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Experience Mayo soccer referee Damien McGrath had no sideline officials during the Mayo Super League meeting of Ballinrobe Town and Claremorris
THE lack of referees in the Mayo League was highlighted starkly on Saturday evening when officials were unable to supply referee’s assistants for the Super League game between Claremorris and Ballinrobe Town.
Damien McGrath had to handle the fixture on his own. He’s well able, of course; he’s probably the top referee in the country. But that’s not the point.
The point is, we are accustomed to seeing a full team of officials on duty at Super League matches. It was disappointing that none were available. Kevin Cox and Martin Halligan are injured for some time now; hopefully they will be back soon, and four others were on duty in Dublin and an underage FAI match.
There were six matches running simultaneously on Saturday and only one of those was a Super League fixture.
Let’s hope more officials can be recruited, and quickly.
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