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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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
When he returned to manage Chelsea, it seemed that Jose Mourinho had decided to play the game of a controlled manager and not to repeat the extravagant behaviour that he often exhibited in his first spell at the club. I …
The latest edition of the RRA magazine, “The Reading Referee”, is now available on the web site: http://www.readingrefs.org.uk/?page_id=679
Football League appointments : Tuesday 11th to Wednesday 19th March 2014 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3706888,00.html Scottish League : Appointments for Friday 14th to Wednesday 19th March 2014 http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/RefereeAppointments/SPFL/36.%20SPFL%20Appointments%20Friday%2014th%20-%20Wednesday%2019th%20March%202014.pdf GRAHAM POLL : Review of weekend games http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2576941/GRAHAM-POLL-Manchester-United-pair-Marouanne-Fellaini-Robin-van-Persie-sent-off.html Is it time the refereeing system in …
