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Barry Cook
Grade :
Category 2 Referee
Year Started Refereeing : 1998
First Match :
Riverside United v Goodyear BC Under 13 (SYCA League)
Career Highlights :
2009 Homecoming Scottish Cup 2nd Round - Civil
Service Strollers Vs Vale of Leithen (Referee)
2009 Scottish Junior Cup 5th Round Replay - Ashfield
v Pollok (Referee)
2009 Glenafton Vs Auchinleck x 2 (Referee)
2009 Pollock Vs Irvine Meadow (Referee)
2008 U18
Scottish Schools Shield Final at Hampden (4th
official)
2006 U16
Scottish Schools Final at Kilbirnie, Ladeside (Referee)
2003
U18 Scottish Schools Inter-district Final (Dumfries v Ayrshire)
at Rugby Park
(Referee)
Do you have any advice for young/new referees? :
Work hard and listen to advice from other referees. Sometimes
its good and other times its not, but try it and see if it works
for you!
Have you had any funny/strange things happen
at/during a game? : I’ve
had a couple! I once ran the line for Alan Boyd in a junior
game at Arthurlie. I signalled for a throw in and as I lowered
my flag it disintegrated! I had to try to put it back together
as the play continued!! Well worth the £300!!!
Also, having been reffing for about 5 years, I reffed a game
where a player took a corner, it hit the near post and rebounded
to him and he crossed it again. I missed the fact it should
have been an indirect free kick until a player pointed it out!
Luckily it didn’t result in a goal! However, the following week
the exact same happened again – this time I noticed it! It
hasn’t happened again since (about 6 years!) but twice in 2
weeks…crazy!
Favourites
Food -
Indian, Chinese, etc:
Chinese or Pizza
Drink - Coke, water,
beer, etc:
Irn Bru
Music - Pop, Indy,
Dance, etc:
A mix of everything. My Ipod is hilarious!!
Movies - Action, Comedy,
Horror, etc:
Don’t go to the cinema much as my Mrs always falls asleep and I
refuse to pay money for her to snooze when she can do it in the
house for free!! ;-)
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