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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
PREMIER LEAGUE : You-Are-The-Ref discuss last weekend’s games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0F8hQqLZsI&feature=youtu.be IRISH PREMIERSHIP LEAGUE : Incidents from last weekend http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29011678 PAUL REJER : Discusses the goalkeeper’s 6-second rule http://www.proreferees.com/news-play-of-the-week—2014–-wk13.php GLENN TURNER : Addresses why AR standards will continue …
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 …
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 …
The latest edition of the Reading RA magazine, “The Reading Referee”, is now available here. http://www.readingrefs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-Reading-Referee-Aug-2014.pdf Thanks as ever go to our editor Dick Sawdon Smith. By way of a taster here is Dick’s editorial from this edition: …
FA Community Shield supported by McDonald’s, Sunday 10th August 2014, Wembley : Arsenal v Manchester City (3-0) Michael Oliver; Stuart Burt & Darren England: Jon Moss, Harry Lennard. http://www.thefa.com/news/competitions/fa-community-shield/2014/jul/michael-oliver-appointed-shield-referee-010714 Vanishing spray was used for the first time http://www.thefa.com/news/competitions/fa-community-shield/2014/aug/vanishing-spray-fa-community-shield UEFA …
The national RA has recently announced a new range of insurance related benefits for members, including: Personal accident insurance Equipment insurance Legal advice Read more about it here: http://www.readingrefs.org.uk/?page_id=1277
