Referee for Reading (BSM Trophy)
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Jerry St Clair
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I wasn't going to bother with this (possibly like many of our players) but the referee for this one is James Durkin, son of former Premier League refereeing legend Paul Durkin.
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Jerry St Clair
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Confirmed that James "Son of Paul" Durkin also takes charge of the rearranged fixture.
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Jerry St Clair
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I thought Mini Durkin was alright as it goes. Arguably a bit fussy and you couldn't say there were any major incidents he had to deal with. Reading fans were irate about Willcox repeatedly foul-throwing on the CF side.
He completely bottled the incident with Selles picking the ball up. I was right in line with it in the Hazlewoods and I'm pretty confident it hadn't gone out. I don't think Jude-Boyd would have got there regardless, so suspect Durkin took the path of least resistance and just let Reading get on with the throw. It wasn't a game-changing moment so no harm done, but I think he and the Lino could have been stronger.
He completely bottled the incident with Selles picking the ball up. I was right in line with it in the Hazlewoods and I'm pretty confident it hadn't gone out. I don't think Jude-Boyd would have got there regardless, so suspect Durkin took the path of least resistance and just let Reading get on with the throw. It wasn't a game-changing moment so no harm done, but I think he and the Lino could have been stronger.