Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 30 October 2015

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Ever thought what it is like to be a referee? Excellent video from the Major League Soccer in USA gives an in-depth look into the life as a professional referee with PRO. And features insight from PRO backroom staff, including General Manager PETER WALTON, Sports Scientist MATT HAWKEY, Referee Manager MICHAEL KENNEDY, and Training & Development Manager PAUL REJER.

PAUL REJER : Referee and AR co-operation

EPL Managers should stop making referees the scapegoat when they lose

KEITH HACKETT : Clamping down on dissent

PAUL GARDNER : Is soccer, thanks to GLT, becoming a game of millimeters (sic)?

ALAN WILEY : Refereeing standards have been very good at ISL 2015

BRIAN MCGINLAY : English refs earn £70k per year and still make more mistakes than our refs

DANNY MURPHY : Inconsistent EPL referees

OH DEER! What a goal!!

URS MEIER relates to rugby referee Craig Joubert rumpus

Riddle of Clive Oliver’s County FA exit

MARCO FERREIRA : Vitor Melo Pereira pressures referees to favour Benfica

GERMANY : Five-match ban for dangerous tackle on opponent

HOLLAND : Referee Ed Janssen shows incredible tekkers after match

PERU : Referee produces back-heel assist for winning goal (click 2^nd of the two videos)

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 16 October 2015

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KEITH HACKETT : Players and coaches – Show RESPECT for referees

PIERLUIGI COLLINA : Moreno should have been sent off for tackle on Luke Shaw

PAUL REJER : Discusses the Denial of an Obvious Goal (DOG), as opposed to DOGSO

MLS : Plans to trial video referees

The time for video replay is now

PAUL GARDNER : Time is running out on violent goalkeeping

Was the ASSISTANT REFEREE guilty of impeding?!!

UEFA provides AARs with new signalling guideline

Refereeing in CYPRUS : Fans know where you live

Serie ‘A’ officials give negative response to vanishing spray

MICK HENDERSON : 81-year-old in his 60^th season

Who is the most card-happy referee in English football?

AUSTRALIA : Referees will explain to touchline reporters at end of game

KEITH HACKETT : Aussies wrong having refs talk after games

BRAZIL : Referee admits red card wrong. Calls player back from locker room. (VGD video)

ITALY : Referee suspended after abandoning game at 31-0

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 9 Oct 2015

Posted on 12 October 201512 October 2015 by sambayley

DERMOT GALLAGHER : Analyses last weekend’s action

Best and worst referees for Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool

KIM MILTON NIELSEN : The battle to officiate in France Euro 2016

KEITH HACKETT: Gives tips for officials on the use of hands and arms

PAUL REJER : Discusses an incident involving Goalkeeper Possession

GRAHAM POLL argues for GLT instead of AARs

Leicester City players watched penalty incident at half-time and decided it was a good call

RICARDO FERNANDES MORAIS : Interview with a young AR from Luxembourg

ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION : Changes approved by recently appointed Referees’ Committee

ARGENTINA : Player celebrates goal at wheel of ambulance

AUSTRALIA : Aussie refs for the AFC Champions League semi-final

BRAZIL : Referee who pulled a gun during match supported by League

CURACAO : Unbelievable! Mass brawl erupts after player v linesman punch-up

FRANCE : Ennjimi removed from FIFA Referees’ list

INDIA : Fourth official fluffs his lines

PORTUGAL : Replacement referee gives red card after two minutes

USA : Ouch! Referee cops it where it hurts most in kids game

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 2 October 2015

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FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP to have full-time referees

HOWARD WEBB : Talks about changes that could be made to refereeing

KEITH HACKETT : PGMOL require more professional officials

DERMOT GALLAGHER : The referee made a brave and correct decision

PAUL REJER : No risk strategy (mass confrontation)

Turkish referee gatecrashes manager’s post-match interview to apologise live on air for error

