Videos and Articles from Mal Davies – 29 March 2019

PREMIER LEAGUE appointments for Saturday 30th to Wednesday 3rd April 2019

PREMIER SKILLS : Senior coach Paul Taylor travels to Mumbai as part of the PL’s Premier Skills programme
 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 22
 
INSTANT REPLAY : Incidents in MLS discussed with Bobby Warshaw
 
GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP displayed by Galatasaray youngster
 
REFEREE escaped in a police car disguised as an ambulance man
 
REFEREE TRAINING : How to control a game —- or how not to!!
 
BE A REFEREE : From the low-leagues to the Premier League (BT film – use slider to return to start of an excellent film)
 
BLACK, ASIAN and MINORITY ETHIC (BAME) : A call for more referees from BAME background in football
 
AR has boiling water thrown at her
 
FOOTBALL FIGHTS & ANGRY MOMENTS
 
EVE OF FINAL RALLY – Friday 17th May
 
THE RA DEVELOPMENT WEEKEND – Saturday/Sunday 6/7th July
 
JERSEY : Referees strike this Saturday over continued poor behaviour
 
TOGO : FIFA bans referee for life for accepting bribes

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Friday 22 March 2019

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
 
PAUL GARDNER : A good referee decision nixed by a woeful VAR verdict
 
PREMIER LEAGUE head official VAR has never been a top referee
 
A-LEAGUE : Refereeing and VAR decisions explained by Ben Wilson, FFA Director of Referees

 
JARRED GILLETT mic’d up in his 159th and last Hyundai A-League game before moving to EFL
 
DAVID ELLERAY is mic’d up at Millwall v Arsenal (1-2), First Division game 1989
 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 21
 
UEFA backs VAR decision that gave ManUtd penalty against PSG
 
REFEREE praises players for confronting knife-wielding team-mate
 
FIREWORKS cause abandonment of game
 
REFEREE AND PLAYER survive with slight injuries after floodlight pole crashes onto field (video)
 
SUNDAY LEAGUE : Some funny video clips
 
EVE OF FINAL RALLY – Friday 17th May
 
THE RA DEVELOPMENT WEEKEND – Saturday/Sunday 6/7th July

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 22 February 2019

PREMIER LEAGUE appointments for Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th February 2019
 
REFEREE SALARIES in the NBA – the highest paid professional officials in the world
 
A-LEAGUE : Refereeing and VAR decisions explained by Ben Wilson, FFA Director of Referees
 
WOMAN REFEREE—so the match was not televised!
 
REFEREEING WOMEN’S FOOTBALL – a plan to tackle it
 
VAR : For the first time, goal disallowed and penalty kick awarded to opposition
 
VAR used to change a second yellow card for a red
 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 17
 
SERGIO RAMOS : Record 25 red cards—the nine most ridiculous
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Advantage and quick free-kicks’
 
UEFA briefs Champions League clubs on use of VAR
 
VAR : Pros and Cons
 
NIGERIA : Zero tolerance on bribery—18 referees suspended
 
SCOTLAND : Revealing stats on referees

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 9 February 2019

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
 
PREMIER LEAGUE appointments for Saturday 9th to Monday 11th February 2019
 
CHANGE IN HANDBALL LAW : The Law could be set for huge change following Premier League stance
 
MIKE DEAN is on 99 red cards, so watch out ManCity and Chelsea
 
A-LEAGUE : Refereeing and VAR decisions explained by Ben Wilson, FFA Director of Referees

 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 15
 
BALL BOY hangs onto the ball – player receives yellow card
 
FIRST TRANS GENDER REFEREE speaks about her first season as a referee
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘DOGSO – Law change’
 
UEFA : Referees primed for spring duty
 
UEFA : World cup referee Peter Mikkelsen has passed away, age 58
 
FIFA : Women’s referee course under way in Doha
 
UKRAINE FIFA AR SUFFERS STROKE before game – has spent 3 months in Greek hospital
 
IRELAND : Term limits introduced and more protection for referees
 
ITALY : Four match ban for pushing referee
 
SCOTLAND : Referee poleaxed in brutal clash of heads, and is substituted

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 1 February 2019

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from mid-week games 29/30th January
 
PREMIER LEAGUE appointments for Saturday 2nd to Wednesday 6th February 2019
 
BOBBY MADLEY referees in Norwegian 6th tier, a ‘fall from grace’
 
KEITH HACKETT : A major One on One interview by Martin Cowgill
 
A-LEAGUE : Refereeing and VAR decisions explained by Ben Wilson, FFA Director of Referees
 
SIMULATION : The FA’s rules have failed to clamp down on cheating/diving – something needs to change
 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 14
 
UEFA : Refereeing Assistance Programme 2018 : 2 (this is the second RAP; the first one was in this V&A on 21st December 2018; many favourable comments by referees and instructors worldwide at the foot of the link)
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Offside – interfering with an opponent dialogue’
 
MATCH OF THEIR DAY : The referee sent off Jimmy Greaves for dissent…..and the coins started flying
 
FIFA : Life ban for the ‘most corrupt referee the game of football has seen’
 
UEFA : Officials chosen for Champions League to attend seminar
 
UEFA : Advanced course for top men and women referees (Winter 2019)
 
TWO YELLOW CARDS : good clip for your discussion
 
KENYA : Referees are owed ‘huge sums of money’
 
USA : Twenty-four referees named to 2019 FIFA panel

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Friday 21 December 2018

MARTIN GLENN resigns as FA CEO
 
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
 
PREMIER LEAGUE appointments for Festive Season : Friday 21st December to Thursday 3rd January 2019
 
PREMIER LEAGUE : How much do PL referees earn?
 
