Rovers vs. Morecambe-16/12/2023- Kirsty Dowle

[The Red Baron]

Referee: Kirsty Dowle
Assistants: Paul Newhouse & Abbas Khan.
4th official: Neil Hair.

History will be made on Saturday when Kirsty Dowle becomes the first woman to referee a senior match involving Doncaster Rovers.

[Dagenham Rover]

Only the 4th Official rings a bell with me

[5minstogo]

Only the 4th Official rings a bell with me

Had Mr Khan on the line a few times as well.

[The Red Baron]

Bump.

[drfchound]

She is guaranteed to have a good game.
Women are always right.

[Filo]

I thought she had a decent game, I gave her a 3 for not telling the West Stand lino to take his blindfold off, how did he miss the offside for their second goal?

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

I thought she had a decent game, I gave her a 3 for not telling the West Stand lino to take his blindfold off, how did he miss the offside for their second goal?

Because it wasn't offside?

Ref was poor for a period second half but wasn't that noticeable overall and that's usually sign of a good ref.

[roversdude]

I thought she was very weak, especially what the keeper and No.12 got away with
Certainly better than a lot of the refs we’ve had this year

[glosterred]

Better than some but worse than others,


COYR

[Filo]

I thought she had a decent game, I gave her a 3 for not telling the West Stand lino to take his blindfold off, how did he miss the offside for their second goal?

Because it wasn't offside?

Ref was poor for a period second half but wasn't that noticeable overall and that's usually sign of a good ref.

Easily a yard offside

[Champagne Super Rovers]

I thought it was a fairly easy game to referee but having said that she was possibly the best ref we've had this season

[StocktonRover]

Opinions all differ.
I thought you looked like a rabbit in the headlights and out of her depth and very weak.
She warned their keeper in the first half about time wasting and again many more times without any thought of booking him.
The last goal came from a corner given despite the ball certainly appearing to come off one their players who was stood a yard offside as well.
Overall I thought she was really poor, but that’s no excuse for the outcome of the game as we were awful.