When does a goal celebration become an offence?
Do you remember the days when if a player scored a goal, his team mates would at the most slap him on the back or shake his hand? The player himself would do nothing more than raise his hand in …
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How referees prepared for their World Cup matches
Before the World Cup becomes a distant memory, I thought it might be worth while looking at how referees prepare themselves for the big games, particularly internationals. We are all used to clubs and players watching their upcoming opponents on …
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World Cup commentator who showed up the BBC
So many viewers found the co-commentary at the World Cup by former Manchester United, Everton and England player, Phil Neville, totally unintelligible, that the BBC was inundated by complaints. But was it the hapless Neville who was to blame, surely …
Videos & Articles – Fri 3rd Oct 2014
Ten things we learned from last weekend’s games http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2773014/Calum-Chambers-gone-nice-naughty-Manchester-United-turn-heat-referees-history-repeating-Jose-Mourinho.html? MASSIMO BUSACCA, Head of Refereeing, FIFA : Referees must “smell” the game http://refereeingworld.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/busacca-referees-must-smell-game.html? PIERLUIGI COLLINA hails new concussion rules http://sport.bt.com/sportfootball/news/collina-hails-new-concussion-rules-S11363935146822? PAUL REJER : Discusses confusion caused by …
The magic spray that caught the imagination
After the dramatics of the summer we are now back to normality in football. Apart from England’s early exit I must say I enjoyed the World Cup. It was great to see some of the smaller nations making a breakthrough …
Videos & Articles — Fri 26th Sept 2014
YOU-ARE-THE-REF discusses last weekend’s games with Keith Hackett & David Hirst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0JLpzbXfKA&feature=youtu.be PAUL REJER : Discusses mass confrontation http://www.proreferees.com/news-play-of-the-week—2014–-wk28.php KEITH HACKETT : Grappling is back, thanks to weak refereeing https://you-are-the-ref.com/grappling-is-back-thanks-to-weak-refereeing/ FIFA to approve 3-minute concussion breaks …
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 …
Videos & Articles — Fri 12th Sept 2014
SEPP BLATTER : Reveals plans to allow managers to challenge referee’s decisions http://www.livesoccertv.com/news/11410/p-blatter-to-consider-allowing-managers-to-challenge-refereeing-decisions/ ? JIM BOYCE : Against Blatter’s idea to allow challenges http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9462606 ? KEITH HACKETT : Comments on Blatter’s proposal https://you-are-the-ref.com/video-review/ GRAHAM POLL : Backs TV …
Videos and Articles — Fri 29th Aug 2014
The Laws of the Game 2014-15 http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/02/36/01/11/27_06_2014_new–lawsofthegameweben_neutral.pdf FA Guidelines to ARs http://www.shropshirefa.com/~/media/countysites/shropshirefa/documents/referees/ar-indicating-a-penalty-kick-july-14.ashx Why vanishing spray could lead to vanishing goals https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/reflection-why-vanishing-spray-could-lead-vanishing-goals-085429322.html ? UEFA : Referees urged to protect football’s image http://www.uefa.org/protecting-the-game/refereeing/news/newsid=2133287.html ? PAUL REJER : Discusses incidents …
Videos and Articles — Fri 22nd Aug 2014
FA LICENSED TUTORS develop their skills at St. George’s Park http://www.thefa.com//news/st-georges-park/2014/aug/2014-faltc-conference ? THE FA : Young referees development programme conference http://www.thefa.com//news/my-football/referees/2014/jul/young-refereee-development-programme-conference-290714 ? THE FA tends to keep referees informed via their Twitter account: @FARefereesDept NATALIE ASPINALL : Semi-final appointment in …
