FA Cup days come thick and
fast at this time of year and today I attended the preliminary round tie
between local rivals West Auckland and Darlington1883 where the match was given
the added interest of a female referee, who controlled the game very well and
clearly had the respect of the players – when West Auckland’s Shaun Vipond
unceremoniously clattered an opponent her voice cut through the crowds hubbub
with a commanding “number four, here!” at which the luckless player shuffled
forward with his head bowed as if his Mam had caught him with his hand in the
biscuit jar.
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