Category Archives: Refereeing in the News

18 Jan – Videos and Articles from Mal Davies

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Premier League appointments : Saturday 18th to Monday 20th January 2014

Football League appointments : Tuesday 14th to Tuesday 21st January 2014

Scottish League : Appointments Saturday 18th to Tuesday 21st January 2014

Panel Contributory appointments : January 2014

DERMOT GALLAGHER : Tiote’s goal should not have been ruled out for offside

JOHN FLEMING : Answers Qs on programme for Scotland’s top officials in La Manga

2014 FIFA WORLD CUP : 25 referee trios & 8 support duos appointed

TRIOS & SUPPORT DUOS named for the finals 12th June to 13th July 2014

Webb selected. Clattenburg misses out

IFAB : Foundation meeting marks new era for International FA Board

IFAB : Set up of expert panels to take lead on rule changes

Confederation of African Football : CAF Referee of the Year 2013

Referees just aren’t intimidated by Fergie-less ManUtd

Diving : How can it be eradicated?

AUSTRALIA : FIFA badges awarded

GHANA : Twenty-two referees and assistant referees get FIFA badges

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Premier League appointments : Saturday 11th to Monday 13th January 2014

Football League appointments : Tuesday 7th to Tuesday 14th January 2014

Scottish League appointments : Friday 10th to Sunday 12th January 2014

HOWARD WEBB : World’s best referee 2013

FA refuse to bend over Saints’ Clattenburg demand

PAUL LEWIS : Ref shouldn’t be the fall guy

PAUL REJER : ARs need to prioritise when there are two incidents

NIGEL OWENS comes up with solution to soccer’s bad boys

BLATTER : Instructs referees on new punishment

What exactly does a referee want out of a game?

AUSTRALIA : AFC Referee of the Year

NORTHERN IRELAND : Referees’ chief insists lessons will be learned from controversy

RUSSIA : Ivanov to replace Rosetti as Head of Refereeing

SPAIN : He’s behind you!!

ZIMBABWE : PSL to look at offside rule

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The FA Cup with Budweiser, Round 3 : Saturday 4th to Tuesday 7th January 2014

Scottish League appointments : Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th January 2014

SCOTLAND : Paul Robertson joins FIFA Referees’ List

UEFA Referees Categories 2013-14

STANLEY LOVER : Remembering Stanley Lover — 18th December 1925 to 5th December 2013

STANLEY LOVER : A fascinating man

2006 World Cup Final : ZZ was sent off using the head-set

Stoke boss furious after Boxing Day loss — lol

Hitler explains the offside law

BERMUDA : Embarrassed by spitting incident

EGYPT : Referee signals minimum four minutes stoppage time

SCOTLAND : Referee pushed over by defender

UAE : Official hits out at referee after late penalty award

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Premier League appointments : Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th December 2013

Football League appointments : Boxing Day to 1st January 2014

Scottish League appointments : Saturday 28th December to Thursday 2nd January 2014

FIFA World Cup schedule of Group matches

FIFA Club World Cup appointments: 5/6th, 3rd/4th and the Final

FIFA : Strategic Committee supports GLT

BLATTER : Vanishing spray to be used in 2014 FIFA World Cup finals

PAUL REJER : Discusses a goal that was disallowed for offside but should have stood

WENGER wants refereeing consistency

AFC 60-minute campaign

Offside explained USSF

Referee’s testicular cancer

BULGARIA : Fan hunger strike against poor referee

RUSSIA : Player six-match ban for spitting at referee

SPAIN : Sevilla President jailed 7 years over corruption

25 most memorable matches of 2013

EDDIE IZZARD with the You Are The Ref strip link at foot of article

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Premier League appointments : Saturday 21st to Monday 23rd December 2013
Thursday 26th December 2013

Football League appointments Wednesday 18th to Thursday 26th December 2013

Scottish League appointments : Saturday 21st December 2013
Thursday 26th December 2013

WINNING GOAL disallowed after smoke obscured AR’s view

PAUL REJER : Four AR calls from MLS play-offs

PLATINI wants sin bins instead of yellow cards

ROSETTI has resigned as Head of Russian Refereeing

Team protests referee decisions by refusing to play

Player downs AR

Club suspended after players ‘racially abused, punched, stamped on, and head-butted’

Vanishing spray used in Club World Cup

Coach says spray works if referee gets distance right

Ref taunts teenager — fined £35

AUSTRALIA : A-League set to trial GLT

SCOTLAND : Club boss 4-match ban for denying referee post-match dinner

TURKEY : Player uses a second ball to deny an opponent shooting

Soccer lovers best ever guide — YATR “A Guide to Good Refereeing”

Football Referees? You must be joking!

