Any members who have not renewed their RA membership by Wednesday 30 September 2015 will lose their RA benefits.
This includes your free Motor Legal Aid Assistance as well as your kit cover and other benefits.
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 18 Sept 2015
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)
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
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 11 Sept 2015
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 1st August : Chelsea v Notts Co (1-0)
FIFA U17 WORLD CUP in CHILE, 17th October to 8th 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
New Referees Course and Taster Session
Refs Course New Format – Taster Sessions
On 17 September 2015 there is a Taster evening at York College (1900-2100 hrs) for prospective new referees. If you are interested in refereeing then you must attend this taster session before embarking on the full referees course (if that is what you wish to do following the session).
The cost of this Taster is only £12 and you must apply to NRCFA.
You will not be obliged to take the full course, only if you wish to referee 11-a-side football.
Further details can be found at NRCFA website.
The next course in York (at York College) is scheduled for October 2015; the two main Sundays are 11 and 18 Oct (930-1630 hrs) plus a workshop covering Law 12 (Fouls & Misconduct) on 15 Oct 1800- 2100 hrs).
Further details can be found at NRCFA website.
Once this is completed you will be expected to do 5 games (end of Oct onwards) before coming back for the exam and next steps workshop (tbc).
The cost of the course will be £115.
All candidates will also be expected to do a Safeguarding Children workshop prior to doing their full course and those over 16 years of age wishing to referee youth football will need a valid CRC check (done online).
After all this you will then become a qualified level 7/8 referee.
Remember to contact NRCFA is you are interested in the above.
If you need any further details do not hesitate to contact David King, FA Tutor, on York 793767 or email.
Minutes of the 3 September Meeting
Minutes of the meeting held on 3rd September 2015
NHS Club
with 14 members present
Apologies were received, from Mssrs; Unwin; King; C Ledgeway; Smith; Godson; Milburn; P & G Hartley; Turner; Shiers; Allanby, Bradbury
A moment’s silence was held in recognition of Dave Ollis at CFA.
The Chairman welcomed all and apologised for the poor attendance
There were no Matters Arising, from the minutes on the web.
Correspondence, appeal for refs from Woldgate College, Pocklington.
Details were given, R U Taking the P ; Subs due, membership.
Our guest Mark Brown, championship ref from Hull was here and unfortunately the connections to his laptop and the in house system did not match. He then went through the amended Offside Law which has been controversial. He then gave a resumee of his career and then had a Q& A session.
A.o.B. Appeal for refs for various matches. Early wishes were given to Paul Ballantyne on his forthcoming 50th birthday.
Meeting closed at 9.30
Videos and Articles from Mal Davies – 4 Sept 2015
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 2nd August, 3pm : Arsenal v Chelsea (1-0)
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
Dave Ollis
It is with great sadness that we announce that Dave Ollis, a member of the North Riding Referee Development Committee, sadly passed away at the weekend.
Dave’s work with and in local football, particularly the Referee Mentoring programme, over the years has been first class, he was a fantastic supporter of new and newly qualified referees. Dave spent many hours a week on a voluntary basis ensuring mentors were appointed to games to observe referees in action and providing them with the appropriate feedback post match. Last season Dave successfully coordinated the record number of mentor observations (150) for the County FA, such was the sheer amount of hard work and commitment he put into the role.
Dave was a fantastic person; everybody who had the pleasure of meeting him will know just how much of a miss he is going to be to local football and the Referees Development Committee. Our thoughts are with his wife Doreen & family at this very sad time.