Gavin Muge

MY LIFE ON THE LINE (eBook, ePUB)

Everything you didn't know you needed to know about being an assistant referee

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

They come out of the football stadium's tunnel first, but all eyes are on the well-paid athletes behind them. No one pays the Referee or the Referee's Assistants any attention - until they make a mistake. Then all hell breaks loose.

They can't explain - or defend themselves against the crowd's abuse. And these days their decisions can be reversed by the dreaded VAR. Who would want the high-pressure job of running the line in professional football?

Gavin Muge for one, and in My Life on the Line, he threads a personal football memoir together with his own attempts to scale the peak of the professional game which led to encounters with a cast of stars from Gary Lineker to Paul Gascoigne, Arsene Wenger and Roy Keane. He officiated at the infamous Riot of Upton Park in August 2009, and has witnessed many examples of the darker side of the game.

After nine seasons on the National List of Assistant Referees, Gavin has pretty much seen it all and has his own unique take on the modern game. My Life on the Line is a must for would-be officials, but will have a wider appeal to the hundreds of thousands of fans who loyally follow their clubs up and down the country every weekend.

Gavin has shared the excitement and the pain of the average football supporter and now has the experience to try to make sense of it all. See if you agree with him!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nine Elms Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781910533680
• Artikelnr.: 66383264

Autorenporträt

Gavin Muge was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and grew up in nearby Chiltern Green. When he was five, he began his lifelong devotion to football, watching Match of the Day and The Big Match every weekend. His first live game confirmed his undying allegiance to Luton Town FC. Although a keen schoolboy player, he realised his talents would only take him so far and he started refereeing youth matches in the Luton area at the age of 15. This led to a passion for life with a whistle and a flag. A good job in sports and leisure management allowed him to pursue a parallel career in football, and after a lot of hard work he progressed through the ranks to reach the National List of Assistant Referees in 2008. In nine seasons on the Football League line, Gavin officiated in over 250 matches, experiencing the highs and lows of the professional game. He retired from the National List in 2017, happily returning to the lower levels of non-League football, and now helps to develop the next generation of referees as a Mentor for the Bedfordshire Football Association.