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He was so passionate that for his 14th birthday, his parents paid for him to do his referee qualifications. Since then he has worked his way up and is now a Level 6 official. "I love football, I live and breathe football. If I'm not refereeing, I'm coaching, I've got an under 12 side that I've taken off from under 5's.
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I coach reception and year one children as well. I also do a bit of commentating on games, as well as studying sports journalism. "I'm just obsessed with football and by referee and it kind of keeps you in the in the fold and I think just because I love football so much I kind of just want to be involved. " Jack refereeing at a UCLan game Jack's passion for football is evident, but after just a few months of refereeing, the stress and abuse he got from parents, players and even coaches made him reconsider his plan to referee professionally.
"When I was younger that was definitely worse with the parents or coaches. If you're under 16 you have the referee two years below you. So obviously, a lot of the kids at that age weren't really giving me verbal abuse, but you'd get their coaches that thought their next big thing, thought they were José Mourinho on the touch line or you'd get the parents that were passionate about their child, and they'd often take their frustrations out on the referee, who sometimes would only be about 14. It's wrong, they're a child themselves. "Last year I refereed an under 14's game and I had to stop the game because of this parent shouting onto the pitch that a child needed to be sent off every time he made a foul. I had to go over and remind him that it was a child that he was speaking about.
Where Hull City are predicted to finish in the Championship relegation battle Back-to-back away trips to Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic follow
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"There is a real family feeling around the club. Obviously, results on the pitch are helping and hopefully I will be scoring more goals again. "I have frequent contact with the loans manager at Birmingham. Everything is positive. I don't think anything is going to be happening in January. "Things can change quickly in football but I'm enjoying my football here so as long as that continues I'm happy.
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"It's almost like as soon as it becomes football it's suddenly different. They wouldn't act like that on the streets to someone that's just walking past and it doesn't happen in schools. "Because it's football, people get passionate about it and I think it's become almost habitual because people will go on to Deepdale, or on to Old Trafford, or they'll go to Ewood Park and they'll shout at the referee, they'll swear at the referee, call them names and so on. "And they're almost forgetting that when it comes to it, they're given similar sort of abuse to young referees who are only children themselves. "When I was younger, I wanted to be a professional, but it took only a few months to realise that the pressure comes with it just isn't worth it. "I'm only a level six referee and I know quite a few people have gone up the levels and I like to think of quite a good ref, but I don't want to go up my levels, because the next step is North West Counties, which is like the semi professional standard.
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He has enjoyed more game time with the Pilgrims, making 14 appearances in League One so far, scoring five times. Cosgrove has been a big hit with Plymouth, who currently sit in second place in the League One table. Leading to worries among the club’s fans that he could be recalled by Blues when the January transfer window in just a few weeks time. READ MORE: Paul Ince identifies Birmingham City danger man amid 'problems off the pitch' READ MORE: John Eustace addresses 'unfortunate' Birmingham City loan situation However, Cosgrove has said that he is expecting to stay at Home Park until the summer, despite being in regular contract with Birmingham loans manager Martin O’Connor. "I'm really enjoying it, probably the most I have been enjoying my football the past couple of years I think, ” he told PlymouthLive.
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"I've been a linesman on those games before and I've watched games on it, I've commentated on games of that sort of standard and the abuse the referee gets is ugly, it's horrible. It just makes it completely off putting going up the levels to kind of because there's no protection for you at that level.
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Dr Tom Webb and Martin Cassidy, co-authors of the 2020 book Referees, Match Officials & Abuse found that 93. 7 per cent of football match officials had been physically or verbally abused during a match. Their research also highlighted that nine in ten referees said they had been verbally abused, with 59. 7% experiencing some form of abuse every two games. READ MORE: Bogus cleaner cons her way into vulnerable Preston pensioner's home to steal Christmas presents Jack Goodwin, 21, used to dream of being a professional referee.
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