Videos & Articles 1 Nov 2019

Posted on 1 November 20191 November 2019 by David King

Videos and Articles from Mal Davies – 1 Nov 2019

DERMOT GALLAGHER : Discusses incidents from last weekend
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/11847538/ref-watch-no-foul-in-build-up-to-arsenals-disallowed-winner-says-dermot-gallagher

VAR in the spotlight after Premier League weekend of confusion
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/11847684/var-in-the-spotlight-after-premier-league-weekend-of-confusion

PREMIER LEAGUE : Appointments Saturday 2^nd to Sunday 3^rd November
https://www.premierleague.com/news/1473169

FOOTBALL LEAGUE : Appointments for Friday 1^st to Tuesday 5^th November
https://www.efl.com/news/2019/october/referee-appointments-1-5-november/

KEITH HACKETT : Selling YOUR decisions
https://www.keystoreferee.com/officiating-and-psychology/selling-your-decisions/

VAR AND CONCUSSION : Lawmakers IFAB set for review at technical summit
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11842167/var-and-concussion-football-lawmakers-ifab-set-for-review-at-technical-summit

VAR : Player concedes penalty while warming up! Spotted by VAR
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50196446

LAWS OF THE GAME QUIZ : Week 6
https://www.dutchreferee.com/week-6-laws-of-the-game-quiz-2019-2020/

PIERLUIGI COLLINA : VAR increases the level of excitement in football
https://www.goal.com/en/news/var-increases-the-level-of-excitement-in-football-says-legendary-/j4tl3qwu1di917mtvfediw6z9

MLS : Inside Video Review with Greg Barkey from PRO looks at incidents in the MLS in week 23
http://proreferees.com/2019/08/16/watch-inside-video-review-mls-week-23/

IAN PLENDERLEITH : Why is ‘Clear and Obvious’ not clear and obvious? (sign in with your email to read this interesting article)
https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/84070/why-is-clear-and-obvious-not-clear-and-obvious.html?

CONFIRMATION BIAS : A factor in poor officiating decisions
https://www.lagconfidential.com/2019/10/29/20937230/is-confirmation-bias-a-factor-in-poor-officiating-decisions

THE RA : The Referees’ Association has secured discounts from many manufacturers – one of the good reasons for joining The RA
https://www.privilegepurchaseclub.co.uk/Logon?formAction=Logon&retailer=PPC&userid=PPC&password=REFASSC

BRAZIL : Ref stops game to book Kaka and grab a selfie
https://culture.ftbl.com.au/article/watch-ref-stops-game-to-book-kaka-and-grab-a-selfie-533164

TURKEY : Goalkeeper sent off in record 13 seconds
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7600143/Goalkeeper-Serkan-Kirintili-sent-13-seconds-gets-fastest-red-card-Turkish-history.html

Videos and Articles 25 Oct 2019

Posted on 24 October 201924 October 2019 by David King

Videos and Articles – 11 Oct 2019

Posted on 10 October 201910 October 2019 by David King

Mal Davies latest newsletter:

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/11829972/liverpool-penalty-and-hamza-choudhury-yellow-right-decisions-ref-watch

FOOTBALL LEAGUE : Appointments for Saturday 12^th and Sunday 13^th October
https://www.efl.com/news/2019/october/referee-appointments-12-13-october/

HOWARD WEBB : PRO testing new VAR technologies with cautious mind
https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/howard-webb-pro-var-new-technology-offside-line-centralized-office/

KEITH HACKETT : Referees, do you use the tools of your trade?
https://www.keystoreferee.com/blogs/referees-do-you-use-the-tools-of-our-trade/

PLAYER SENT OFF for ignoring new substitute rule
https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/49960000

VAR APPEAL : Leganes appeal to La Liga for Levante game to be replayed from 44^th minute after VAR failure
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49948531

BLIND FOOTBALL : Derbyshire referee appointed to Euro Championship
https://www.alfretontownfootballclub.com/news/derbyshire-referee-at-blind-football-euro-championships-2472882.html

TEACHING PRISONERS : Stopping reoffending by teaching prisoners to referee
https://www.joe.co.uk/sport/stopping-reoffending-by-teaching-prisoners-to-referee-240278

