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Madley gets Charlton date - Referee
Friday, 8th Apr 2016 13:37 by Clive Whittingham

Andy Madley takes QPR v Charlton this weekend having previously overseen the last minute win at Reading before Christmas.

Referee >>> Andrew Madley (West Yorkshire), fifth year as a Football League referee, joining his brother Robert on the list.

Assistants >>> Gavin Muge (Bedfordshire) and William Bull (Hampshire)

Fourth Official >>> David Rock (Hertfordshire)

History

Reading 0 QPR 1, Thursday December 3, 2015, Championship

For all the improvements in the defence, Reading crafted two gilt-edged chances that should really have been scored. After eight minutes Paul Konchesky pulled back Garath McCleary — should have been booked but was let off by referee Andy Madley — allowing Oliver Norwood to deliver a fantastic free kick which Michael Hector, up from the back, headed wide when unmarked at the back post and favourite to score. In the second half Hector climbed over slack marking at the back post to meet a corner from Norwood but directed his header over the bar when it seemed easier to hit the net.

Rather than see Norwood’s set piece as a warning, QPR contrived to concede two more free kicks in exactly the same position in the following ten minutes — Fer and then, in amateur fashion, Konchesky giving the Reading man a chance to wrap his boot round a couple more dead balls.

There was also a bizarre moment in the second half when a foul by Faurlin set Reading’s top scorer Nick Blackman up for a free kick from the thick end of 30 yards. He met it sweetly, beating the wall easily, but with the ball flying right down the middle of the goal, directly above Robert Green who had a completely clear view of it, it seemed rather odd for the goalkeeper to stand perfectly still and let it cannon back into play off the face of the crossbar. Green didn’t even lift an arm to it. It was like he didn’t even know it had happened. Perhaps we should start using a ball with a bell in it. Or maybe he thought Blackman’s vision was based on movement, like a t-rex.

This was a dog of a game overall. Poor, even by Championship standards. Refereed pedantically.

Reading: Al Habsi 3; Gunter 6, Hector 5, Ferdinand 6, Taylor 5; McCleary 6, Fernandez 5 (Robson Kanu 73, 5), Williams 6, Norwood 7; Blackman 6 (John 80, -), Vydra 5 (Sa 80, -)

Subs not used: Bond, Obita, Hurtado, Cooper

Booked: Norwood 67 (foul)

QPR: Green 5; Perch 5, Onuoha 7, Hall 6, Konchesky 5; Phillips 5, Fer 5, Sandro 7, Faurlin 7, Petrasso 6 (Austin 63, 6), Hoilett 6 (Chery 76, 6)

Subs not used: Henry, Angella, Smithies, Angella, Tozser

Goals: Onuoha 89 (assisted Faurlin)

Booked: Fer 28 (foul), Hall 40 (deliberate handball)

Referee — Andy Madley (West Yorkshire) 5 Lots of whistle, lots of inconsistency, lots of pedantry — including a bizarre incident with a Norwood free kick where he insisted the ball be placed on just the right blade of grass and not rolled away from a weird snow-ball of foam he’d built behind it. Twice in the first half QPR players appeared to have been fouled, only for a free kick to be awarded the other way seconds later for similar offences. He suited a dreadful game well really, a suffocating, ball-acheing presence at times.

QPR 0 Brighton 0, Wednesday September 18, 2013, Championship

Phillips fired over from range, Austin planted a firm header from a Barton corner smack on target only for visiting goalkeeper Thomasz Kuszczak to fling himself to his left and palm the ball aside with two hands. Three minutes before half time the former Burnley man hesitated over a free ball in the area believing himself to be offside, but referee Andy Madley — who on this evidence has an unhealthy love of farce and uncertainty — had ruled that the ball was played to him by a Brighton player and had Austin scored the goal would have counted.

With Keith Andrews the wind-up merchant in chief, Joey Barton a time bomb with a dodgy clock attached, and referee Andy Madley often showing the inexperience that comes with only being on the league list for two years the game became a frustrating watch in the first half, and almost American Football-like in the second when it was often reduced to a stoppage every minute and a designated kicker situation.

For several heart stopping minutes Barton sought out the referee for a further exchange of views at every stoppage of the game and QPR dispatched a member of staff to the dressing room to start running the taps. It took a fellow Scouser, Clint Hill, to forcibly wrestle Barton away into a quiet part of the penalty area while awaiting a Brighton throw for a “calm down, calm down” session lacking only fuzzy wigs and novelty moustaches to save the day. In the second half Madley pulled Barton up and halted a counter attack with an accusation that he’d handled the ball while controlling it — in actual fact it had come off the top of his shoulder. The volcanic temper grumbled and bubbled but failed to erupt.

QPR: R Green 6; D Simpson 6, R Dunne 7, N Onuoha 7 (B Assou-Ekotto, 23, 6), C Hill 7; K Henry 7 (J Jenas, 74, 4), J Barton 7; S Wright-Phillips 6, M Phillips 7 (A Traore, 80, -), G O'Neil 7; C Austin 5

Subs not used: A Faurlin, B Murphy, T Carroll, T Hitchcock

Bookings: Barton 34 (repetitive fouling)

Brighton: T Kuszczak 7, G Greer 6, M Upson 6, I Calderon 7, S Ward 6 (Bruno 80, -); A Crofts 6, K Andrews 6; J Caskey 6 (R Ince 85, -), D Lopez 6 (W Buckley 67, 6), C Conway 6; A Barnes 6

Subs not used: P Brezovan, A El-Abd, K Lua Lua, S March

Bookings: Calderon 71 (foul), Bruno 89 (foul)

Referee — Andy Madley (West Yorkshire) 5 A curate’s egg of a refereeing performance this one. Given the fouls he let go without a card — Andrews particularly fortunate — it was difficult not to conclude that a first half booking for Barton for two seemingly fair tackles was done more because of who he was rather than what had gone on. Went through long periods whistling for everything, then short bursts where several fouls were allowed to go. This created odd situations where the players seemed to think a free-for-all had been declared only to then find it was whistle and card time again. Odd.

Stats

Madley has shown 99 yellows and three reds in 33 appearances so far this season. Two of those reds came in his first three games of the season and the eight yellows he showed in Brentford's home defeat by Reading is his biggest haul. Last season he showed 105 yellows and three reds in 36 matches.

Other Listings

Championship >>> Lee Mason is the Premier League referee charged with keeping an eye on Burnley v Leeds.

League One >>> Neil Swarbrick likewise at Barnsley v Chesterfield.

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