There are many types of pairs on the field of play. There are many examples of seeing members of the same family playing together. But a unique pair was seen in the Women's Championship in England. Where a mother and daughter refereed a women's football match together. The pair started their journey with the Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City match earlier this month. As a result, the football world saw a mother-daughter pair refereeing a professional match for the first time.
The mother-daughter pair who came into the spotlight for refereeing a match together are 55-year-old Lorraine Catchpole and her daughter Francesca, 22. Since both referee the match, they spend a very busy day on Sunday. However, they enjoy their work together.
However, when Francesca and Lorraine referee a match together, no one thinks of them as mother and daughter. In most cases, everyone makes the mistake of thinking of them as two sisters.
Francesca and Lorraine are two referees from two generations. Lorraine, at 55, has already met the standards set by the referees' body, Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). When Lorraine started her career nine years ago, she was asked whether she could actually referee at her age. But Lorraine has risen to the challenge.
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