Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 20 May 2016

EUROPEAN CUP FINAL Saturday 28th May 2016 at San Siro stadium, Milan, Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid, 7.45pm

PAUL GARDNER : Soccer’s new rule book (Part 1) : much improved but still a way to go

REF REVIEW  : Controversial decisions from the last week, week 38

KEITH HACKETT : MLS going in the right direction with PRO referees

PAUL REJER : Discusses injury stoppages and responsibilities

INSTANT REPLAY : Incidents analysed from last weekend’s MLS games

GREG BARKEY : Reviews incidents involving ARs on the MLS

RANDY VOGT : How referees work with assignors

KIM MILTON NIELSEN : Setting career goals

FAIR PLAY contracts during school time playground games

CARLOS VELASCO CARBALLO retires

FIFA : New General Secretary

SHE KICKS : Free copy of Issue 35

Pro player, Brenda Perez, disguises herself as a male player and destroys myth

Of women referees and kitchen sinks

CZECH  REP : Drunk officials banned by FA, plus video

POLAND : AR shows off his ball skills during game

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 13 May 2016

UEFA : Officials for Champions League final, Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid, Saturday, 28th May 2016

UEFA : Officials for Europa League final, Liverpool v Sevilla, Wednesday 18th May, in Basel

UEFA : Officials for Women’s Champions League final : Wolfsburg v Olympic Lyonnais. Thursday 26th May, 6pm (CET), in Reggio Emilia, Italy

WOMEN’S FA CUP FINAL : Arsenal v Chelsea, Saturday 14th May, Wembley Stadium , 2pm

SCOTTISH FA CUP FINAL : Officials named for Hibernian v Rangers at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Saturday 21st May, 3pm

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games

FIVE CHANGES to the rulebook that will affect Euro 2016 and beyond

KEITH HACKETT : The FA challenge over female officials

PAUL REJER : Discusses free kicks on the edge of the penalty area

Footballer denied 40-yard dream goal

AUSTRALIA : Allyson Flynn goes to Olympic Games in Rio

EGYPT : Pioneer video technicians’ course takes place in Cairo

GERMANY : Referee shows player half a yellow card

ITALY : Player banned two years for slapping referee

NEW ZEALAND : Four Kiwi officials off to Olympics in Rio

SPAIN : First openly gay referee walks away after abuse

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 6 May 2016

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games

JOHN FLEMING : We’ve got rid of 10,000 words to make the Laws of the Game easier

EMIRATES FA CUP FINAL appointments

SUBSTITUTES BOARD : New one unveiled by Premier League for next season

PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘continued concentration’

2016 OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT : 88 officials appointed for Rio

MEN’S LIST

WOMEN’S LIST

UEFA : Growth through education and infrastructure are two key components for Azerbaijan

UEFA : Officials for U17 EURO 2016 finals in Azerbaijan 5-21 May

Southampton v ManCity (4-2), Sunday 1st May : Referee Andre Mariner tries to steal Sadio Mane’ hattrick ball

Hero referee saves player with ruptured spleen

AUSTRALIA : Hyndai A-League referee Strebre Delovski retires

INDIA : Officials praised by Phil Dowd

ITALY : Serie A introduces referee interviews after games

JORDAN : Za’atari and Azraq referee course in refugee camps

KENYA : Two referees suspended due to poor show

SWEDEN : Firework explodes under feet of player who reacts angrily

TURKEY : Tranzonspor punished over attack on Additional Assistant Referee

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 8 April 2016

The International FA Board : How it works

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games

KEITH HACKETT : The FA open the door to over-the-top foul challenges

PAUL REJER : Discusses injury stoppages and manufacturing restarts

MLS : Best interests mean more red cards

PATRICK BARCLAY : Zero tolerance the way forward

Readers respond to abuse of referees’ campaign

A day in the life of …..Michael Oliver

The good, the bad and the ugly of a football referee’s life

UEFA : Preparatory workshop for EURO 2016 referees

FIFA must find someway to make handball less controversial

SIMON HILL defends refereeing standards in A-League

AUSTRALIA : Women referees chosen on FIFA World Cup program

CROATIA : Pensioner hits referee with bat

THAILAND : Referees suspended over match-fixing allegations

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 1 April 2016

ATTWELL AND TIERNEY promoted to the Select Group

PREMIER LEAGUE officials ordered to crackdown on players ‘looking for’ a penalty

PAUL REJER : Discusses a PK call after player stays on his feet

MLS  Instant Replay

UEFA warns against referee ‘mobbing’

KEITH HACKETT :MLS can learn from England on confrontation

PAUL GARDNER : Maybe we’re asking ARs to do the impossible

FIFA World Cup 2018 : Prospective trios

FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016 qualifiers (play-off, round 1) appointments

DALLAS CUP : Connection between Dallas Cup referees and big time-matches no coincidence

PHILIPP LAHM : Technology won’t help if players keep cheating

AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFIER Nigeria v Egypt (1-1) controversy : Referee blows whistle when Egypt player through on goal

….but he thanks referee for ending the game

ABUSE against referees : Football demands end to the growing menace……

MIKE CAIRNS : Referees are turning a blind eye to abusive language

AUSTRALIA : Rebecca Durcau answers questions on how she became involved as a referee

TURKEY : Salih Dursun (Tranzonspor) produces perfect response to red card; Tranzonspor v Samsunspor (2-3) – click on X, bottom right of video, for sound

USA : Former FIFA referee, Bob Evans, passes away; left to right in the photograph are Bob Evans, Ed Bellion and Angelo Bratsis, all ex-FIFA referees and recipients of the prestigious USSF Eddie Pearson award

