2014 Christmas Social
Kicking off at 7.45pm, we hope to see you all at the Reading RA’s final open meeting of the year on Thursday 18 December for an entertaining Christmas themed spectacular. A sumptuous spread is being laid on with help of …
Vince Penfold – ‘Great Expectations’
Our guest speaker in November had been a Level 3 referee and a Level 4 Referee Tutor, but has decided to take a step back to become a Level 5 referee and Level 2 Tutor. His experience however shone through …
Pundits and Sam Allardyce still have a lot to learn
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote of a new service being offered to BBC Match of the Day by Howard Webb and fellow retired Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher. They are looking to advise about any controversial decisions that …
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Videos & Articles — Fri 28th Nov 2014
HOWARD WEBB : Explains what is a head-butt on SKY YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discuss incidents from last weekend Dutch Football League will be first to use video referees http://www.talkingbaws.com/2014/11/21/dutch-football-league-will-be-first-to-use-video-referees/? IFAB : Report after the Annual Business Meeting in Belfast http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/ifab/media/news/newsid=2479037/index.html KEITH HACKETT …
Why QPR missed out on beating the champions
There were many who watched the game between Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City, particularly those fans who watched it live at the stadium, who felt that QPR were robbed. The most mystifying incident was after the visitors had been …
Even the best referees must obey the rules, even Mark Clattenburg
One of the talking points amongst referees in the last couple of weeks has been the suspension of Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg, who with the retirement of Howard Webb in now considered England’s Number One referee. Whereas Webb refereed …
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The Fair Play Award
The club in the local men’s adult leagues marked by members as winners of our annual Fair Play was Woodley Town Reserves of the Reading Football League Premier Division. Their team manager, Jock Mowat, attended our August meeting to receive …
The Fred Porton Award
The Fred Porton Award is presented to the most promising Lave 7 referee in his or her first two seasons. This annual award is name after Fred Porton who was a great supporter of new and up and coming referees. …
Let’s get down to business – risk stagnation or create greater customer satisfaction?
The guest speaker for our October monthly meeting was our own President Brian Wratten, who addressed a topic that he could never remember any of our speakers tackling before – Self Evaluation. Brain started by considering that the benefits of self evaluation can stimulate …
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Graham Scott gets the season off to a great start
Our season of monthly meetings got off to an excellent start with Football League referee Graham Scott. Graham, who took as his subject ‘Foul Recognition’ bravely, showed video clips of seven of his matches in the Football League, including one …
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