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The Man in the Middle gets one of our members to answer a series of questions about themselves and their refereeing career
For this issue the man in the spotlight is one members
  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Name:                                                                                                 
 Michael Andrew Jones
 
 
 Number of years as a ref:  
 21 
 
                                                                                                                                                                
 Reason for taking up whistle:
 If you seen my skills in playing football you could clearly see that my future in football was as a referee.
 
 
 What's your best game so far:  
 Lots, Welsh Cup final 3 times twice as an assiatnat once as 4th official, Ass Ref for  Northern Ireland v Slovakia plus Refereed Shelbourne v Finn Harps April 2010,
 
 
 Most memorable moment (in football): 
 Getting on to the FIFA Assistansts Panel in 1997 and staying there for 10 years, get promoted to the WPL referees list 2004. Plus the 3 Welsh cup finals 
 
 
 Ambitions within refereeing / football:        
 To get as high as I can to be the best referee at the level I am at.
 
 
Worst part of being a referee:
 Closed Season!!!! For me it's all good, just its hard sometimes when others don't understand the laws etc.
 
 
 Best part:
Letting your assistant buy you a shandy after the match. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 If you are interested in featuring in a future edition or have a burning question that you would like asking to our next victim
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