One hundred and fifty years ago this week, 8th December 1863, a meeting of ex public schoolboys, representing a dozen London and suburban football clubs, took place in a pub, the Freemasons Arms in Great-queen Street, London. They met to …
Reading Prison closed its doors to wrongdoers for the last time last Friday, after 170 years. It was made famous of course, by Oscar Wilde and his Ballad of Reading Gaol. In its later years it became a young offenders …
For many years now there have been calls to use technology in football in order to get better decisions. When most people talk about technology they automatically think of goal line technology, which has finally arrived in the Premier League …
A very unusual incident happened at the Reading v Queens Park Rangers match at the Madejski Stadium last Saturday and was one which I know bemused many spectators. There was a free kick awarded to Reading outside their opponent’s penalty …
Players don’t always have to leave the pitch after injury treatment Read more »
Stephen who is of course our own Senior Training Officer, is an experienced Level 4 referee Tutor who works on the National referee tutors course and has been Chairman and leading light in our Society for many years. The session …
Guest speaker Oct 2013: Stephen Green – Good Cop –Bad Cop Read more »
In September we were fortunate to have as our guest speaker, George McCaffery. George is a highly experienced FA Tutor (and it showed) and a Level 4 referee coach as well as a Contributory League assessor. He has been heavily …
Guest speaker Sep 2013: George McCaffery – Communicating through body language Read more »
The latest edition of the RRA magazine, “The Reading Referee”, is now available on the web site: https://www.readingrefs.org.uk/?page_id=679
The one footballing incident that people wanted to talk to me about last week was the disallowed ‘goal’ in the Norwich v Cardiff Premier League game. I’m sure everyone has seen it either on television or in the papers when …
Was Norwich’s “unsporting” goal wrongly disallowed? Read more »
VIDEOS & ARTICLES — Friday 08.11.2013 There will be no V&A for the next three to four weeks I will be on holiday, cruising, etc Next one will therefore be in DECEMBER Apologies Mal Davies : malref@yahoo.co.uk ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Premier League …
Last week I wrote about the goal that shouldn’t have been allowed for Chelsea against Cardiff. Another goal that weekend that shouldn’t have counted took place in the Bundesliga, during the Bayer Leverkusen v Hoffenheim match. From a corner Stephen …
