Videos & Articles — Fri 19th Sept 2014

 

FOOTBALL REFEREES : A tribute to the men in black

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2757085/Football-referees-Graham-Poll-Pierluigi-Collina-Golden-Years.html ?

 

KEITH HACKETT : Are fans having value for money?

https://you-are-the-ref.com/timekeeping-are-fans-getting-value-for-money/ 

 

PAUL REJER : Discusses the duration of a match

http://www.proreferees.com/news-play-of-the-week—2014–-wk27.php 

 

KEITH HACKETT and MARK HALSEY discuss the video referee and incidents from last weekend’s games with Alan Biggs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgbIdlPPjTw&feature=youtu.be 

 

GREG DYKE : Backs moves for video replays to help referees

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2759269/Greg-Dyke-backs-video-replays-help-referees-says-coaches-shouldn-t-given-chance-challenge-official-calls.html ?

 

PETER WALTON : Changing style of MLS

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc/2014/09/17/referee-head-talks-video-review-the-changing-style-of-mls/ ?

 

Ref headset malfunction costs Eintracht Frankfurt

http://www.espnfc.co.uk/german-bundesliga/story/2037418/dfb-investigates-after-ref-headset-costs-eintracht-frankfurt-vs-augsburg ?

 

Referee becomes a father while refereeing a live TV game

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/referee-blows-full-time-televised-matchand-7780566 ?

 

UEFA : Referees changed due to visa problems

http://refereeingworld.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/referee-replacements-caused-by-passport.html ?

 

UEFA Champions League : New adidas referees’ kit causes confusion

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2758412/Champions-League-referees-cause-confusion-new-grey-kit.html ?

 

Interpol urges football associations to ‘get real’ on match-fixing

http://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4563/main/2014/09/10/5095923/- ?

 

Football thug jailed for head-butting referee

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/football-thug-jailed-head-butting-referee-7730591 

 

Mail campaign to stamp out grassroots football violence wins FA award

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/fa-award-respect-ref-campaign-7531608 

 

AUSTRALIA : 5^th/6^th officials to be trialled for remainder of the FFA Cup

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/ffa-cup/ffa-cup-to-have-six-officials-from-round-of-16-as-ffa-keen-to-trial-additional-assistant-system/story-fno7mzzd-1227054463059 

 

BELGIUM : Does Steven Defour remind referee to test for testicular cancer?

http://blog.paddypower.com/2014/09/14/video-steven-defour-reminds-referee-to-check-for-testicular-cancer-maybe/ ?

 

PORTUGAL: Nani and Jefferson lift injured player, cautioned, second for Jefferson, sent off.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/lolz/man-uniteds-luis-nani-sporting-tried-lifting-a-belenenses-player-off-the-pitch-ref-didnt-approve/ ?

 

‘YOU ARE THE REF3’ by Paul Trevillion & Keith Hackett.

It is available from THE GUARDIAN website, using this direct link :

http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9781783350216 

Click on link and watch the video of Paul changing an elephant into Pele!

In the book referees will be interested in particular to all the major Law changes since 1863 in reader-friendly format, with referee snippets on all the World Cup finals from 1930.

It also contains 250 Keith Hackett Questions & Answers on the Laws interspersed with a wealth of facts about the ‘World Cup Titans’, all brilliantly illustrated by Paul Trevillion.

 

YOU ARE THE REF

http://www.theguardian.com/football/series/you-are-the-ref