October Meeting - Guest speaker Michael Oliver
22/10/08 17:29 Filed in: Social
Sunderland society welcomed Micheal Oliver back to
Rutland Street for his second visit as guest speaker
however this time he wasn’t supported by his father
and fellow football league referee Clive!
From left to right - Shaun Hudson, Kieran Mersh, Paul Younger, Michael Oliver, LLoyd Thompson, Chris porter, Gary Jackson, James Simpson
Michael is the youngest football league referee on the national list and is currently enjoying his second season in the middle, and judging by the profile of games & the excellent start Michael has made to the season it would come as no surprise to anyone if this was to be his last season refereeing in the football league before making the inevitable step up to the premier league.
The 23 year old has already been involved in a number of high profile games in his short career including playoff finals as an assistant referee & refereeing the football conference playoff final at Wembley at the end of the 2005-06 season.
This season hasn’t exactly been low profile, with Michael refereeing games such as Derby County Vs Birmingham City, Liverpool Vs Crewe and a live Monday night sky game between Nott’s County and Brentford which we will refer to later!!!
Michael was given a blank canvas with no subject being set to talk about , so after a 10 -15 minute talk on how he got started in refereeing and how he progressed rapidly up the refereeing ladder , Michael chose to talk to the floor about the teamwork involved between the referee , assistant referees & 4th official.
The talk was supported with Michaels own experiences in this area , in particular a live Sky T.V. game between Nott’s County and Brentford only a few weeks ago , where both the assistant referee & Michael had different opinions on a penalty incident.
Guest speaker Michael Oliver being presented with a memento from Dave Morton
After watching the T.V. footage several times Michael opened the discussion to the floor , what was refreshing was the fact that Michael didn’t try and insist his decision was the correct one , he simply asked the members what they thought , the feed back was good with some very good points & views being exchanged.
A good question and answer session followed, again it was good to see our younger members playing an active part in discussions.
All that was left of the evening was for us to witness Michaels beloved Newcastle United concede a late equaliser at the hands of Manchester City , what a shame!!!
For the second month in row Sunderland society has been treated to an excellent guest speaker , it was good to see the experienced Nigel Miller come and talk in September and with a future starlet like Michael speaking this month our society certainly looks to be heading in the right direction.
From left to right - Shaun Hudson, Kieran Mersh, Paul Younger, Michael Oliver, LLoyd Thompson, Chris porter, Gary Jackson, James Simpson
Michael is the youngest football league referee on the national list and is currently enjoying his second season in the middle, and judging by the profile of games & the excellent start Michael has made to the season it would come as no surprise to anyone if this was to be his last season refereeing in the football league before making the inevitable step up to the premier league.
The 23 year old has already been involved in a number of high profile games in his short career including playoff finals as an assistant referee & refereeing the football conference playoff final at Wembley at the end of the 2005-06 season.
This season hasn’t exactly been low profile, with Michael refereeing games such as Derby County Vs Birmingham City, Liverpool Vs Crewe and a live Monday night sky game between Nott’s County and Brentford which we will refer to later!!!
Michael was given a blank canvas with no subject being set to talk about , so after a 10 -15 minute talk on how he got started in refereeing and how he progressed rapidly up the refereeing ladder , Michael chose to talk to the floor about the teamwork involved between the referee , assistant referees & 4th official.
The talk was supported with Michaels own experiences in this area , in particular a live Sky T.V. game between Nott’s County and Brentford only a few weeks ago , where both the assistant referee & Michael had different opinions on a penalty incident.
Guest speaker Michael Oliver being presented with a memento from Dave Morton
After watching the T.V. footage several times Michael opened the discussion to the floor , what was refreshing was the fact that Michael didn’t try and insist his decision was the correct one , he simply asked the members what they thought , the feed back was good with some very good points & views being exchanged.
A good question and answer session followed, again it was good to see our younger members playing an active part in discussions.
All that was left of the evening was for us to witness Michaels beloved Newcastle United concede a late equaliser at the hands of Manchester City , what a shame!!!
For the second month in row Sunderland society has been treated to an excellent guest speaker , it was good to see the experienced Nigel Miller come and talk in September and with a future starlet like Michael speaking this month our society certainly looks to be heading in the right direction.