Philip J. Joslin (born 23 March 1959,
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Home town confirmation and 2008 FL Trophy Final appointment

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who operates in

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. In addition, he has previously held the position of

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for both the

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and

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, and also fulfilled that role in the

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Career

Joslin first took up the whistle in 1979, officiating in leagues local to his home town, eventually being made an

in 1992. His promotion to the

assistant referees' list came in 1995, perhaps unusually, as this happened before he had been appointed to referee in the Football League. In 1998, he was an assistant referee for

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in the

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on 16 May 1998, when

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defeated

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2–0. His promotion to the

list of assistant referees also came in 1995, and he was included as one of the

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team of officials at

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. The step up to Football League referee came in 1999, with his first game being the Third Division tie on 7 August 1999 between Halifax and

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, when the home side lost 1–0 to a

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goal. On 18 March 2000, he took charge of a

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, first leg, in the

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between

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and

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, which finished 0–0. He was congratulated on his performance during a First Division match, between

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and

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on 22 October 2002, which ended as a 2–2 draw. Burnley's assistant manager Sam Ellis said: "We had a word with him after the game and praised him for his part in a match of such quality. The ref let the game flow, decided against using yellow cards and he certainly helped it as a spectacle". In 2004, he received praise from Darlington's

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, David Hodgson, after reviewing a decision made during their

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first round tie at home to

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on 13 November 2004. "Joslin ... admitted he was wrong to send rianClose off in the closing stages", and rescinded the

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. Hodgson said: "It's not often that a referee will admit he is in the wrong but he has and I think he deserves a lot of credit for that. He has taken it upon himself to ring me and ask me what I saw. I told him and he agreed that he'd made a mistake." He was an assistant referee for only the second match to be played at the "new"

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, as England under-16s played Spain under-16sCareer detail, plus FA Young Referees' Conference
2007: Bedfordshire FA website. Retrieved 19 March 2008. on 28 April 2007 in front of 28,210 people, England winning 1–0. On 13 March 2008, it was announced that Phil Joslin would be taking charge of the

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Final at Wembley on 30 March 2008. The participating teams are

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and

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. Joslin has never refereed a

match, despite the number of years he has been at the higher levels of refereeing. He has, however, operated as

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in the Premiership, such as during the

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versus

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match at St. Andrew's on 12 February 2005, for

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, and the Liverpool versus

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encounter at

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on 18 April 2007, for

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. Through affiliation, he was the County Referees Officer for the

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(rather than Nottinghamshire) until 2008, when he became Referee Development Officer for the

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. He holds a Level 3 FA Referees Coaching qualification,FA Level 3 Referees' Coach
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file at TheFA.com website. Retrieved 19 March 2008. and was a tutorial participant in the FA Young Referees' Conference at Staverton Park,

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, on 31 May 2007. Phil has now taken up position as one of the new Referee Development Officers at Lincolnshire FA.

References

External links

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