Sports Officials Consultancy – new website

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Premier League appointments Saturday 26th to Sunday 27th October 2013

Football League appointments Tuesday 22nd to Wednesday 30th October 2013

Scottish League appointments Friday 25th to Tuesday 29th November 2013 

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION : Founding fathers of The FA honoured

RICHARD SCUDAMORE : Sir Alex Ferguson’s attack on referees is wrong

PAUL REJER : Features the award of a penalty kick by an AR : Good referee/assistant referee co-operation

HOMER SIMPSON to play a World Cup referee in a match-fixing episode

BUNDESLIGA : Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen (1-2) referee Felix Brych. ‘Ghost goal’ awarded, 0-2 on 69m07. 88th min 1-2.

Linesman comes under attack by bird in Brazil. Another meaning to the AR was given the bird!! (video)

Spurs fans hurl flare at Linesman’s head at Villa Park

We need to protect officials

The secret millionaire — officiates football games for fun

UEFA Youth League appointment

UEFA : Says ‘No to Racism’

The referee’s decision is final

AUSTRALIA : The A-League considering full-time referees

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND : Ford Cup Final appointments

SOUTH AFRICA : Referee in court for allegedly match-fixing

Sports Officials Consultancy — first Newsletter

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Premier League appointments Saturday 19th to Monday 21st October 2013

Football League appointments Friday 18th to Tuesday 22nd October 2013

Scottish League appointments Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th October 2013

Referees must face the media

HELLMUT KRUG explains the handball rule 

PAUL REJER : Pro-active refereeing at the highest level

MLS : Alan Kelly to join PRO as assistant Training & Development Manager

The FA 150 years 1863-2013 celebration : Gala Dinner Saturday 26th October 2013

NEW Panoramic Technology will leave players and referees with nowhere to hide

FIFA : List of officials for U17 World Cup in UAE from 17th October to 8th November 2013

UEFA : CORE giving referees experience abroad

COCACAF : First referees’ symposium launched in Mexico

Penalty Shoot-out record

Walsall captain dreams of becoming a Premier League referee

AUSTRALIA : Six out of ten coaches back GLT

HONG KONG : Best own goal ever

USA : Kari Seitz set to referee her last game

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Premier League appointments Saturday 5th to Sunday 6th October 2013

Football League appointments Tuesday 1st to Sunday 6th October 2013

Scottish League appointments Saturday 5th to Monday 7th October 2013

FA Contributory and Panel League appointments : October 2013 

GRAHAM POLL : Farcical fudge over Torres fails referees, players, fans …. and football

THE REF : He’s behind you!

PAUL REJER : Clarification of the Law in relation to last week’s clip

PAUL REJER : Looks at three different aspects of the role of the referee

MARK HALSEY : Puts life into perspective after battle with cancer

FOOTBALL LEAGUE 125 YEARS exhibition at NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM until April — free entrance. (Video)

UEFA : Young referees of the future primed

Howard Webb and young Charlton refs take charge of first Buckingham Palace football match

Royal occasion for ref Roger

Sturridge’s handball goal proves need for technology that would actually be useful

Women referees Massey and Chapman set a great example

Referee facing disciplinary action after mocking teenager’s broken leg

Players talk too much

AUSTRALIA : Match-fixers cheating the integrity of our game

BELGIUM : Belgian arm of Dutch company ING extends sponsorship deal and launches a campaign “I like referees”

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Thanks to Mal Davies for these links…
Sunday 8th September YOU ARE THE REF had a question on what is the referee’s decision if a player was seen urinating on the field of play during the half time interval.  Here we have a goalkeeper who could not wait for the referee to end the half.  He is Paul Gothard (Auckland), in a World Cup (Club) championship game against TP Mezembe which they won 3-2 in DR  Congo.  It is more than a WEE offence : it is a PENAL offence, and it happened in a WC match.  Is it the SOLUTION needed to stop players DIVING in the penalty area?

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With thanks to Mal Davies for these links, as ever.

Premier League appointments Saturday 14th to Monday 16th September 2013

Football League appointments Monday 9th to Wednesday 18th September 2013

Scottish League appointments Saturday 14th to Tuesday 17th September 2013

FA Contributory and Panel League appointments : September 2013

Paul Rejer : Discusses the criteria for DOGSO

Jack Taylor becomes first referee to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum

Mark Halsey explains why he became a referee

Time referees were given a voice

Physio clears ball off goal line to prevent certain goal in last minute!

Soaring costs threatens to kill off local football

AUSTRALIA : A-League referees’ crisis averted : New deal announced by Football Federation Australia and Professional Football RA

BRAZIL : What happened to RESPECT? Riot police protect referee

ESTONIA : World Cup qualifier, Tuesday 10th September, 2013 : Macedonia v Scotland (1-2) referee Fredy Fautrel (France)

KENYA : Team awarded match that was abandoned

NEPAL : Maldives player attacks referee after defeat to India

USA : New Jersey : Somersault throw-in. Goalkeeper scored own goal

ZAMBIA : AR punches player after disputed goal

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