Premier League appointments : Saturday 8th February to Wednesday 12th February 2014 http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/feb/match-officials-appointments-8-12-feb.html Football League appointments : Tuesday 4th to Wednesday 12th February 2014 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3652540,00.html Scottish FA Cup Round 5 : Appointments Friday 7th to Sunday 9th February 2104 …
‘Spitting fines for footballers’ was the headline in a national newspaper a few weeks ago. The story behind the headline was that Enfield Borough Council has passed a bye law under section 235 of the Local Government Act that stated …
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The RFL Management Committee are please to announce the Fair Play awards for the first half of the season: Senior Division – Cookham Dean Premier Division – Woodley Town Reserves Division One – Mortimer Reserves Division Two – Theale Division …
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No doubt the off field management problems at Southampton has put their complaint about what referee Mark Clattenburg said to one of their players on the back burner for the time being. Although it has been thrown out by the …
It’s difficult to decide which caused the most comment after the Newcastle v ManchesterCity match, the mistake the referee made or the reaction to it by Newcastle Manager, Alan Pardew. What was the cause of his anger? After a skirmish …
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Premier League appointments : Saturday 1st February to February 2014 http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/referees/appointments.html?paramSearchContext=MATCH_WEEK¶mMatchWeek=24 Football League & Johnstone’s Paint Trophy area finals, fist legs, appointments : Monday 27th January to Wednesday 5th February 2014 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3636377,00.html Scottish League : Appointments Saturday 1st and …
The FA Cup with Budweiser, Round 4 : Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January 2014 http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/More/match-officials Premier League appointments : Tuesday 28th to Wednesday 29th January 2014 http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/referees/appointments.html?paramSearchContext=MATCH_WEEK¶mMatchWeek=23 Football League appointments : Tuesday 21st to Wednesday 29th January 2014 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3630168,00.html …
One of the perks of being a referee years ago was that you had the opportunity of being a steward at Wembley Stadium for the big matches. There was no remuneration apart from a packed lunch. However, when you had …
Premier League appointments : Saturday 18th to Monday 20th January 2014 http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/referees/appointments.html?paramSearchContext=MATCH_WEEK¶mMatchWeek=22 Football League appointments : Tuesday 14th to Tuesday 21st January 2014 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3619341,00.html Scottish League : Appointments Saturday 18th to Tuesday 21st January 2014 http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/RefereeAppointments/SPFL/27.%20SPFL%20Appointments%20Saturday%2018th%20-%20Tuesday%2021st%20January%202014.pdf Panel Contributory appointments …
Once again I am prompted to return to what the law book describes as ‘attempting to deceive the referee by feigning injury or pretending to have been fouled,’ which normally gets referred to as diving. This is not by the …
Diving must be stopped says Sepp Blatter – but is it that easy? Read more »
