As Referees we have all reported misconduct in one form or another. Of course, any two referees will have different levels of tolerance when it comes to dealing with and subsequently reporting misconduct. Thus the question was asked to the …
Appeared in the Reading Post, 17th December 2014 THERE’S MORE TECHNOLOGY IN REFEREEING THAN YOU MIGHT THINK As all readers will know this is the last newspaper version of the Reading Post. For me this is certainly a sign of …
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The sore subject of diving has arisen again particularly after Jose Mourinho’s conspiracy theory that referees are waging a campaign against Chelsea players for diving, despite Gary Cahill escaping after a blatant dive against Derby County. The battle against diving …
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YOU-ARE-THE-REF.com discuss last weekend’s Premier League games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1EV1skgLP8 CHRISTMAS DAY 1914 – football was played during a break in the First World War…….. https://you-are-the-ref.com/back-pass-by-mike-pavasovic-christmas/ ……and how the Christmas truce led to a court martial https://uk.news.yahoo.com/christmas-truce-led-court-martial-101311265–sow.html#M3yn9ZA FERGIE TIME …
YOU-ARE-THE-REF.com discuss last weekend’s Premier League games and ‘diving’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jl_wf5LUFo Premier League referees need to be more consistent when it comes to simulation http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2874590/Premier-League-referees-need-consistent-comes-simulation.html? HOWARD WEBB : Discusses simulation/diving on SKY http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/9578521/webb,-carragher-&-neville-discuss-diving? Premier League referees have …
There was a report in national newspapers last year of a young thug attacking a seventies pensioner as he was unloading the boot of his car. The newspapers concentrated on the fact that the pensioner was a former amateur boxer …
Last week in Belfast there were two important meetings, which might even be called historic in the story of the Laws of the Game. I reported last year that the make up of the International Football Association Board, which calls …
YOU-ARE-THE-REF.com discuss last weekend’s Premier League games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMJVbkqDzTc&feature=youtu.be HOWARD WEBB : Explains on SKY some controversial decisions http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11096/9578526? MLS : Alicia Rodriguez spends 10 mins with referee Mark Geiger before the Final http://www.mlssoccer.com/mlscup/2014/news/article/2014/12/05/10-minutes-mls-cup-final-referee-mark-geiger-world-cup-aftermath-and-what-yo? KEITH HACKETT : Do …
One of two talking points at our November open meeting came courtesy of Paul Gaskin, who had the room contemplating whether or not to caution the goalkeeper, who might have credibly been sent off; a decision he recently faced in …
Stuart Marsh raised one of two talking points at the November open meeting and related it specifically to the local Sunday League. However, it could be put into practise in any match in which club assistants are required. Stuart cited …
