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Foy takes charge of West London derby
Foy takes charge of West London derby
Tuesday, 18th Oct 2011 20:13 by Clive Whittingham

QPR’s first home derby with Chelsea in 15 years will be refereed by Merseyside official Chris Foy this Sunday.

Referee >>> Chris Foy (St Helens), was down to referee QPR at Burnley last season but was replaced by Mike Jones. Is taking Birmingham v Leeds on Wednesday night as well.

Assistants >>> Ceri Richards (Carmarthenshire) and Dave Bryan (Lincolnshire).

Fourth Official >>> Kevin Friend (Leicestershire), refereed QPR’s 1-0 win at Everton earlier this season and home win against Cardiff in the promotion campaign. Refereeing Brighton v West Ham on Monday.

History

Reading 0 QPR 0, Saturday October 25, 2008

QPR’s only booking of the match went to Daniel Parejo, seemingly for kicking the ball away after a foul although it was difficult to tell and looked harsh. The Spaniard was possibly lucky to avoid a sending off having been booked because within seconds he was theatrically collapsing in the penalty area as the ball ran out for a goal kick, Bikey was in close attendance and Parejo obviously wanted to buy a penalty from him but Foy was in an excellent position to judge the amount of contact and there was none. Parejo was withdrawn a short time after that for Balanta who had little time to do anything other than win a time wasting free kick in injury time.

Reading: Hahnemann 6, Rosenior 6, Bikey 5, Ingimarsson 7, Armstrong 6, Kebe 7 (Long 80, -), Gunnarsson 6 (Harper 73, 6), Karacan 6 (Cisse 73, 6), Stephen Hunt 6, Noel Hunt 6, Doyle 6

Subs Not Used: Andersen, Kelly

Booked: Rosenior (foul)

QPR: Cerny 8, Leigertwood 8, Stewart 8, Hall 7, Connolly 7, Buzsaky 6, Mahon 7, Rowlands 7, Cook 5, Di Carmine 5 (Blackstock 60, 7), Parejo 6 (Balanta 86, -)

Subs Not Used: Delaney, Tommasi, Cole

Booked: Parejo (kicking the ball away)

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside) 7 Pretty decent overall. One or two decisions I would question and I think Reading probably should have had a penalty for the Mahon handball although that was more a linesman’s call than Foy’s – his past record shows that if there’s a penalty to be given he normally gives it so we were fortunate there. Other than that hard to argue with much he did.

Watford 2 QPR 4, Saturday December 29, 2008

Youngster Angelo Balanta had made a nervy start to his full QPR debut, but he showed the touch and confidence of a seasoned professional in the 13th minute when he cut in from the left wing onto his right foot and curled a beautiful 30 yard pass into the path of Dexter Blackstock running into the area. The ball cut between Matt Jackson and Jordan Stewart perfectly and when the latter tried to recover the situation with a robust body check on Blackstock there was only one decision the referee could make and Chris Foy rightly pointed straight to the spot.

The last time Rangers had a penalty Martin Rowlands almost uprooted the post at Charlton Athletic but he made no mistake this time, firing an equally powerful shot into the corner with Lee diving the wrong way.

Plenty of QPR eyes will have been on Watford right back Lloyd Doyley who has been strongly linked with a move to W12 this transfer window. Boothroyd said last week that we couldn't afford him, not sure he's even convincing himself with that one, but he looked decent enough to me. Certainly better than anything we have in that position at the moment. He's got a handy long throw to go with his solid defence and overlapping runs. Not the greatest crosser of the ball though.

He was involved in one of the more bizarre moments I've seen this season midway through the first half. QPR cleared yet another Watford free kick down the field and Doyley, left back as the last man, was left to turn and chase as the ball bounced over the halfway line. He then inexplicably picked the ball up, presumably thinking he'd heard a whistle from the referee. After a stunned moment of silence where players, officials and supporters wondered what the hell was going on Foy whistled and awarded QPR a free kick, Doyley then realised that Bolder and Blackstock were keen to get a quick free kick taken that would have left QPR with three players steaming through on goal unchecked so he threw the ball away and picked up a booking for his troubles.

It was important having gone 3-0 up to see that through until half time. With QPR developing a taste this season for conceding goals in injury time there were a few groans and grumbles when Foy added four minutes onto the end of the first period - presumably for the treatment required by Ainsworth and by Watford keeper Richard Lee who had earlier rolled around theatrically trying to get Dexter Blackstock booked after they'd both challenged for a through ball - needless to say he was soon up on his feet and fine again.

