Mark Johnson

Evertonian, Sports Coach, Volunteer at the Inclusive HUB, Referee, Civil Servant and proud manager of Northern City u21's... 💙🥊⚽️💯🟡🔴🐶

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

@Georgecorrie84 @FARefereeing @LCFA_Referees @Liverpool_CFA Well done mate 🙌

[Liverpool Premier League @LCPL2012]

Lord Wavertree Cup Final 🏆

Photos of match officials..

Referee Mark Johnson
Assistant Referees Lorcan Bradley and Craig Andrews

[Paul Moran @paulmoran62]

.Match officials and captains of @Marinefcacademy and @LiverpoolBCS pictured before todays Everton Senior Shield Final at the MTA.

[EuroFoot @eurofootcom]

🇧🇪💎 Absolutely 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 goal from Ajax winger Mika Godts (20) 😳👏

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

@Tony_Scott11 Shocker that To

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

First Inclusive Friday Night Football, supported by @liamstarkey84, was brilliant last night and finished off with a bit of pizza... 👏🍕🍻

*Remember, free weekly game and all welcome... 💙

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

Please share and feel free to come along! 🙌⚽️💫

[Big Uncle Knobhead @willo_ian]

Brilliant! 🙏❤️👍😊⚽️

[The Inclusive Hub @liamstarkey84]

Free Inclusive Football,

Every Friday

Just turn up and play

@MarkJohnson1878

[Paul @IYKYH1878]

Everton TikTok doing bits again 😂

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

@brick_travel @Hanstours @evertonspares @EvertonNewsFeed @EvertonBlueArmy @lcabbabeh Any tickets too?

[The Sporting Resource @TheS_Resource]

This one thing has a greater impact on a young person's life than any trophy, title or league table ever will.

We turn up on a Tuesday evening when it is raining, when the pitch is waterlogged, some parents are late and the cones are still in the boot from last week, and we think we are there only to coach football. We think the session plan in our pocket is the point of it all, the progressions, the outcomes, the carefully designed activities we pieced together the night before.

We think that is what all we are giving these children.

Somewhere in that group of players, the noisy ones, the quiet ones, the one who always forgets their shin pads, there are children for whom this hour is the best part of their week. Not purely for the session but for the simple and profound fact that an adult chose to show up for them, looked them in the eye, used their name, and made them feel like they were worth the effort.

That is not a small thing, in some cases, it is everything.

The coaches who leave a mark are rarely the ones with the most badges or the best session plans. They are the ones who stayed curious about the young people in front of them, who remembered what a player told them three weeks ago and asked about it again, who noticed when someone was quieter than usual and found a moment to check in, who created an environment where a child felt safe enough to try something difficult and fail without embarrassment.

That kind of coaching does not show up in any end of season report or manual. It shows up twenty years later in the way a person talks about their childhood, in the confidence they carried into their adult life, in the values they pass on to their own children.

We coach at every level imaginable from grassroots, community clubs, PAN-Disability, regional programmes, school teams, academies or national squads the instinct is always to measure ourselves against the level we are working at, as though the impact somehow scales with the quality of the facilities or the ability of the players.

It does not work like that, the grassroots volunteer giving up several evenings a week has exactly the same capacity to shape a young person's life as anyone working at the highest levels of the game. The relationship does not care about the postcode or the facilities, it only cares about whether someone showed up and meant it.

Most of us will never get the email, never have the conversation in the car park, never know which player carried something we gave after they stopped playing. We just keep turning up and trust that what we are doing matters, because the alternative of treating this as nothing more than a hobby or a pastime, does not sit right with what we know this role can be at its best.

The impact of a great coach on a child's life is not measured solely in trophies or league titles or development plans. It is measured in the quiet, invisible ways a young person grows in their willingness to try, their ability to handle difficulty and their sense that they are capable of more than they currently believe. We plant those seeds every single week without always knowing it, and most of them grow long after we have forgotten the session they came from.

That is the role, is what we signed up for, whether we knew it at the time or not.

[Donna Louise @DonnaLouise1212]

Thank god the people around her were alert. I hope she's okay. 💔💔😪

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

@Everton @JackGrealish Yes Zak 🪱👏

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

Hope this beautiful girl finds a loving home 😭🙏

[Animal Adoptions UK 🐕‍🦺🐈🐎❤️ @AdoptionsUk]

Please retweet to help Roxy find a home within 1 hour of #LIVERPOOL #UK Saved from a council pound!
A SPECIAL FOREVER HOME NEEDED 💔💔💔
Breed; Akita Age; 6 Years; Female, totally blind
Background; She came to us from the local pound.
Personality; Roxy is an extremely friendly girl, who loves her cuddles. She copes well with being blind. She LOVES her food, so needs to make sure that she doesn't have access to help herself to any food or treats.
Left alone; We think she will be ok to left alone for up to 6 hours.
House training; She is a very clean girl.
Travelling; Travels well.
🏃‍ Exercise; Roxy is very active, so would love going on regular walks.
Adopter requirements: Anyone with Akita or large breed experience would be ideal. You don't necessarily need prior experience of blind dogs, but have lots of kindness and empathy to care for Roxy correctly. Keeping your home layout the same is a great way to help her settle in.
Home/garden needs; A private, secure garden.
Minimum age of children; 14 years +.
Dog/Cat suitability: We think she would be best as on only pet, but could possibly live with an older, calm, neutered male dog. Is it unknown how she is with cats.
Medical issues; Roxy is completely blind due to uveodermatological disease, and has had her eyes surgically removed (to stop them causing her any future pain). The uveodermatological disease will not be able to be covered by pet insurance, so any potential adopters need to be aware of this, and she is likely to need a small dose of steroids to maintain the condition of her skin.
All our dogs are neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, parasite treated and come with 5 weeks free insurance.
If you live within an hour of L31, please complete an adoption application form to enquire with AS MUCH INFO as possible;
https://t.co/j8YhslTMGI
Telephone interview, home visit, meet and greet(s) and adoption fee also apply.
Original post on facebook 👇
https://t.co/qi7O89WwEy

#dogs #Wirral #Merseyside #England #Akita #Roxy #adoptdtonshop #K9hour @Nightowl400

[Spartan South Midlands Talk @SSMLtalk]

🚨 Hero at Belstone FC 🚨

Massive respect to Mitchel Swain, who stepped up when it mattered most after an official collapsed twice during the match.

Not only did Mitchel react instantly to help, but he also brought his real-life training into action, as a firefighter, his calmness and quick thinking helped save a life.

Moments like this remind us that football is about far more than the result. The non-league community always looks after its own.

👏 An incredible act of bravery. Well done, Mitchel a true hero.

Let’s give him the recognition he deserves.

@LondonFire
@belstone65

#NonLeagueFootball #BelstoneFC #Hero #FootballFamily

[Tekkers Foot @tekkersfoot]

🚨🇪🇸 ARDA GULER SCORES FROM HIS OWN HALF TO MAKE IT FOUR FOR REAL MADRID! 🤯

Real Madrid 4-1 Elche.

https://t.co/xyunZDNVY8

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

@HuytonBarca Great game to referee this morning. Well done to both teams and best of luck for the resr of the season! 🤝💯

[Everton @Everton]

THAT is how you lead out a team. Great to have you, Alfie! 💙
@lpftweets #EFC

[Mark Johnson @MarkJohnson1878]

@willo_ian @SOLO_GK_ is an absolute diamond and has very kindly sent me a few pairs of these absolute belters 👐

Please let me know where I could drop them off mate 💯👊