PIERLUIGI COLLINA : Discusses player safety

LUCY OLIVER : Referee appointed as Sports Development Officer

AFC : Referees’ Committee meets in Kuala Lumpur

JAN BLAZEJ : Interviewed — Learn from your mistakes

From World Cup player to World Cup referee

FIFA : Ranking table of countries

ARGENTINA : Defender claps hands, falls over holding mouth to get opponent sent off

AUSTRALIA : An interview with FIFA referee Jarred Gillett

BRAZIL : Referee pulls out gun in middle of match

QATAR : Player decides ball was out of play, picks it up and has a penalty awarded

SWITZERLAND : Player banned 8 matches for assaulting referee

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 18 Sept 2015

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KEITH HACKETT : Foul play explained

DERMOT GALLAGHER : Discusses two tackles in the Aberdeen v Celtic (2-1) game

PAUL REJER : Positioning on extreme edge of penalty area

HOWARD WEBB : Interviewed as to his role with BT Sport and UEFA Champions League

PIERLUIGI COLLINA : Clarifies Law 11 (Offside)

UEFA U21 Final in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday 30^th June : Sweden v Portugal (0-0, 4-3 on ‘penalties’) Referee Szymon Marciniak (Poland) — interviewed by UEFA.com

First player charged by the FA for feigning injury

How The FA’s new rule can wipe the floor with football’s blatant deceivers

Video assistance for referees set for EPL

Referee mentality needs to change to improve quality of English football

Are pushy parents spoiling sport?

FOOTBALL LEAGUE : Meet the FL’s youngest official

OLD HARRY : Age 88, set to retire after injury

Why do footballers fake injuries?

AUSTRALIA : First full-time referees announced for Hyundai A-League

BRAZIL : Football plagued by a sorry state of refereeing – six officials suspended

GERMANY : Referee apologises for awarding Bayern Munich a late PK

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 11 Sept 2015

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MIKE RILEY : Standard of Premier League refereeing dropped last season

KEITH HACKETT : Professional refereeing needs to advance

MICHEL PLATINI : UEFA President calls for more respect

FA to fine clubs in attempt to protect referees from abuse

Schoolgirl referee asks parents to stop verbal abuse

ITALY introduces ‘green card’ for fair play

PAUL REJER : Discusses delaying restarts and another corner kick scenario

FA Women’s Cup Final, first to be held at Wembley, Saturday 1^st August : Chelsea v Notts Co (1-0)

40^th UEFA Super Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday 11^th August : FC Barcelona v Sevilla FC (5-4 after extra time) Referee William Collum (Scotland) — interviewed by UEFA.com

FIFA U17 WORLD CUP in CHILE, 17^th October to 8^th November 2015 : officials appointed

ARGENTINA : Referee knocked out after punch

AUSTRALIA : Three professional referees to be appointed

CANADA : New manager of referee department appointed

HOLLAND : KNVB to experiment without referees in matches

ITALY : Inter Milan lobbied referees

SPAIN : Referee delivers devastating hit on Mallorca player

SWEDEN : FIFA referee explains decision on Facebook – page shut down

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Videos and Articles from Mal Davies – 4 Sept 2015

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2015/16 Football League match officials list

Feigning injury, manager behaviour, offside – what’s new?

MIKE RILEY : Offside ‘Interfering with play’ clarified

SCOTTISH FA CHIEF : Warns managers to stop criticising referees to deflect team’s errors

DERMOT GALLAGHER : Analyses Premier League red cards

IAN WRIGHT and HOWARD WEBB discuss player-referee relationship – video after advert

PAUL REJER : Discusses Law 17 and an incident at a corner kick

STEPHEN GREEN : Referee who designed the current RA logo dies during charity cycle event

CHRIS FOY has taken up new PGMOL coaching position

HOWARDE WEBB has left PGMOL to pursue new freelance projects

FA Community Shield supported by McDonald’s, Sunday 2^nd August, 3pm : Arsenal v Chelsea (1-0)

UEFA U19 final in Katerini, Greece, Sunday 19^th July : Spain v Russia (2-0). Referee Anthony Taylor (England) — interviewed by UEFA.com

Match delayed : Un-BEE-lievable

AUSTRALIA : Mark Clattenburg and Ben Wilson discuss long-term benefits of full-time referees

CHINA : Shocking scenes in Super League – see video after the advert

NORWAY : How not to toss the coin!

