We have watched every foul, every back pass and every dispute between thelinesmanand the referee.
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I have heard of cases where the locallinesmanis sent round to inspect extremely technical apparatus.
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To first-class inspectorships linesmen only are appointed in normal circumstances.
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Take the case of a game of football between two amateur teams in which there is a referee and two linesmen.
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In the case of a sport such as football there are the linesmen, the judge and the man who makes the football boots.
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Linesmanis expected to be available for operational use in 1971.
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It appeared in the newspapers recently as the "deadman mediator," but the correct name islinesman-mediator.
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It would be a real tragedy if these proposals resulted in seven-a-side football, with five linesmen and a referee.
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Linesmanrepresents a considerable step forward, and it would be wrong to underestimate it.
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It is true that the blocking of the motorway vitiated early attempts to ship in large numbers of linesmen to reconnect supplies.
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They will be the linesmen on a football field, watching the players and seeing that nobody puts the boot of anarchy into skilful negotiation.
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I also extend our thanks and congratulations to the emergency services—not least the linesmen who put themselves at particular risk to restore power.
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But who would be the accommodatinglinesman, or the referee?
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I have been warned somewhat carefully for suggesting that the referee was visually challenged, and that alinesmanneeded a white stick.
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One should pay tribute to the linesmen because they undertake their work in savage conditions of snow and cold, even in a normal winter.
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