PAYMENT OF MALE REFEREES COMPARED TO FEMALES ON TOP LEAGUES
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/how-much-premier-league-referees-20470088

UEFA launches concussion awareness campaign
https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=2625630.html

LAWS OF THE GAME QUIZ : Week 3
https://www.dutchreferee.com/week-3-laws-of-the-game-quiz-2019-2020/

AHMET GUVENER : Referee assessment, coaching and mentoring (sign in with your email to read this article)
https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/83762/referee-assessment-coaching-and-mentoring.html

EXETER BOSS queries decision on injured player asked to leave although opponent was yellow carded
https://therealefl.co.uk/2019/10/04/exeter-boss-contacts-authorities-over-referee-in-charge-of-sunderlands-clash-with-lincoln/

BRAZIL : Player sent off for having a wazz!
https://pitacodogringo.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/player-red-carded-for-having-a-wazz/

SOUTH AFRICA : Update on suspended match officials
https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/local/categories/south-africa/safa-have-provided-an-update-on-suspended-match-officials/664627

Videos and Articles 4 Oct 2019

Posted on 4 October 20194 October 2019 by David King

PREMIER LEAGUE : Appointments Saturday 5th to Sunday 6^th October
https://www.premierleague.com/news/1365790

FOOTBALL LEAGUE : Appointments for Friday 4^th to Monday 7^th October
https://www.efl.com/news/2019/september/new-page2/

UEFA : Robert Rossetti says VAR should only intervene on ‘clear offside’ decisions
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7516157/VAR-intervene-CLEAR-offside-decisions-UEFA-referee-chief-says.html

PAUL GARDNER : The misuse of VAR, the sins of goalkeepers…and a big thank you to Lee Dixon (sign in with your email to read an excellent article and readers’ comments)
https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/83751/the-misuse-of-var-the-sins-of-goalkeepers-and.html

REFEREES : How much do your referees really know?
https://www.keystoreferee.com/coaching-referees/how-much-do-your-referees-really-know/

JON MOSS : Premier League referee opens his own vinyl record store
https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/premier-league-referee-jon-moss-in-his-new-record-shop/pnzkfbsa72iy1xy0qvchg0c9d

HUGH DALLAS condemns abuse and claims standards have risen
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hugh-dallas-condemns-referee-abuse-20375041

NEW BALLS : New Nike ball with winter alternative
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/new-nike-premier-league-ball-16441547

BALL BOYS : One, and then all the ball boys, sent off by referee – and video of player violently attacking a ball boy
https://www.sportbible.com/football/news-reactions-referee-in-yeovil-game-sends-off-every-single-one-of-their-ball-boys-20190928

LAWS OF THE GAME QUIZ : Week 2 (Sorry! Last week’s was a 2016 Quiz 2)
https://www.dutchreferee.com/week-2-laws-of-the-game-quiz-2019-2020/

NON-LEAGUE : FA chiefs explain the changing vision of refereeing
https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/features/27698/football-matters-part-1-fa-chiefs-explain-the-changing-vision-of-refereeing/

MLS : Inside Video Review with Greg Barkey from PRO looks at incidents in the MLS in week 20
http://proreferees.com/2019/07/26/watch-inside-video-review-mls-week-20/

ASSISTANT REFEREE fell ill during half-time
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/15086631.updated-lineswoman-helen-byrne-discharged-hospital-after-officiating-bolton-wanderers-v-walsall-match/

BERMUDA : Matches rescheduled due to referee shortages
http://www.royalgazette.com/soccer/article/20190927/matches-rescheduled-due-to-referee-shortages

SOUTH AFRICA : Assistant referee suspended after wrongly denying two goals
https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/safa-suspend-assistant-referee-van-wyk-who-denied-amazulu/7wviv9cbu1evzs8229cmby6w

Videos and Articles 13 Sept 2019

Posted on 16 September 201916 September 2019 by David King

VIDEOS & ARTICLES – Friday 13^th September 2019

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MIKE RILEY hauled in by Premier League to discuss VAR controversy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7453617/Referees-chief-Mike-Riley-hauled-Premier-League-discuss-VAR.html

