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Re: Kevin Johnson

79 by Exile 1976
Guest1980 wrote:
Exile 1976 wrote:Hartlepool's take on it. Lee Minshulls fault apparently

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/f ... -1-7193277
Newport got away with murder????

He obviously missed the blatant penalty and 2 elbows on Minshull and Byrne ?

Why just say it was a scrappy game with both teams giving everything

f**k off Ronnie Moore !

Indeed, not to mention the numerous pushes in the back by their players but gave them a free kick everytime one of our players went near them and they fell over. ....

Re: Kevin Johnson

88 by Tremor
Have you guys not read his biography?

Kevin Peter Johnson was born in Cheddar, Somerset 1964. Attending school at Hillfield Primary his talent on the football field was evident from an early age and from 8 years old he was playing for the "Bees", Cheddar FC.

At age 11 his family moved to Rhondda, South Wales where he began school at Llandrufno Comprehensive. Unlike in England, there were very few opportunities for those wishing to partake in football with rugby being the main and only sport taught at the school. Johnson was often bullied for his interest in the game by teachers and pupils alike. He became an outcast, referred to as "English boy". It is because of this that he developed a deep loathing for Wales.

On his 16th birthday he left the family home and returned to Somerset to live in Axbridge with his grandparents. There he attended a local college at Whitefield to study engineering. His passion for football had wavered at this point and Johnson mostly kept to himself. This changed however when a sports tutor entered his classroom asking for players to try out for the college football team. Very reluctant to do so, a fellow classmate eventually convinced him to put his name down for a trial that evening.

His trial was successful, impressing his tutors enough to place him on the team sheet for a friendly that weekend. Playing as striker, he scored twice on his debut and over the next few months, Johnson could feel his enjoyment for football return again.

On the last game of the season, he was spotted by a scout from Bristol City who offered him a trial which he gleefully excepted. After spending a year captaining the reserves he was moved to the 1st team at age 19 when he signed a professional contract.

Johnson made a total of 3 appearances for Bristol during the 1983-84 season but was sent on loan to Wigan Athletic in December. He featured in just one game for The Latics, coming on as a substitute for John Butler in the 3-0 FA Cup defeat to Everton. Jonson lasted just 6 minutes before a hard tackle from Welsh International, Kevin Ratcliffe broke his right leg and tore his left anterior cruciate, ending his career.

Slipping into a deep depression, his hatred for everything Welsh grew with each passing day. Now 21, Johnson found himself requiring extensive surgeries and regular hospital visits. Finding that his multiple prescribed painkillers weren't helping him, he turned to alcohol for relief.

Now estranged from his parents, he settled down in Tiverton, Devon where he spent the majority of the next 8 years alone, working for a local paper factory. Still feeling pain in his legs and suspecting that his severe alcoholism may be the cause, a doctor at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital enrolled him in an alcohol rehabilitation programme. After over a year on the programme, Johnson had become completely clean. He now found that he could walk unaided, whereas he had previously required a cane. Eventually he learned to run again.

Johnson began referee training on the NRDP in 1998 and quickly rose through the levels to referee games at football league level. He his known by many for his no-nonsense demeanour and shrewd approach, highly regarded as one of the best in his profession.
Last edited by Tremor on August 30th, 2015, 8:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Kevin Johnson

90 by neilcork68
Tremor wrote:Have you guys not read his biography?

Kevin Peter Johnson was born in Cheddar, Somerset 1964. Attending school at Hillfield Primary his talent on the football field was evident from an early age and at from 8 years old he was playing for the "Bees", Cheddar FC.

At age 11 his family moved to Rhondda, South Wales where he began school at Llandrufno Comprehensive. Unlike in England, there were very few opportunities for those wishing to partake in football with rugby being the main and only sport taught at the school. Johnson was often bullied for his interest in the game by teachers and pupils alike. He became an outcast, referred to as "English boy". It is because of this that he developed a deep loathing for Wales.

On his 16th birthday he left the family home and returned to Somerset to live in Axbridge with his grandparents. There he attended a local college at Whitefield to study engineering. His passion for football had wavered at this point and Johnson mostly kept to himself. This changed however when a sports tutor entered his classroom asking for players to try out for the college football team. Very reluctant to do so, a fellow classmate eventually convinced him to put his name down for a trial that evening.

His trial was successful, impressing his tutors enough to place him on the team sheet for a friendly that weekend. Playing as striker, he scored twice on his debut and over the next few months, Johnson could feel his enjoyment for football return again.

On the last game of the season, he was spotted by a scout from Bristol City who offered him a trial which he gleefully excepted. After spending a year captaining the reserves he was moved to the 1st team at age 19 when he signed a professional contract.

Johnson made a total of 3 appearances for Bristol during the 1983-84 season but was sent on loan to Wigan Athletic in December. He featured in just one game for The Latics, coming on as a substitute for John Butler in the 3-0 FA Cup defeat to Everton. Jonson lasted just 6 minutes before a hard tackle from Welsh International, Kevin Ratcliffe broke his right leg and tore his left anterior cruciate, ending his career.

Slipping into a deep depression, his hatred for everything Welsh grew with each passing day. Now 21, Johnson found himself requiring extensive surgeries and regular hospital visits. Finding that his multiple prescribed painkillers weren't helping him, he turned to alcohol for relief.

Now estranged from his parents, he settled down in Tiverton, Devon where he spent the majority of the next 8 years alone, working for a local paper factory. Still feeling pain in his legs and suspecting that his severe alcoholism may be the cause, a doctor at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital enrolled him in an alcohol rehabilitation programme. After over a year on the programme, Johnson had become completely clean. He now found that he could walk unaided, whereas he had previously required a cane. Eventually he learned to run again.

Johnson began referee training on the NRDP in 1998 and quickly rose through the levels to referee games at football league level. He his known by many for his no-nonsense demeanour and shrewd approach, highly regarded as one of the best in his profession.


Given what is wrote here and his ''Hatred for everything Welsh grew with every passing day'' surely the club should complain about him reffing a welsh team and the biased view he seems to have against us.
Now we know why he hates us so much
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