Watford: Lee 5, Doyley 6 (O'Toole 79, -), DeMerit 4, Jackson 3 (Shittu 46, 7), Stewart 5, Smith 6, Williamson 6, Francis 6, McAnuff 6, Darius Henderson 6, Ellington 5 (King 68, 6)

Subs Not Used: Mariappa, Ainsworth

Booked: Doyley (throwing the ball away), Smith (foul)

Goals: Camp og 52, Shittu 84 (assisted Henderson)

QPR: Camp 7, Barker 7, Rehman 7, Stewart 8, Malcolm 7, Bolder 7, Rowlands 9, Ainsworth 6 (Vine 64, 6), Balanta 6 (Buzsaky 73, 7), Nygaard 6 (Walton 90, -), Blackstock 6

Subs Not Used: Cole, Moore

Booked: Nygaard (foul), Barker (foul)

Goals: Rowlands 13 pen, Stewart 29 (assisted Rowlands), Rowlands 40 (assisted Balanta), Buzsaky 80 (assisted Rowlands)

Referee - Chris Foy (St Helens) 7 - Refereed the game calmly and sensibly, though a couple of the cards were harsh and once or twice he awarded Watford soft free kicks but overall he allowed the game to flow as best he could and got the big decisions right. Pretty decent all in all.

QPR 0 Wolves 1, Saturday December 16, 2006

QPR: Royce 8, Bignot 5, Rehman 6, Mancienne 8, Milanese 8, Rowlands 5, Smith 4, Bircham 6 (Furlong 66, 4), Gallen 4, Ray Jones 5, Blackstock 4.

Subs Not Used: Cole, Ward, Baidoo, Bailey.

Wolverhampton: Murray 8, Little 7, Breen 7, Craddock 7, McNamara 7,Kightly 8, Olofinjana 7, Potter 8, McIndoe 8, Bothroyd 7,Craig Davies 7 (Clarke 76, 6).

Subs Not Used: Oakes, Edwards, Johnson, Ricketts.

Booked: Breen, Bothroyd.

Goals: Kightly 49.

Referee: C Foy (Merseyside) 5 - Overly fussy over the placing of free kicks and throw ins, never played the advantage rule, failed to clamp down on time wasting. All in all and irritating official.

Prior to that Foy was the man in the middle for the memorable 1-0 home win against Swindon at the end of the 2003/04 promotion season that kept Rangers on course for the Championship. Two years previously he’d been in charge of a 0-0 West London derby between the R’s and Brentford at Loftus Road. In our relegation season from this division, 2000/01, he was in the middle for a 1-1 draw at Sheff Utd when that rare and beautiful thing – a Sammy Koejoe goal – occurred. A 2-1 QPR win at home to Walsall, 3-1 win at Portsmouth (both in 1999/00) and 1-0 loss at Grimsby a year earlier complete a QPR profile that overall boasts four Rangers wins, four draws and just two defeats.

Stats

Foy had to wait until the last Saturday in September for a Premiership fixture this season, splitting his time between the Championship and League One in the meantime. He has refereed six matches this season, two in the top flight, and shown ten yellows and two reds. Last season he showed 89 yellows (2.61 a game) and four reds in 34 games. Something seemed to change in him in February last season – up to February 1 he had shown 46 yellows and no reds in 21 matches, then in the remaining 13 appointments he showed 43 yellows and four reds. He has already refereed Chelsea once this season, sending off Alex in their League Cup game with Fulham which Chelsea won on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

Other listings

Premiership >>> Mark Clattenburg is rewarded for his decent start to the season with the Man Utd v Man City game on a ground where he is haunted by past controversies. Most of them came in matches between United and Spurs and the North London lot have Stuart Attwell for their trip to Blackburn. Sheffield United manager Danny Wilson was the latest gaffer to criticise young Michael Oliver after the Steel City derby at the weekend but Oliver gets another Premiership game this weekend, Wolves v Swansea.

Championship >>> Premiership referee Jon Moss drops back down to the Championship for Saturday’s televised game between Reading and Southampton.

League One >>> Mark Halsey has Huddersfield v Preston, another QPR fan Iain Williamson has Stevenage v Yeovil.

League Two >>> The baby faced assassin Gavin Ward takes Gillingham v Oxford.

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