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Phil Joslin (referee)
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Philip J. Joslin 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.
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
at Wembley on May 16, 1998, when Arsenal
defeated Newcastle
2–0.
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.
The step up to Football League referee came in 1999, 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. 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.
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 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".
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. 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".
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. "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off in the closing stages", and rescinded the red card.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."
He was an assistant referee for only the second match to be played at the "new" Wembley Stadium
, as England under-16
s played Spain under-16
s on April 28, 2007 in front of 28,210 people, England winning 1–0.
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. 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
". 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".
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
.
season. 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, for Howard Webb
, and the Liverpool versus Middlesbrough
encounter at Anfield
on April 18, 2007, for Graham Poll
.
Through affiliation, he was the County Referees Officer for the Derbyshire County Football Association
(rather than Nottinghamshire) until 2008, when he became Referee Development Officer for the Lincolnshire Football Association
. He holds a Level 3 FA Referees Coaching qualification, and was a tutorial participant in the FA Young Referees' Conference at Staverton Park, Daventry
, Northants
, on May 31, 2007.
Phil has now taken up position as one of the new Referee Development Officers at Lincolnshire FA.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
association football referee who operates in the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
. In addition, he has previously held the position of assistant referee for both the Premier League and FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
, and also fulfilled that role in the 1998 FA Cup Final
1998 FA Cup Final
The 1998 FA Cup Final was contested by Arsenal and Newcastle United at Wembley. Arsenal won 2–0, with goals by Marc Overmars and Nicolas Anelka to complete their second league and cup double....
at Wembley.
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 LeagueThe Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
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
Paul Durkin
Paul Anthony Durkin is an English former football referee, who retired in 2004. He comes from the Isle of Portland in Dorset. He currently works as a referee assessor for the Football Association....
in the FA Cup Final
1998 FA Cup Final
The 1998 FA Cup Final was contested by Arsenal and Newcastle United at Wembley. Arsenal won 2–0, with goals by Marc Overmars and Nicolas Anelka to complete their second league and cup double....
at Wembley on May 16, 1998, when Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
defeated Newcastle
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
2–0.
His promotion to the FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
list of assistant referees also came in 1995, and he was included as one of the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
team of officials at Euro 96.
The step up to Football League referee came in 1999, with his first game being the Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
tie on August 7, 1999 between Halifax and Darlington
Darlington F.C.
Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...
at The Shay
The Shay
The Shay is a multi-use sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England near Shaw Hill. FC Halifax Town and Halifax both play their home games at the Shay....
, when the home side lost 1–0 to a Marco Gabbiadini
Marco Gabbiadini
Marco Gabbiadini is an English former footballer whose career lasted 18 years from 1985 to 2003. He totalled nearly £3 million in transfer fees and played for 12 different clubs, scoring a total of 226 league goals.-York City:...
goal. On March 18, 2000, he took charge of a semi-final, first leg, in the FA Vase
FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing below Step 4 of the English National League System...
between Vauxhall Motors
Vauxhall Motors F.C.
Vauxhall Motors Football Club is an English football club based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, who play in the Conference North. It was originally the works team of the car manufacturer Vauxhall...
and Chippenham
Chippenham Town F.C.
Chippenham Town are an English football club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, currently playing in the Southern League Premier Division. They are nicknamed the Bluebirds and they play their home matches at Hardenhuish Park. Their home kit consists of a blue shirt, blue shorts and blue socks...
, which finished 0–0.
Striker Jon Newby
Jon Newby
Jonathan Philip Robert "Jon" Newby is an English footballer striker, now player-manager for Conference North side Colwyn Bay.-Career:...
, then of Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
Bury
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...
, seemed to imply in a 2001 post-match interview that he had fooled Joslin into giving a penalty kick
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...
against visiting side Wycombe
Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
in a League game on October 2, 2001 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".
He was congratulated, however, on a particular performance during a First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
match, in which no cards were shown, between Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
and Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
on October 22, 2002, which ended as a 2–2 draw. Burnley's assistant manager Sam Ellis
Sam Ellis
Samuel "Sam" Ellis is an English football coach and former player. He left his post as assistant manager of on December 30, 2010.-Career:...
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".
In 2004, he received further praise, this time from Darlington's then manager, David Hodgson
David Hodgson (footballer)
David James Hodgson , is an English former footballer who played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Norwich City, Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as lower division clubs and teams in France, Japan, and Spain....
