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 2nd 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 60th 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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5th November Meeting – Gary Kellett

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We are pleased to welcome ex Premier League Assistant Referee Gary Kellett as our guest speaker on 5th November. Gary is now an assessor and match observer on the Football League.

We are sure Gary will be an excellent speaker and it would be great to get as many members to our meeting as possible – starting 7:30pm at York Hospital Club.

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 9 Oct 2015

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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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Minutes from the 1 October 2015 meeting

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Minutes of meeting held on 1st Oct 2015
At NHS Club with 12 members present.

 The chairman welcomed the few to a poorly attended meeting.

Apologies were received from Mssrs Butler; Milburn; Bayley; Shiers; Unwin; G Hartley; Godson, Butcher.

Membership stood at 46, with those who had not renewed are not covered for insurance.

Problems  discussed at length; Parents on touchlines, rolling subs; Offside advantage. The main discussion was regarding the general apathy towards the RA from referees. How do we get them to take an interest!    With level of interest what do we do about any future social functions?

Dave King presented an interactive presentation of what are the main ingredients of advantage. This went well and all spoke out.

There being no more business meeting closed at 9.00

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 30th 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 1st August : Chelsea v Notts Co (1-0)

40th UEFA Super Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia, Friday 11th 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, 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

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