PREMIER LEAGUE : Appointments Saturday 14^th to Monday 16^th September
https://www.premierleague.com/news/1339351

FOOTBALL LEAGUE : Appointments for Friday 13^th to Tuesday 17^th September
https://www.efl.com/news/2019/september/efl-appointments-13-17-september/

VAR is a “10-year project” says IFAB secretary
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2019/08/var-seen-as-10-year-project-as-high-profile-decisions-impact-the-premier-league/

VAR : Korean calamities are antidote to anti-VAR clamour
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/aug/24/south-korea-world-cup-scandals-2002-ghandour-moreno-var

MLS : Inside Video Review with Greg Barkey from PRO looks at incidents in the MLS in week 17
http://proreferees.com/2019/07/05/watch-inside-video-review-mls-week-17/

RESPECT : Coaching young players to respect the ref (to read the article you need to enter your email address – good article)
https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/83570/coaching-young-players-to-respect-the-ref.html

REFEREE APOLOGISED for issuing a yellow card
https://www.goal.com/en/news/ramos-reveals-referee-aytekin-apologised-for-booking-him/oz679vt2h9ah1fi93704fcsc4

RACISM should not be a burden for officials
https://www.goal.com/en/news/do-not-burden-officials-with-serie-a-racism-problem-says/zn4577jgqht016e2xch1qbihc

HOMOPHOBIC CHANTING : French head says games should not be stopped for such
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11800/11806215/homophobic-chanting-should-not-stop-games-says-french-football-federation-head-noel-le-graet

TRANSGENDER REFEREE : A day in the life of football’s first transgender referee
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/09/11/a-day-in-the-life-of-footballs-first-transgender-referee/

UEFA : Members of UEFA Referees’ Committee 2019
http://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/2019/07/uefa-referees-committee-2019-2023.html?

EGYPT : Cup Final to be refereed by Romanian
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/6/51/346337/-.aspx

HONG KONG : EPL helping female referees in Hong Kong
https://www.premierleague.com/news/1336159

IRAN : Top FIFA referee leaves for Australia
https://football-tribe.com/asia/2019/09/09/world-cup-third-place-play-offs-referee-will-leave-iran-league/

NRCFA Summer Update

Posted on 19 July 201919 July 2019 by David King

NRCFA has been busy over recent months

Here are some of the relevant news items you may have missed:

New Referee Observer Recruitment

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/jul/11/new-referee-observer-course

11 NRCFA Referees Invited into FA CORE 2019 – 20

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/jul/12/11-referees-confirmed-for-fa-core-season-2019-20

NRCFA Female Referee Development Group Launch

First meeting on Monday 5 August 2019 at NRCFA

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/jul/11/female-referee-development-group

Rebecca Welch – Newly appointed NRCFA Female Referee Ambassador

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/jul/09/rebecca-welch-appointed-north-riding-fa-female-referee-ambassador

New FA Referee Courses – September & October 2019

York course at Poppleton JFC starts 24 September 2019

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/jun/25/fa-referee-courses-launching-this-summer

NRCFA Referee Education Centre – Now Live!

Get your logon now and use this facility….great for all referees, including details on the Law changes and Sinbins

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/jun/24/referee-education-centre-now-available

NRCFA Centre of Referee Excellence (CORE) Review

I am pleased to confirm that following the review of our CORE programme, we will be working with the following breakdown of 63 Referees:

NRCFA CORE Advanced (Level 4’s) 15

NRCFA CORE Progression (Level 5, 6 & 7’s) 24

NRCFA CORE Development (Level 7 & Youth) 24

We have secured some new facilities at Middlesbrough College & Manor Academy York to deliver our monthly training camps and ensure we can offer the very best levels of support.

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/jun/24/centre-of-referee-excellence-development-2019-2020-application-process-now-open

NRCFA Paris World Games – July 2019

See how the referees got on in France

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/jul/04/north-riding-fa-referees-set-for-paris-world-games

Referee Registration 2019 – 20

Finally, we are working hard to complete the annual Referee registration renewal process, and to date, we have just short of 260 Referees completing the process which is slightly up on this time last season

http://www.northridingfa.com/news/2019/may/30/referee-registration-set-to-open-for-201920