…and Robert Evans biography

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 25 March 2016

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games

How to improve Premier League refereeing performances

The role of Video Assistant Referees (VARs)

STEVE PARISH : Video referees in football fill me with dread

KEITH HACKETT : Parents on the touchlines and the role of the referees

Referees live in fear as grass-roots game spirals out of control

Corner kick, some holding and pushing in the penalty-area, and … off with your shirt

Referees must get to grips with shirt pulling in the penalty area now

PAUL REJER : Discusses AR continued concentration

MLS : Interview with Referee of 2015, Alan Kelly

UEFA : Winter referee courses

KIM MILTON NIELSEN : No excuse for German disrespect and no sympathy for the plucky underdog

BO KARLSSON recalls a UEFA quarter-final in 1991 when AC Milan refused to continue playing after a floodlight failure

AUSTRALIA : Peter Green answers questions on how he became involved in refereeing

DR CONGO : Referee brutally attacked by fans

ROMANIA : Referee awards goal after ball enters net via side-netting…..

.and then the team quits

UGANDA : Referees’ & Assessors’ course climaxes

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 11 March 2016

130th IFAB AGM : Agreements on the ‘once in a generation’ revision of the Laws, and the introduction of experiments with Video Assistant Referees (VARs), new wording for Law 12 to cover ‘the triple punishment’ for DOGSO within the penalty-area, and a 4th substitution in extra time.

PIERLUIGI COLLINA welcomes video trials

DAVID ELLERAY : This should reduce controversy and confusion

Controversy not video cameras gives football its engrossing vitality

TRIPLE PUNISHMENT : The new wording

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games

Why are Premier League Referees silenced – even into their retirement?

MLS : Points of emphasis for referees 2016 season – kicked off Sunday 5th March

PAUL REJER : Teamwork – interfering with play (offside)

KEITH HACKETT : A good start for FIFA President Gianni Infantino

AMERICA and CANADA referees visit You Are The Ref academy event

CONCACAF : Brian Hall named Director of Refereeing

WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN chairman banned for sexist remarks

CHILDREN’S GAME abandoned after referee is ‘fly-kicked in ribs’

GREECE : PAOK v Olympiakos first leg abandoned

SOUTH AFRICA : Referees not immune from criticism and punishment when warranted

SPAIN : Referee mistakenly shows red card in Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano match

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 4 March 2016

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games

PGMOL issue guidance after offside goal

KEITH HACKETT : The International FA Board’s 130th AGM, 4-6th March

CAPITAL ONE CUP FINAL : Referee correct in not giving a 2nd yellow card after taking his shirt off to celebrate

EXCELLENT MEMES after LVG’s dive – 4th official Mike Dean never touched him

FOOTBALL’S UNWRITTEN RULES : Two-touch penalties, imaginary cards etc

FIFA : Reforms are passed handily

INFANTINO to push for video ref trials and 40 team World Cup

FIFA : Seminar for Referee Instructors

UEFA : Referee teams for EURO 2016, from 10th June to 10th July.

MLS : The new substitution board — season begins on Sunday 6th March.

MARK GEIGER : My career and my crew

COLUMBUS TEENS GRADUATE : 2016 referee scholarship program

T-SHIRT SALES will help referee training

CHALLENGES of switching from player to referee

AUSTRALIA : Referee gets an assist after blocking a stray pass with a header

ITALY : Referees could hold post-match interviews

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Referee Development Event – Mon 21 March

Colleagues
We are delighted to announce that Barkston Ash Referees’ Association has been awarded QUEST Gold from the RA/FA. The BARA committee have decided to celebrate the award by organising for the presentation to take place alongside a Referee Development Event as follows:
 
WRCFA / BARA QUEST Gold Training Event
Guest Speaker: Mike Riley
Venue: WRCFA HQ, Woodlesford Now at Holiday Inn Express (Oulton, Leeds)
 
This is surely the most significant event for BARA in its 90-year history and we would be delighted if you could attend – please put this date in your diary. The Chair of the National RA will be in attendance, as well as many of our friends and colleagues who have supported us along the way.
We hope to have representation from all LRAs across West Riding, as well as from the West Riding RA itself, WRCFA and other interested parties.
Please let me know if you or any of your group are able to attend so we have an indication of numbers.
John Key
Secretary
Barkston Ash RA

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 26 Feb 2016

PREMIER LEAGUE unveils new visual identity for post-Barclays era

KEITH HACKETT : Open letter to The FA

REFEREE AND AR miss ‘penalty’ scored by Valencia – Chelsea win 5-4 in shoot-out

REFEREE SUSPENDS game in Bundesliga for 8 mins after manager refused to be sent off and…….

….the manager receives 5-match ban

TRABZONSPOR’S DURUN becomes their 4th player sent off.  He picked up the red card dropped by the referee and handed/showed it to him.  Galatasaray won 2-1.

….and the video

PAUL GARDNER : Demands for a more physical game should fall upon deaf ears

RIDGE MAHONEY : Attitude of ‘getting the call right’ will someday supersede that of ‘getting on with it’

TRIAL BY VIDEO : The Future of Refereeing

FIFA visit America’s NBA on fact-finding mission on video technology

UEFA : No longer just a linesman……..

FUNDAMENTAL SOCCER : U12 Laws of the Game

Referee a kids’ football match? You couldn’t pay me enough

CAMBRIDGESHIRE REFEREES chosen for cerebral palsy tri-nations matches

Tips for reffing on artificial turf

AUSTRALIA : List of Referees and ARs

SOUTH AFRICA : Interview with youngest referee

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