, after reviewing a decision made during their FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
first round tie at home to Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town F.C.
Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...
on November 13, 2004. "Joslin ... admitted he was wrong to send [Brian] Close
Brian Close (footballer)
Brian Close is an Irish football defender who currently plays for Sunderland RCA.-References:...
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."
He was an assistant referee for only the second match to be played at the "new" Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
, as England under-16
England national under-16 football team
-Latest squad:The following players were named in the squad for the Victory Shield match against Scotland.-Recent call-ups:The following players have also been called up to the England U-16 squad and remain eligible.-External links:*...
s played Spain under-16
Spain national youth football team
The Spain national under-16 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain.-FIFA U-16 World Cup Championship Record:...
s on April 28, 2007 in front of 28,210 people, England winning 1–0.
Joslin received heavy criticism after the Championship
Football League Championship
The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...
match between Ipswich Town and Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
at Portman Road
Portman Road
Portman Road is an association football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted a number of England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003...
on December 11, 2007, which finished 3–1 to the home side. After Leicester's Patrick Kisnorbo
Patrick Kisnorbo
Patrick Fabio Maxime Kisnorbo is an Australian football player of Mauritian and Italian heritage who plays for Leeds United in The Championship of the English Football League. Kisnorbo is also an Australian international with 18 caps to his name. Also known by his nickname Paddy...
had tackled the home side's Pablo Couñago
Pablo Couñago
Pablo González Couñago is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker.After having played in 35 La Liga matches for Celta and Málaga scoring three goals – he spent the bulk of his professional career in England with Ipswich Town, where he scored a total of 65 official goals.Couñago represented...
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
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
, "[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
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
". Subsequently though, after review, the referee rescinded the red card, and Leicester manager Ian Holloway
Ian Holloway
Ian Scott Holloway is an English football manager and former player. He became the manager of Blackpool in May 2009. Holloway is well-known amongst football fans for his off-the-wall interviews, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed. Holloway's playing career spanned 18...
commented: "The ref was overruled by his linesman and that's like me picking a team and then being overruled by my assistant".
On March 13, 2008, it was announced that Phil Joslin would be taking charge of the Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
Final at Wembley on March 30, 2008. The participating teams are Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...
and MK Dons
Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
.Milton Keynes Dons Football Club is an English professional football club founded in 2004 and based since 2007 at Stadium mk, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire...
.
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 2007–082007-08 in English football
The 2007–08 season was the 128th season of competitive football in England.-European competitions:In October 2007 Arsenal equalled the UEFA Champions League record victory with a 7–0 win over Slavia Prague at the Emirates Stadium. The record was broken the following month when Liverpool...
season. He has, however, operated as fourth official in the Premiership, such as during the Birmingham
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
versus Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
match at St. Andrews
St Andrews (stadium)
St Andrew's is an association football stadium in the Bordesley district of Birmingham, England. It has been the home ground of Birmingham City Football Club for more than a century....
on February 12, 2005, for Howard Webb
Howard Webb
Howard Melton Webb, MBE, is an English professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Premier League and has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2005....
, and the Liverpool versus Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
encounter at Anfield
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
on April 18, 2007, for Graham Poll
Graham Poll
Graham Poll is an English former football referee in the Premier League and is considered the best English referee of the last 25 years in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics...
.
Through affiliation, he was the County Referees Officer for the Derbyshire County Football Association
Derbyshire County Football Association
The Derbyshire County Football Association, simply known as the Derbyshire FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Derbyshire, England...
(rather than Nottinghamshire) until 2008, when he became Referee Development Officer for the Lincolnshire Football Association
Lincolnshire Football Association
The Lincolnshire Football Association, often known simply as the Lincolnshire FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Lincolnshire, England...
. He holds a Level 3 FA Referees Coaching qualification, and was a tutorial participant in the FA Young Referees' Conference at Staverton Park, Daventry
Daventry
Daventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22,367 .-Geography:The town is also the administrative centre of the larger Daventry district, which has a population of 71,838. The town is 77 miles north-northwest of London, 13.9 miles west of Northampton and 10.2...
, Northants
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, on May 31, 2007.
Phil has now taken up position as one of the new Referee Development Officers at Lincolnshire FA.
External links
- Phil Joslin Referee Statistics at Soccerbase.com