REFWATCH: v Luton Town (H) - Tue 26/08/08 20:00

[T.R.O.L.I.]

For our first home cup game of the season we have been allocated:

Referee: D WHITESTONE
Assistants: E I Smith and O Saliy
Fourth Official: M J Foley



This season: 3 yellow cars and 0 red cards from 2 games
Last season: 93 yellow cards and 10 red cards from 31 games

No real information avaiable for him as he appears to have been a lower league (i.e. League 2 / Conference) official for most of his career. I will have a more of a dig around tomorrow but I doubt I'll find much.

No profile available on the Football League website.

Previous RFC games:

None.

[cmonurz]

Rebecca Adlington's Dad by the looks of it.

[kwik-silva]

Oh god.. A crap ref... not that it matters

[SCIAG]

Oh god.. A crap ref... not that it matters

It could be worse, we could have Mike Riley...

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Exactly - and it might turn out that he is not a "crap ref". Just becasue he hasn't refereed at the PL or CCC level, it doesn't mean that he can't cope.

Any non-full-of-self-importance referee >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The majority of the SeLOLect Group of ponces

[rg6royal]

Will be good to see how someone with not much experience copes.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Agreed - and it's not like we take the competition seriously. Fair play to the bloke - it's probably the biggest stadium he's officiated at in his career so far.

[Platypuss]

From a quick google:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/football/hartlepool/reports/2123158.Referee_the_main_target_for_frustrated_Pools_boss/

http://www.swanseacity.premiumtv.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10354~37519,00.html

http://www.oldhamadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/oldham_athletic/s/1027721_ref_incurs_sherdian_wrath

Hopefully it's just a reflection that good refereeing performances generally don't get written about.

[RoyalChicagoFC]

Dean ("Like A Rolling") Whitestone

[Silver Fox]

Dean "Dancing with Mr." Whitestone for me

[RoyalChicagoFC]

Guh!

You win.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Just because he hasn't refereed at the PL or CCC level, it doesn't mean that he can't cope.

Or maybe it does...

[SpaceCruiser]

He wasn't really good. Failed to stamp down on persistent Luton fouling and I couldn't believe it when he booked Noel for a foul that Luton have been doing all evening which he had let off. Finally booked a Luton player when Stephen Hunt took an exception to his kicking.

Otherwise, I don't really have much complaints about his performance.

[kwik-silva]

Just because he hasn't refereed at the PL or CCC level, it doesn't mean that he can't cope.

Or maybe it does...

Thank you I swear he wasn't the guy in the programme