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Assisting function

In usual practice, the fourth official assists the referee in the following ways:

* Assisting with administrative functions before, during and after the match;
* Assessment of players' equipment;
* Ensuring substitutions are conducted in an orderly manner;
* Notifying the referee of the details of the substitution, by means of numbered boards or electronic displays (where supplied);
* Notifying the teams and spectators, by means of numbered boards or electronic displays where supplied, of the amount of time added on at the end of each half, after having been advised of this by the referee;
* Acting as the contact point between the match officiating crew and any non-participants (such as stadium managers, security personnel, broadcast crews, and ball retrievers);
* Maintaining decorum in the teams' technical areas and interceding in situations where coaches, bench personnel, or substitutes become agitated;

Posted By: Charles21 on April 8th 2008 at 12:02:49

Message Thread

Roeder and Clark charged by FA for dissent (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 11:25:31
- offence happened on 29 March (NCFC) - south, Apr 8, 12:49:44
- Bet he gets a bigger fine than Sheff Wed do for breaking loan rules (n/m) (NCFC) - maddog, Apr 8, 12:15:08
- hopefully He'll just tell the FA to "suck his big fat one" and walk out (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Apr 8, 11:46:06
  - he could get a ban for dissent after the referee made a appalling wrong decision (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 11:52:13
- surely the question should be why the ref ignored his 4th official (n/m) (NCFC) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Apr 8, 11:32:41
  - because the 4th official isn't there to make decisions? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:34:23
    - In the world cup final the fourth official told the ref what had happened (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 11:35:33
      - for me, I think in the world cup, they wired up one ref, that elizondo (NCFC) - pants, Apr 8, 12:15:56
      - I think officially (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:37:10
        
        But it did, and the fourth official only saw it on the replay. (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 11:43:21
        
        serious? (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:44:52
        
        He got fined... Pathetic eh.... (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 11:49:29
        
        amazing (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:54:15
        
        The worst thing about this is (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 11:59:24
- not seen this incident yet (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:31:31
- funny isn't it, bit like Boro appealing and Mascherano getting away with striking out (NCFC) - pants, Apr 8, 11:31:05
  - Karma got Mascherano in the end (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:43:26
    - Took him 2 weeks to apologise too (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Apr 8, 12:09:38
    - Dodgy curry? (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Apr 8, 11:47:36
      - no (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:49:15
  - the correctness of the decision is irrelevent (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:32:51
    - even when 1 of the officials informs the ref he's made a mistake & carries on regardless (n/m) (NCFC) - Taxi 4 Johnson, Apr 8, 11:37:37
      - yes, even then (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 11:40:25
        
        And to be fair - it was a stupid time to do it (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 11:44:23
        
        yeah agreed, fully understand his reaction (NCFC) - megson, Apr 8, 11:57:57
        
        why have a fourth official otherwise (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 12:01:28
        
        well (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 12:02:49
        
        * Assessment of players' equipment; snigger (n/m) (NCFC) - mike_the_sphinx, Apr 8, 12:53:49
        
        I understand however - Keith Hackett speaks (NCFC) - phrankin, Apr 8, 12:05:26
        
        ok (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 12:08:37
        
        but that makes no sense (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 8, 12:00:24
        
        is the slippery slope....... (NCFC) - megson, Apr 8, 12:41:42

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