A footballer in the US has been suspended indefinitely by her university team after one of the dirtiest performances ever by a female player.
Showing posts with label Women's Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women's Football. Show all posts
Friday, 13 November 2009
Monday, 14 September 2009
Training 2.25
After the exertions of the last few days I decided we'd have a recovery session before having another attempt at the fitness test distance tomorrow night.
I did a warm up lap in 3m37s and then with Fat Lad did another one. He did it in 2m58s and I managed 3m18s, so we were ready for our gentle jog. We decided to do 4 5m laps of our field which is about 680m around. The first 3 laps were each around 5m10s and when we hit half way on the 4th lap I said we should take the pace up. I started to run and went faster and faster and Fat Lad dropped off the pace. I made it through the last 300m or so in 44 seconds.
I'm not saying that I could do the same in the fitness test but I'm trying some new strategies tomorrow night and that might be one of them. Calories 695, hr max 95%, average 70%.
Before signing off, congrats to my friend Jane who has been appointed to officiate at a UEFA Women's tournament being held in Manchester in a couple of weeks. Very good news indeed!
I did a warm up lap in 3m37s and then with Fat Lad did another one. He did it in 2m58s and I managed 3m18s, so we were ready for our gentle jog. We decided to do 4 5m laps of our field which is about 680m around. The first 3 laps were each around 5m10s and when we hit half way on the 4th lap I said we should take the pace up. I started to run and went faster and faster and Fat Lad dropped off the pace. I made it through the last 300m or so in 44 seconds.
I'm not saying that I could do the same in the fitness test but I'm trying some new strategies tomorrow night and that might be one of them. Calories 695, hr max 95%, average 70%.
Before signing off, congrats to my friend Jane who has been appointed to officiate at a UEFA Women's tournament being held in Manchester in a couple of weeks. Very good news indeed!
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Game 9
And the conclusion of the weekend came in the form of a FA Women's Premier League Northern Division game, on the line for Jane with Peter on the opposite touchline.
The game was only 40 seconds old when I saw a foul only 15 yards in front of me AND inside the penalty area. As I flagged, Jane blew her whistle to stop play and she pointed to the mark. She admitted that when I didn't complete the signal, she thought she'd gotten it wrong and only relaxed when I ran in to my position on the goal line - 1-0 to the away team.
There was little else to talk about except that Jane missed me on one offside flag and I had another couple of close calls, but the quality of the game was poor. The second half started almost as explosively as the first did as the home team equalised with a driven shot that passed through the goalkeeper's hands. The ball had been crossed from a corner, taken at the second attempt as I had spoken to the player taking the kick on the first attempt and then flagged to Jane as the ball was being placed outside the quadrant.
For around 20 minutes the game livened up and we saw some good football from both sides as substitutions from both teams had the desired effect. The away team then killed the game with two quick goals. A fourth was ruled offside despite Peter not raising his flag. Jane explained afterwards there had been a slight touch from an attacker that Peter couldn't have seen from his position. The away team added a fourth and fifth goal to bring the scoring to a close.
The only other incident was a second blood wound of the day. The player argued about it and when Jane came over, she took a firm line with the player. The game petered out and the home manager showed his frustration by punching the dug out at the final whistle. First time I'd been out with Jane and I thought she did a great job. There's a chance I'll be on her line in my Supply League later in the season. Calories 1295, max hr 86%, average 65%. Time to put my feet up and enjoy some of my wife's home made blackberry crumble!!!
The game was only 40 seconds old when I saw a foul only 15 yards in front of me AND inside the penalty area. As I flagged, Jane blew her whistle to stop play and she pointed to the mark. She admitted that when I didn't complete the signal, she thought she'd gotten it wrong and only relaxed when I ran in to my position on the goal line - 1-0 to the away team.
There was little else to talk about except that Jane missed me on one offside flag and I had another couple of close calls, but the quality of the game was poor. The second half started almost as explosively as the first did as the home team equalised with a driven shot that passed through the goalkeeper's hands. The ball had been crossed from a corner, taken at the second attempt as I had spoken to the player taking the kick on the first attempt and then flagged to Jane as the ball was being placed outside the quadrant.
For around 20 minutes the game livened up and we saw some good football from both sides as substitutions from both teams had the desired effect. The away team then killed the game with two quick goals. A fourth was ruled offside despite Peter not raising his flag. Jane explained afterwards there had been a slight touch from an attacker that Peter couldn't have seen from his position. The away team added a fourth and fifth goal to bring the scoring to a close.
The only other incident was a second blood wound of the day. The player argued about it and when Jane came over, she took a firm line with the player. The game petered out and the home manager showed his frustration by punching the dug out at the final whistle. First time I'd been out with Jane and I thought she did a great job. There's a chance I'll be on her line in my Supply League later in the season. Calories 1295, max hr 86%, average 65%. Time to put my feet up and enjoy some of my wife's home made blackberry crumble!!!
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Game 4
It's not been a good weekend for appropriate behaviour.
I was on the line for a recently qualified level 4 as he took charge of his first FA Women's Premier League Northern Division game. He was frustrated with things in the first half. Both the other assistant and I had to gee him up ay half time. He picked out his own development areas and worked hard to put things right (successfully) in the second half. He was pleased with his second half performance even though he had to deal with two cases of club official misconduct
The game itself was littered with incidents and kept all three officials on their toes for 90 minutes. We had head injuries, disputed no-goals, close offside calls and a substitute who wasn't appropriately attired to allow them to join the game (3 times!!!).
The home team wom 3-0, I burned only 1279 calories (despite a lot of fast running chasing balls 'over the top'), max 86%, average 65%
I was on the line for a recently qualified level 4 as he took charge of his first FA Women's Premier League Northern Division game. He was frustrated with things in the first half. Both the other assistant and I had to gee him up ay half time. He picked out his own development areas and worked hard to put things right (successfully) in the second half. He was pleased with his second half performance even though he had to deal with two cases of club official misconduct
The game itself was littered with incidents and kept all three officials on their toes for 90 minutes. We had head injuries, disputed no-goals, close offside calls and a substitute who wasn't appropriately attired to allow them to join the game (3 times!!!).
The home team wom 3-0, I burned only 1279 calories (despite a lot of fast running chasing balls 'over the top'), max 86%, average 65%
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