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NOW I KNOW ALL THE RULES

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 April 2020

NOW I

Trophy winner to top cop and assistant referee

By DAVID RICHARDSON

STEVE Parmenter still remembers the mid-game exchange with a referee that inspired him to become one.
As he charged into the penalty area for Canvey Island, reviewing the man in black’s performance as a ‘mare’, the official Phil Crossley simply replied with, “go and learn the laws”.
So that’s what Parmenter did and over a decade later he’s now officiating in the National League and the U23 ‘Premier League 2’.
“The last game I officiated on the Premier League 2, w...

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