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Videos & Articles — Fri 18th Apr 2014

FA Cup final with Budweiser, Saturday 17th May, 2014 : Appointments http://www.thefa.com/news/the-fa-cup/2014/apr/final-referee-lee-probert Football League appointments : Monday 14th to Tuesday 22nd April 2014 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3766934,00.html Scottish League : Appointments Friday 18th to Tuesday 22nd April 2014 http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/RefereeAppointments/SPFL/41.%20SPFL%20Appointments%20Friday%2018th-Tuesday%2022nd%20April%202014.pdf KEITH HACKETT: Wants more video technology in football …

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By Mal Davies Posted on 18 April 2014 Posted in Mal Davies No Comments

Decisions, decisions – the hard part of refereeing

Something that anyone taking up refereeing has to accept is that refereeing is all about making decisions. There is simply no way of getting out of it. More than that, not all decisions are easy to make, and whatever your …

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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 17 April 2014 Posted in From the middle No Comments

Videos & Articles — Fri 11th Apr 2014

The FA Cup with Budweiser : Semi-finals, at Wembley Stadium, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th April 2014 http://www.thefa.com/thefacup/more/match-officials Premier League appointments : Saturday 12th to Wednesday 15th April 2014 http://football-talk.co.uk/90592/referees-announced-for-upcoming-fixtures-see-wholl-be-in-charge-of-your-team/? Football League appointments : Tuesday 8th to Tuesday 15th April 2014 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3754329,00.html Scottish League : Appointments …

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By Mal Davies Posted on 11 April 2014 Posted in Mal Davies No Comments

What do Premier League referees do between Saturdays?

One national newspaper’s report of Andre Marriner’s sending off the wrong man in the Arsenal match against Chelsea, suggested that it was due to tiredness. Apparently, he had travelled a thousand miles immediately before the game. I’m sure that the …

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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 10 April 2014 Posted in From the middle No Comments

Decisions are better when players tell the truth

One of the things that has niggled me for years is that players are not more honest. It stems I suppose from an incident many years ago when a player inside the goal area seemingly scored a goal and started …

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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 3 April 2014 Posted in From the middle No Comments

VIDEOS & ARTICLES — Friday 28.03.2014

Premier League appointments : Saturday 29th to Monday 31st March 2014 After clicking on the link, go to the numbered bar above Matchweek 31, and either move the pointer to 32 or click in the rectangle at the end of the …

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By Mal Davies Posted on 27 March 2014 Posted in Mal Davies No Comments

Parents asked to keep quiet at football matches

A couple of weeks ago I got a call from BBC Radio Berkshire asking if I could appear to talk about the Lancashire FA’s ‘Silent Weekend’ initiative at youth matches. The session was planned for Saturday morning at 10.30 but …

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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 26 March 2014 Posted in From the middle No Comments

Football managers should set a good example

David Bernstein, the former Chairman of the Football Association has always been a good friend of referees, addressing the annual Referees Conference with kind words. At the beginning of this season he berated Premier League managers for setting what he …

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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 25 March 2014 Posted in From the middle No Comments

How few players can constitute a team?

The first question I was asked after Reading’s inglorious failing to score the winning goal against a much depleted Yeovil side, and one that I have been asked many times since, is how many players does a team have to …

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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 24 March 2014 Posted in From the middle No Comments

VIDEOS & ARTICLES — Friday 21.03.2014

Premier League appointments : Saturday 22nd March 2014 http://football-talk.co.uk/89874/referees-announced-for-weekend-fixtures-see-whos-in-charge-of-your-teams-game-3/? Football League appointments : Monday 17th to Wednesday 26th March 2014 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3718312,00.html Scottish League : Appointments Friday 21st to Wednesday 26th March 2104 http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/RefereeAppointments/SPFL/37.%20SPFL%20Appointments%20Friday%2021st%20-%20Wednesday%2026th%20March%202014.pdf MORAG PIRIE receives WCL quarter-final appointment http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1986&newsCategoryID=2&newsID=13177 …

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By Mal Davies Posted on 21 March 2014 Posted in Mal Davies No Comments