RA Conference 2015 – Understanding Football
The Referees’ Association 2015 conference will be held Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th July at Radisson Heathrow, Haynes – UNDERSTANDING FOOTBALL, including the RA-FA Youth Councils “Special Mission” which is being held at Queens Park Rangers training ground, Harlington Haynes.
All details can be found on the booking portal or via Facebook, or see us on Twitter #RAconf2015
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 20 March 2015
YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discuss officiating on The Football League and last weekend’s game
HOWARD WEBB will select officials Premier League matches
KEITH HACKETT : Good news from the PGMOL
YATR Question Time : Guests Sam Allardyce and Guillem Balague
MARK HALSEY : Players and managers should stop hounding officials and set an example
How to surround the referee : a comprehensive guide
PAUL REJER : Discusses DOGSO in two MLS games last weekend
GERALD SINSTADT : Trial by television will mean ref injustice for men in the middle
PAUL GARDNER : Why are goalkeepers allowed to get away with this?
Playing dead is not the best way to get out of a red card
CHILE : Referee attacked in football brawl
CHINA : Worst PK ever awarded?
GERMANY : Referee needed treatment after player collision
ITALY : Female official bites back in row with player
LEBANON : Referee quits after being chased by manager and players
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 6 March 2015
YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discusses last weekend’s game
HOWARD WEBB defends Premier League referees as criticism grows
HENRY WINTER : Don’t blame referees, blame The FA and FIFA for refusing to help them
KEITH HACKETT : PGMOL overstepped the mark
Some positive news about referees
IFAB : 129th AGM in Belfast, Saturday 28th February 2015
IFAB takes steps to change ‘triple punishment’
GREG DYKE keen to keep video technology on IFAB agenda
JEROME VALCKE questions video technology proposals
PAUL GARDNER : The IAFB nearly get one right, UEFA gets it all wrong
MLS : Excellent offside examples and discussion at PRO training camp
Where do we draw the line on persistent fouling?
AUSTRALIA : Full-time refs are inevitable
CYPRUS : Bomb blast outside referee’s home
FRANCE : Ref gets forcibly shoved to the floor
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 20 Feb 2015
KEITH HACKETT : Finds it impossible to understand how Ivanovic escaped punishment
PETER MIKKELSEN : Best wishes to Peter
OFFSIDE article referring to a goal in the PNE v ManUtd FA cuptie
ROY HODGSON defends Wayne Rooney’s dive
SAM ALLARDYCE at YATR.COM – Thursday 26th February at Riley’s Sports Bar, London
UEFA : Role models, diplomats and ambassadors
UEFA : Women referees raising the bar
PIERLUIGI COLLINA gatecrashes Turkish 5-a-side game in brilliant MasterCard advert
MLS : Identifies two areas for officials to review
MLS : First PRO training camp of 2015 a great success
MLS : General manager, Peter Walton, discusses 2015
AUSTRALIA : Current crop of referees are performing ‘exceptionally’
BOLIVIA : Ridiculous theatrical dive fails to con the referee
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND : League of Ireland reject vanishing spray – further research needed
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 13 Feb 2015
YATR.COM discusses last weekend’s games
KEITH HACKETT : Body Language – a way to improve your performance
PIERLUIGI COLLINA : Sound advice on what it takes to become a top referee
UEFA : Helping referees read matches
UEFA : The importance of referee education
MLS : New initiatives ahead of start of 2015 season on Friday March 6th.
BELGIUM : Referee accused of bias was a case of mistaken identity
BERMUDA : Referee quits over racist abuse
KENYA : Elite referees set for Physical Endurance Test
NIGERIA : Referees deserve commendation
SCOTLAND : The use of ‘Sportscene’ to the referees’ advantage
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 6 Feb 2015
YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discusses last weekend’s games
MICK DENNIS : No life of Riley for referees
KEITH HACKETT : Recent visit to California
Clattenburg, Dean and Canadine deliver good news for the PGMOL
YATR booster for Nigerian referees
Video of the controversial penalty kick
UEFA : Leading women and men referees in Athens for annual winter course
LA LIGA : Player throws his boot at an AR and only receives a yellow card. Referee suspended.
Seven-match ban for Portsmouth striker
Footballer banned for 5 years after shoving referee
Goal Decision System saves Everton and us from argument
HOLLAND : Red card in record 25 secs is rescinded
SCOTLAND : Vanishing spray to be used for the first time
SPAIN : AR lost grip on flag and hits player on back of head
Lol Cussons Evening
Friday 27 February 2015 (St Clements WMC, South Bank – 8pm
This annual event is approaching and it is hoped that you will all support the Cussons family in this traditional evening as attribute to the late Lol Cussons.
The evening is lined up with live entertainment (usual excellent standard), food, bingo, raffle, etc. Only need to pay for your (cheap) drinks.
Please come along with your partner, friends, etc. and enjoy the evening and support the family. There will also be the annual presentation to the Referee of the Year.
Please come along and support.
Here, have a polo mint
