Instead he used his initiative and got the captains to play "rock, paper, scissors"! I suppose he could have done the blade of grass thing but he had a bit of fun and the match got underway.
Described as "a moment of madness", the FA's Women's refereeing manageress, Joanna Simpson condemned David McNamara's act prior to a televised Women's Super League match between Manchester City and Reading in October.
The fact that this was on TV meant that the referee knew he was pushed for time and couldn`t go back to the changing rooms, but this buttered no parsnips with the "blazers" who said "The Laws of the Game state that you toss a coin".
Previously, recent decisions by referees in the Women's game have been regarded as unprofessional and repeatedly let down by the standard of officiating, hence the grumpiness of the decision makers.
Wendy Toms was the first woman to referee a senior League match in England, when she took charge of a Conference league game between Woking and telford United on 31st August 1996.
On October 26th 1996, Linda Bailey (no relative), Karen Ford and Anne Smith became the first all three female officials for an FA affiliated match when they took charge of Broomfield Utd v Kent University in the Kent County League.
As Terry Venables said "Some people will be pro the referee and certain people will be for him, but you are always going to have that in football."
In 1998 the term "linesman" was replaced by "referee's assistant" to reflect, better, the role of officials and not to be non-gender specific.
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