Asian Cup 2015 Referees update

Afternoon all,

Hot off the presses from official sources Chris Beath (AUS, Kanga Cup Alumni) will officiate Match 13 Bahrain v UAE in Canberra tomorrow at 5pm AEDST.  Chris was originally just appointed as 4th official and was on Ben Williams first game IRN v BHR on Jan 11. No word yet on who is in his crew, update to follow.  Congratulations to Chris, no doubt he'll do a great job.

Kanga Cup 2002 © Scott Ferguson 

I briefly met the Saudi Arabian crew Monday afternoon as they were heading out for the stadium Jordan v Iraq.  Very excited and a friendly bunch, shaking all the volunteers hands present in the foyer.  It was great to see such a relaxed team just so happy to be here taking part.

Here's some pictures from the cheap seats taken in the lead up to the match

Saudi officials with Ref Liaison Greg and Match Assessor Eddie Lennie

Just before walkout - Reserve AR and 5th official

 The Asian Cup atleast in Brisbane is having the Reserve AR (5th official) sit to the right of the visitors benches, behind the AR1 line.

Referee having a nervous feel for his cards

Another game today but my alternate is working this one, but hope to get more pictures and impressions after Friday's Iraq v Japan blockbuster and also will have some more reports from the Australia game

Hope everyone's enjoying their Asian Cup referee spotting