Telegraph website. Retrieved on March 20, 2008.
  11. ^ Darlington v. Yeovil, FA Cup, 2004: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  12. ^ "Close case is reopened and big defender is in the clear", red card rescinded, Darlington v. Yeovil: from an article at the Northern Echo website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  13. ^ a b Career detail, plus FA Young Referees' Conference, 2007: Bedfordshire FA website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  14. ^ England under-16 v. Spain under-16, second "new" Wembley match, as assistant referee: EnglandFootballOnline.com website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  15. ^ Ipswich v. Leicester, Championship, 2007: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  16. ^ "Foxes fuming at ref as Kisnorbo sees red", Ipswich v. Leicester, 2007: from an article at the Daily Mail website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  17. ^ "Kisnorbo has red card rescinded", Ipswich v. Leicester, 2007: BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  18. ^ Retirement due in 2008: Clarets-Mad.co.uk website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  19. ^ Birmingham 2 Liverpool 0, Premiership, as fourth official, 2005: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  20. ^ Fourth official, first example game - Birmingham v. Liverpool, 2005: YNWA.tv website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  21. ^ Liverpool 2 Middlesbrough 0, Premiership, as fourth official, 2007: soccerbase.com website. Retrieved on March 20, 2008.
  22. ^ Fourth official, second example game - Liverpool v. Middlesbrough, 2007: YNWA.tv website. Retrieved on March 20, 2008.
  23. ^ County Referees Officer for the Derbyshire County Football Association: Derbyshire County FA website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.
  24. ^ FA Level 3 Referees' Coach: HTML cached version of a PDF file at TheFA.com website. Retrieved on March 19, 2008.

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