back of the hand she'd get,and a good kick up the­ bum and sent back into the kitchen.

this is an absoulute disgrace!who wants a woman reffing­ a football match,cause i sure as hell wouldnt tolerate­ her tryiing to book me.she should just stay in the­ kitchen(unless she's fit of course.....yummy).

as long as shes "fit" enough...why not :-)

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It was bound to raise a few eyebrows the first time, if­ she can do the job why not, if she can't god help­ her the press will have a feeding frenzy.

as long as she's fit enough and actually knows the­ rules she will be way ahead of most of the male refs­ ive seen this season - live and on tv games-- as long­ as women dont start to play the mens game..

Having seen some of the comments on here this should­ not be a battle of the sex debate
it's about the­ best person to do the job regardless of the­ anatomy'in our society where
women have come so far­ it's a gross injustice to judge them as the weaker­ sex'because i
would be impressed to see a man push­ a watermelon through he's @#$%,and if you look­ at
the broad spectrum women in the work place tend to­ be better at their jobs than men.so
if women want to­ ref the mens game let them have ago they can't be­ any worse than the
next man,and women in some parts of­ the world where they are repressed would love to­ be
able to do what our women are doing..

ITS about time!! fair play 2 u girl, you goooooooooooo­ pet!!!

why not !!

oh god not another equal rights debate... something­ just doesnt feel right about watching a woman referee,­ STICK TO MEN... women taking over on the pitch is the­ last thing i can bear watching.

for all complaining men, stop being such wussies over­ something like this. try living a woman's life and­ you'll see it's not all that pretty. overall,­ you guys still dominate pretty much everything, while­ we get less respect for anything we do.

As a referee myself I enjoy refereeing womens football­ as well as mens football. Last season I refereed 35­ womens games, but whenever there was a high profile­ game or a cup final the appointments were always given­ to female referees, a decision I believe made for the­ "image of womens football". I now referee­ Mens games only. So if there is a movement to­ activley promote femail referees in Womens Football­ (for the good of the game, blah blah), why are we then­ allowing women to referee mens football? If equality­ in football is what people really want, then why not­ allow men to PLAY in womens games? Mens football -­ Male Referees....Womens football - Femail Referees -­ its a simple as that.

About time too! Women are just as good as men at most­ things. Pity we don't get the recognition we­ deserve.

About time too! Women are just as good as men at most­ things. Pity we foot get the recognition we deserve.

to alison17wilko its absolutely stupid comments like­ that , that will keep women out of the game at the top­ level all sports are governed by rules or laws and if­ you know the rules or laws and are fit enough you­ should be able to ref at any level. the problem is that­ people like you will only send female refs backwards so­ either jump on board and be positive or keep it zipped.­ my view well done Amy long may it last.

No No No its not rights , its not normal!! I am­ speaking on my hubbies account here.. but I had to­ speak up! women for womens matches . men are for mens­ matches WE ARE NOT THE SAME! and none should not be­ treated, I am so sorry but some things should be left­ untouched :0Z men are men and women are women WE ARE­ NOT THE SAME!!! NEVER EVER WILL BE...............SORRY!­ leave well alone I love rugby and football but men­ and woman should be seperate full stop!! STOP TRYING TO­ MIX ............SERIOUSLY WE ARE NOT THE SAME!! LIVE­ WITH IT!! I am a new age woman but woman can not­ compete with men stop been stupid think about it???­ Julie Maddison ,,,

Good on yer Amy ,show them how it,s done

Hardly A Woman! He looks a bit feminine i'll give­ you that ;-)

nice one,,

fair play to the FA - someone who can ref the match do­ the half time drinks and wash the kit at the end of the­ match. Its not often the FA come out with sensible­ ideas, but in these troubled times i think they have­ got it spot on.