Prosser the Tosser is back

[brighton rock]

Prosser the Tosser is back

from the bbs

Anyone remember that clown who sent off Hudson against the Gills and gave one of the worst refereeing performances in living memeory in the same game?

Well, the clueless blind git was at it again today. Opening day, start as you mean to go on, etc.

Just been watching the highlights of Hull vs Bournemouth and he gave two of the most awful decisions ever.

The first was a penalty given when a striker blasted the ball straight at Cherries defender Karl Broadhurst from about a yard away. Whether it hit his hand or not wasn't clear, but even if it did there was simply no chance the defender had quick enough reactions to handle the ball deliberately - it took about a tenth of a second for the ball to reach him.

The second pen - given when a player fell over running into the box under minimal contact, a la Hudson's dismissal - was equally weak.

Particularly when he then dished out the red card.

Get this bloke out of football. Please.

 

[BensGrandad]

Does anybody know if he is earmarked for any of our games in the near future.

 

[Bobby's Gull]

God if he comes near Withdean . . .

 

[chips and gravy]

Every week I hear about how Prosser has ruined a game due to his inept performances. Don't the Football League have assessors? Surely there must be enough disquiet in the game about him by now for him to be quietly moved aside? Or would that be 'racist'?

 

[John Dorian]

each referee is asssesed throughout the season. they dont get marked on bits and bobs but the whole thing and dont forget the referees assessors are referees as well. they have to pick good things out of the referees game and then also pick bad things ready for improvement.

i'm not sticking up for him because he is a twat and a disgrace to referees but for him to be refereeing at that standard and to keep getting biggish sort of games he must have more goods than bads.

 

[Lush]

Yes but surely it's like the leagues.

There are good lower league refs who could be moved into his place if he was - please god - elbowed out.

 

[Robot Chicken]

Is this the same bloke??

Sergeant Phil Prosser of RAF Wyton based AMDS ES (Smiths Industries Detachment Cheltenham), has been appointed to the Assistant Referees List of the FA Premier League for the 1999/2000 season having completed a successful season in 98/99. The Premier League is the pinnacle of football in England and is seen all over the world on TV. Phil has been officiating at top games around the country at places such as Old Trafford, Anfield and Highbury. He is also refereeing on the Football Conference and the Central League, which comprises teams of the reserves of the premier and football league clubs.
Phil began refereeing, with a Class 3 Certificate, in April of 1989. His first appointment was on the line in the Laarbruch inter-section league. Arriving back in the UK, Phil embarked on the ladder of promotion whilst refereeing in and around Norwich. He attained his Class 2 certificate and, in 1993, his Class 1 certificate. Phil then became a linesman on the Eastern Counties League. After a short spell at 30MU Sealand and officiating on the league of Wales, Phil was posted to Cosford where he became a linesman on the Vauxhall Conference and the Central League. At the end of the 1995/96 season, he received the letter all referees hope will one day arrive - to be invited as an assistant referee (formally linesman) on the Football League for the following season. His first appointment, in front of 3,500 people, was at Shrewsbury Town who entertained Wycombe Wanderers on the first weekend of the season. The current appointment to the Premier Assistants list, means that he has now reached the top 0.2% of the 33,000 referees registered in England and Wales and this season he will probably officiate at approximately 20 Premier League games.

There's a lot more to refereeing than running around a football pitch for 90 minutes. A typical refereeing day means leaving home 5-6 hours prior to the game to ensure he arrives in time to meet the other match officials, inspect the pitch and attend briefings with the police, stewards and the St John's ambulance. After the game, the team of officials confer to ensure that details of any cautions and substitutions have been correctly recorded. A match assessor, who is an independent observer with no allegiance to either of the teams, then discusses the game. In this way, performances of match officials are monitored to make sure that they are carrying out their duties in accordance with the laws of the game and the rules of the competition. The assessor may also offer advice on any weaknesses that he has noticed. Phil would normally arrive home 3-4 hours after the game has ended – an 11-hour day!

Phil trains daily to ensure he is fit enough for the demands of the modern game and is required to attend the Human Performances centre at Lillishall to have his fitness level assessed by the football authorities. Last season Phil was appointed to both the 3rd and 4th round of the FA cup as well as a host of premier league games. His first game was Selhurst Park in August last year, was between Wimbledon and Tottenham. To appreciate how big the game is at that level, 3 reporters waited to speak to the referee after the game - a game in which nothing controversial happened.

Refereeing is a great hobby. At the top, it is a job. You prepare and carry out your duties as you would in any profession, to the best of your ability. Success as a referee requires hard work, ability, availability and most importantly, a bit of luck, by being in the right place at the right time!

