Last week’s news and videos

Posted on 9 September 20139 September 2013 by sambayley

Thanks to Mal Davies for his hard work collecting these links!

Football League appointments Tuesday 3rd to Monday 9th September 2013

Scottish Premier League : Reviewing the weekend’s controversial decisions

Paul Rejer : Discusses criteria for Serious Foul Play

Graham Poll : Quality of refereeing this season has been superb

Mark Halsey : I wish I could have given my explanations for that tackle

Keith Hackett : How to be a better referee

Andre Marriner : welcomes GDS (GLT)

FIFA : EPL kicked off with GLT

GLT — Bye Bye Human Referees

UEFA : Eriksson reflects on Super Cup honour : Bayern Munich v Chelsea (2-2 aet; 5-4 on ‘penalties’)

UEFA : Referees urged to set standards

Football Fair Play : Platini emphatic and warns clubs before May 2014

Yeovil manager wants rule introduced to end possession argument

AUSTRALIA : FFA takes a stand against its ‘rebel’ referees

BELGIUM : Worst decision of the season. PK awarded in stoppage time to equalise when defenders foul outside the penalty area

EL SALVADOR : 22 players suspended in match-fixing claim

SOUTH AFRICA : Referee Damon and ten female officials fail fitness test

News and Video Round Up

Posted on 30 August 201330 August 2013 by sambayley

Thanks to Mal Davies as always for these links…

Premier League appointments Saturday 31st August to Sunday 1st September 2013

Football League appointments Saturday 31st August, and Johnstone’s Paint Trophy 3rd and 4th September 2013

Scottish League appointments Friday 30th to Saturday 31st August 2013

UEFA : Officials for the Super Cup in the Eden Stadium, Prague, Friday 30th August 2013 : Bayern Munich v Chelsea

UEFA : Life suspension for Armenian officials

Graham Poll supported in comments on weekend games

Bellamy pours water over referee on touchline

Are Premier League referees biased to the ‘big five’?

Paul Rejer : Praises off the ball incident reported to the referee by an assistant referee

Referees need rules to deal with offensive language on the field

Goalkeeper sent off. Then rescues dying fan in stands

Parents cause chaos at U10s tie, then attack 15 year-old girl referee

GERMANY : Record weekend of 8 red cards in Bundesliga

IRAN : Youth team coach arrested after assaulting referee

PARAGUAY : Player kicks referee in face

PERU : Match abandoned. FA ordered remaining 8 minutes to be played with same players. Player travelled 900 km for 5 seconds

SINGAPORE : Sex-for-fixing Lebanese referees refuse to testify

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(BBC) – Refereeing Masterclass

Posted on 21 August 201321 August 2013 by sambayley

Following the recent highly successful RA-FA Youth Council’s Referee Masterclass at Hinckley United FC, BBC’s Chris Bevan, who joined the RA for that event, has now posted his feature of the day online to coincide with the start of the Premier League season this weekend. The link is here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/get-inspired/23536792

Respect, Law changes and Goal-line Technology

Posted on 26 July 201326 July 2013 by David King

Howard Webb gives his views.

TV Footage from the RA-FA Youth Council Event

Posted on 16 July 201316 July 2013 by sambayley

See the links below for some of the footage from the RAFA Youth Council event at the Referees’ Association Conference, including Howard Webb running a refereeing masterclass…

Howard Webb believes that Respect campaign is paying dividends

Referee’s Masterclass

June’s Video and Article Round-Up

Posted on 1 July 20131 July 2013 by sambayley

Thanks to Mal Davies for collecting these refereeing snippets.

This week’s news and video round-up

Posted on 30 May 201330 May 2013 by sambayley

With thanks to Mal Davies for his findings from the news…

Manchester City v Wigan Athletic (0-1) Andre Marriner Interview/video before the final

Scottish FA Cup Final : Celtic v Hibernian (3-0) Willie Collum with AARs for first time

Collum leads from the front — with AARs for first time

UEFA Champions League final, Saturday, 25th May 2013, Wembley stadium : Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund (2-1) Bjorn Kuipers (Holland)

UEFA Women’s Champions League final, Thursday, 23rd May 2013, Stamford Bridge : VfL Wolfsburg v Olympique Lyonnais (0-1) Teodora Albon (Romania)

FIFA : 52 referee candidates for 2014 World Cup meet for seminar in Rio de Janeiro

FIFA Confederations Cup : Brazil 15th to 30th June 2013

Players face retrospective bans next season

Positives and negatives of video referees in football

MLS : Paul Rejer highlights an instance where the 4th official is involved in a sending off

MLS : Referee praised for correctly changing penalty call

Refereeing young children : More teacher than an enforcer

Making the right call on referees

FINLAND : Goal not awarded as half-naked man distracted defenders

HOLLAND : Eight charged with manslaughter after attacking volunteer linesman

SERBIA : You nutter! Futsal referee headbutts goalkeeper and gets arrested for assault

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This week’s news and video round-up

Posted on 10 May 201310 May 2013 by sambayley

A big thanks to Mal Davies for these links.

Andre’s final tears

Completely unbiased celebration at the end of the 1971 FA Cup Final, Arsenal v Liverpool, referee Norman Burtenshaw

Premier League appointments Saturday 11th to Tuesday 14th May 2013

Football League play-off appointments Monday 6th to Sunday 19th May 2013

Scottish League appointments Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2013

Scottish FA Cup final will have AARs for first time

Republic of Ireland FA Cup final appointments, Saturday 11th May 2013, 3pm : Drogheda Utd v Shamrock Rovers

Dermot Gallagher discusses incidents in last weekend’s Liverpool v Everton and Swansea City v Man City games

FIFA : Bernstein and Webb named on 12-man anti-racism panel

GLT to be used in European Handball Federation cup finals

Footballer fined after assault on referee

Referee charged with rape found dead

MLS : Two pivotal DOGSO incidents discussed

BRAZIL : Last kick in penalty shoot-out had to be retaken

JAPAN : J.League 20 years old

USA : 1) Referee punched by player dies a week later. 2) Charged with homicide by assault 3) An increasingly violent field for referees

1961 FA Cup final linesman dies, age 92 – founder member of Jarrow & Hebburn Referees’ Society

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