Female assistant ref!

Mr. Presentable · 09-02-2008 9:44pm #1

Watching the Roma game, the camera swung onto the nearside assistant referee - a rather attractive lady! Are there others, any outside Italy?

SantryRed · 09-02-2008 9:51pm

Always a female assistant referees in the EL First Division anyways.

KdjaCL · 09-02-2008 10:39pm

"lino got a thong on lino got a thong on la la la "

Good old Rhona

kdjac

homerjay2005 · 09-02-2008 10:41pm

pics of either female involved?

ronbyrne2005 · 10-02-2008 11:47am

if there was a female player good enough would she be allowed play for a "mens" professional team?

shane86 · 10-02-2008 12:26pm

Does the opinion/decision of the female ref always overrule that of the male officials? I cant imagine them taking the job otherwise

Wasnt it the Luton manager who made some comments about female refs lately after one gave a decision against his side?

She was rough iirc.

Third_Echelon · 12-02-2008 5:43pm

They have them in the Championship in England....

leninbenjamin · 12-02-2008 5:48pm

uhh... wasn't there one at the world cup? it's nothing new anyways.

remember one of the Italian teams as well signed a female player as a publicity stunt. dunno if she ever played.

Mr Alan · 12-02-2008 5:56pm

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

if there was a female player good enough would she be allowed play for a "mens" professional team?

dont be ridiculous - no!

if there was a man not good enough would he be allowed play in the womens professional league?!

No.

like that little young one who wants to play on the male PGA tour, Michelle Wee is it? turning the thing into a joke. why doesnt John Daly go and play in the ladies tour in that case? easy money :cool:

women have no place in mens football. they can have their own leagues and all, fair play, as Newell said (and got in serious trouble for!) if they are good enough to officiate in the Championship, why not the premiership?! its a joke.

political correctness gone wrong.:mad:

chopperbyrne · 12-02-2008 5:58pm

Physical sports it's understandable to keep the sexes seperate, but I've never understood it in something like Snooker???

witnessmenow · 12-02-2008 5:59pm

Is it "mens" football, I though it was just football?

Mr Alan · 12-02-2008 6:02pm

yes its mens football. **** sake, this can not be for real!?

_blank_ · 12-02-2008 6:04pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

yes its mens football. **** sake, this can not be for real!?

:rolleyes:

Yeah, we should have women playing.

HELLO...is Sepp Blatter a fooking Boards poster now?

ffs.

Gaspode · 12-02-2008 11:49pm

nipplenuts wrote: »

Watching the Roma game, the camera swung onto the nearside assistant referee - a rather attractive lady! Are there others, any outside Italy?

Post pics or it didnt happen!;)

GuanYin · 12-02-2008 11:56pm

Considering I'm modding the forum, do you lot really think all the sexist comments are wise?

BaZmO* · 13-02-2008 12:20am

You're worried about sexist comments on a Football forum?

Xavi6 · 13-02-2008 12:27am

Perugia almost signed a Swedish women's player a few years back. Her name was Hanna Ljungberg and she has 71 goals in 122 internationals. And no she's no relation to Freddy.

GuanYin · 13-02-2008 12:52am

BaZmO* wrote: »

You're worried about sexist comments on a Football forum?

Not worried at all, just wondering about the wisdom of pissing off the forum mod is all.

chopperbyrne · 13-02-2008 9:47am

What sexist comments have been made?

LuckyLloyd · 13-02-2008 10:27am

There are plenty of Male Referees and assistant referees that are ridiculously incompetent. There will also be plenty of female referees that are idiots. But there will be good ones too that are well capable of reffing at the top level...

There is no logical necessity for a referee to be male. Opposition is mainly centered on issues of 'respect' - which are derived from ingrained prejudices. So long as a male can ref at the top level without having played at the top level - we should be able to have female referees at the top level.

Mitch Connor · 13-02-2008 10:27am

Xavi6 wrote: »

Perugia almost signed a Swedish women's player a few years back. Her name was Hanna Ljungberg and she has 71 goals in 122 internationals. And no she's no relation to Freddy.

there were two players from that Swedish side they were looking at - both turned them down cause they felt they would not be good enough and didn't just want to be a PR exercise.

I think one of the America sides, possibly DC United, were talking about signing Mia Hamm a few years back too, when she was the superstar of american soccer (she was in Nike ads with 'His Royal Airness').

citytillidie · 13-02-2008 10:48am

I remember last year an assistant female ref in Brazil posed for Playboy and then got sacked

Xavi6 · 13-02-2008 10:50am

Tauren wrote: »

there were two players from that Swedish side they were looking at - both turned them down cause they felt they would not be good enough and didn't just want to be a PR exercise.

I think one of the America sides, possibly DC United, were talking about signing Mia Hamm a few years back too, when she was the superstar of american soccer (she was in Nike ads with 'His Royal Airness').

I met Mia Hamm in Chicago. I definitely would have.

Mitch Connor · 13-02-2008 10:56am

Xavi6 wrote: »

I met Mia Hamm in Chicago. I definitely would have.

I remember the Americas taking their tops off when the won the World Cup.... unfortunately their sports bra's were not as revealing as I would have liked.:(

I also remember almost buying a USA top with Hamm on the back (they were freaking everywhere when i was over there...) Glad I didn't

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