Phil is one of 3 RAFFA referees officiating as assistant referees on the FA Premier League. In addition to Phil, Corporal Darren Drysdale, of RAF Coningsby, has just enjoyed his first season at the top level and has officiated at Newcastle in the FA Cup Competition. Flt Lt Trevor Kettle, based at RAF Shawbury, has also been selected to referee at this top level in the forthcoming season.

Are you interested in becoming a football referee?

Full training and tuition is given by qualified Football Association Football Referee Instructors. The following courses have been arranged and if you are interested in attending one of the courses, please contact the course administrator or the RAFFA Referees Committee Training Secretary, FS Dave Clarke at RAF Henlow on Ext 8019 for further details.

 

[dougdeep]

You can follow his progress on RatetheRef.co.uk.

 

[Curious Orange]

I'd rather I never have to see that man referee another game ever again after his DISGRACEFULL performance in that Sheffield United game at Withdean.

 

[Gullet]

He's always guarranteed to liven up a boring game though isn't he.

 

[sully]

Yes, DP, that's him.

About time the article was updated, though. Isn't it from his own web site?

 

[Bwian]

You can follow his progress on RatetheRef.co.uk.

I got berated on there for giving him a zero score Don't know who it was having a go at me but he said it was impossible for anybody to deserve zero points-clearly didn't see the Shef Utd game then did he?

 

[Robot Chicken]

Yes, DP, that's him.

About time the article was updated, though. Isn't it from his own web site?

It's on the Official Royal Airforce Website and after checking, the article was written by Sargeant Phil Prosser...

 

[pasty]

i'm not sticking up for him

Somehow, your (most excellent) avatar confirms that statement.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Somehow, your (most excellent) avatar confirms that statement.

Yes, can you post its URL so we can all have some of it please?

 

[jeremy beadles hand]

At Least he is consistent!

 

[Timbo]

I've seen the 'highlights' of his 'performance' on Sat at Hull. As BR says you will have to go a long way to see two worse decisions than that. Achieving that on the first day of the season is quite some feat.

I don't go in for ref bashing too much. Watching the Stoke Wolves game yesterday it appeared that Sky were paying someone to sit alongside the commentator and constantly slate the ref. If a ref makes two or three mistakes per game you can bet it's not half as many as the average player makes during a game.

Also with managers, if a keeper lets one through his hands, all of a sudden he's a great lad, he'll get over it, one of our finest players, wouldn't swop him for the world, I'm going to vote for him as pope, etc, etc. If a ref gives a throw in the wrong way he's the worst ref in the world, always hated us, I've put a contract out on him then he'll be fuckin' sorry, etc.

There does need to be a bit more sense talked when it comes to referees.

Prosser however is an absolute idiot. There are, and I'm serious here, better refs in our Sunday League.

Chips n Gravy points out that there is probably a racist issue here. The Football league probably think ' we've tried a couple of black refs - Ross and Rennie, and they're both shit, lets try one who's a slightly strange shade of orange.'

 

[Ex Shelton Seagull]

It was amusing watching "Goals on Sunday" and seeing the look on Stan Ternants face when Kamara said the name "Phil Prosser". Prosser must be known as the worst ref in the country amongst managers. Hopefully he won't officiate any game involving us since the non-existent "racist" incident.

 

[dovorian]

Isn't he from Yorkshire,is not Hull In Yorkshire,arnt referees in the League not supposed to come from either County of the teams in the game.

The claim he made in our match that he had only just moved to Rotherham was crap, you don t just move it take several weeks, the people who appointed him to the game should have changed him.

When did you last see Steve Tomlin, Gary Willard or Martin Bodenham officaite in an Albion League game,being neutral is done to avoid probrlms like the one we had with Tosser

 

[Easy 10]

Isn't he from Yorkshire,is not Hull In Yorkshire,arnt referees in the League not supposed to come from either County of the teams in the game.

The claim he made in our match that he had only just moved to Rotherham was crap, you don t just move it take several weeks, the people who appointed him to the game should have changed him.

When did you last see Steve Tomlin, Gary Willard or Martin Bodenham officaite in an Albion League game,being neutral is done to avoid probrlms like the one we had with Tosser

Where the referee actually lives is a bit of a side issue though - just because a ref happens to live in the same county, doesn't mean he should automatically be accused of being a "homer", does it. I wouldn't want Prosser refereeing another Albion match if he lived under the railway bridge, troll-like, in Tongdean Lane.

Staggering incompetence is a completely seperate issue to where a ref actually resides.