PARAGUAY : Three referees suspended over corruption

SCOTLAND : Red cards for mistaken identity will be transferred to guilty player

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 22 March 2015

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CHRIS FOY to take up new PGMOL coaching position

FOOTBALL LEAGUE : Appointments of officials for the three play-off finals

UEFA : Officials appointed to the Europa League final on Wednesday 27^th May, and to the Champions League final on Saturday 6^th June 2015

MARTIN ATKINSON to referee the Europa League final

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discuss incidents from last weekend Part 1 & Part 2

CESC FABREGAS : “stupid” red card against WBA in last Monday’s 3-0 defeat at The Hawthorns – three match ban was reduced to one match

KEITH HACKETT : Dissent tarnishes the image of our game

KIM MILTON NIELSEN : Interviewed by Alex Griffiths – part 2

PAUL REJER : Offside position

Al-Hilal player, fined and banned 6-games, apologises for head-butting Scottish referee

HOLLAND : Ella de Vries never of World Cup at start of her career

ITALY : No goal line technology. The AAR says goal, but did the whole of the ball cross the line?

NEW ZEALAND : Footballers put on good behaviour bond – otherwise $1,000 fine

PERU : Goal inexplicably disallowed (video)

SINGAPORE : Policewoman Abirami Naidu set to complete unique treble at World Cup

TURKEY : Manager hires crane to watch play-off game after his stadium ban

WALES : Referees training course for West Wales FA

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 15 May 2015

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FOOTBALL LEAGUE : Appointments for semi-final play-offs

SCOTTISH FA CUP FINAL, Saturday 30^th May, Falkirk v Inverness CT

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discuss incidents from last weekend

KEITH HACKETT : Referee Assessors – sadly missed by referees in the Premier League

KIM MILTON NIELSEN : Interviewed by Alex Griffiths – part 1

PAUL REJER : Offside – Gaining an Advantage continued from last week

UEFA : Europa Cup S/Fs first legs

FIFA : Angel Maria Villar (Spain) set to become chairman again of Referees’ Committee – replaces Jim Boyce (Northern Ireland)

YOUDAN TROPHY expected to attract world class referees, Mon 27^th to Fri 31^st July 2015

86 year-old referee retires

Devon referee dies after collapsing whilst refereeing cup final

EGYPT : Evaluation course for Technical & Physical Referee Instructors

FRANCE : Referee suspended over autographed shirts for charity row

GREECE : Player sent off for applauding ref’s decision

SCOTLAND : Referee head-butted while refereeing Saudi Arabia derby

TURKEY : Violence is killing football, and no one is doing anything about it

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Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 8 May 2015

Posted on 11 May 201511 May 2015 by sambayley

FOOTBALL LEAGUE : Play-off semi-finals appointments

MLS : Comprehensive review of important incidents from first 8 weeks of 2015 season by PAUL REJER with video clips

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discuss incidents from last weekend

KEITH HACKETT : The importance of presence as a referee

ALAN BIGGS : Foy, Dowd and Cann should form PGMOL coaching team

UEFA : Women’s Champions League cup final in Berlin, Thursday 14^th May 2015: FFC Frankfurt v Paris Saint-Germain – Swiss officials

UEFA : Champions League S/Fs first leg appointments

PAUL REJER : Offside — Gaining an Advantage

Panels discuss video replays

Referees need help — not constant criticism

Oddballs they are, but goalkeepers are not protected by referees

INDIA : Learning is the key to refereeing success

ITALY : Week of red cards raises more questions about Italian referees

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