VAR : Secret plan revealed to use professional players in VAR decisions
 
SCOTTISH REFEREES : ‘Abuse culture’ needs to stop
 
SNOWBALLS thrown at AR
 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 12
 
UEFA : Refereeing Assistance Programme 2018 : 1
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘’Game preparation’
 
MLS : Referees vote for right to strike at any time
 
VAR : Five occasions VAR could have been used this season
 
REFLECTION on 50 years refereeing
 
VIDEO : Ten most beautiful penalties
 
FOOTBALL FIGHTS & FURIOUS MOMENTS

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 7 December 2018

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
 
PREMIER LEAGUE MatchWeek 16 appointments Saturday 8th to Monday 10th December
 
JORDAN PICKFORD – eat your heart out – incredible goal line save (video). How is play restarted?
 
HOWARD WEBB : How VAR will change the Premier League
 
A-LEAGUE : Contentious VAR incidents reviewed by Director of Referees, Ben Wilson
 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 10
 
UEFA : VAR to be used in Champions League knockout phase
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Offside position’
 
VAR would have ruined these five iconic Premier League moments
 
MLS CUP FINAL APPOINTMENTS : Atlanta Utd v Portland Timbers
 
RPS referee drops appeal
 
REFEREE ATTACK : Four arrested over assault on Daniel Sweeney
 
FIFA : Match officials appointed for Women’s World Cup in France 2019…..
..…and the full list of the officials
 
MOST Unsportsmanlike and Disrespectful Moments in Football
 
PROFITS FROM RUSSIA WORLD CUP have been divided between 416 clubs who supplied players for the finals.
So….for example, scroll down the link below to UEFA, and then England, if you want to see the amounts each eligible club received in England.

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Friday 30 November 2018

INTERNATIONAL FA BOARD : Fine tuning to the Laws of the Game recommended by the IFAB’s ABM
 
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
 
PREMIER LEAGUE : Appointments MatchWeek 14 : Friday 30th November to Wednesday 5th December 2018
 
PETER WALTON : Premier League referees have toughest job in the world
 
BOBBY MADLEY : Life is now very different after the Premier League sacked him last August
 
REF CHAOS at Millwall v Bolton (1-1) after two referees injured
 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 9
 
FORTY-YEAR BANS for players who assaulted referee
 
BAN FOR LIFE players who assault a referee
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Advantage’
 
VAR : What referees hear and say during a VAR decision
 
RAINBOW LACES : Referee outed in Zimbabwe referees in London
 
FIFA : Update to referees’ list for the Club World Cup UAE 2018
 
RED CARDS that are impossible to forget
 
MEXICO : Referee ends strike over racism
 
YEMEN : Only in Yemen does the referee use a RIFLE instead of a whistle

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 16 November 2018

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
 
VAR set to be used in the Premier League next season
 
A-LEAGUE : Round 4 refereeing and VAR incidents explained by Ben Wilson, FFA Director of Referees
 
SERIE A : Meeting between managers and referees after VAR controversies
 
IFAB : Redefining handball and 50 other changes to the Laws to be considered
 
UEFA considering fast-tracking VAR
 
CAF Champions League, second leg : Justice after player who conned the referee in the first leg was suspended
 
JAPANESE DELEGATION visits The Netherlands
 
GOALKEEPERS always get away with it : more needs to be done to stop nasty challenges
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Serious Foul Play’
 
REFEREE SUSPENDED for ‘rock, paper, scissors’…….
….but was the ban harsh?
 
FEMALE REFEREES : What is it like to officiate games?
 
INTERNATIONAL GROUP in attempt to combat attacks on referees
 
TONY CHAPRON : The French referee who saw the red mist, on that kick
 
FAIR PLAY PENALTIES – Manchester City, please note
 
ITALY : Referees to boycott amateur games after post-match attack
 
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND : Referee’s jaw broken after attack in amateur league

Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 12 October 2018

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
 
KEVIN FRIEND stops play to remove dildo from the pitch
 
YELLOW/RED CARDS for managers
 
WHO ARE YA? – click link and scroll down to the article
 
LAWS OF THE GAME : Quiz Week 3
 
REFEREE SCORES from 25 yds after player’s back-heel pass
 
THE BACK-FLIP PENALTY KICK
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Ball in and out of play’
 
MIKE WOITALLA : Ending ref abuse starts with the coaches
 
PLAYERS escape punishment over ‘vicious’ attack on referee
 
PIERLUIGI COLLINA : Happy to help with growth of VAR
 
BRIAN GLANVILLE :Referees should protect players
 
Are GOALKEEPERS overprotected?
 
BELGIUM : Corruption investigation: agents, managers and referees interrogated
 
JAPAN : The seventh international refereeing course – 38 participants from 17 countries
 
SOUTH AFRICA : Referee iced out after he changed shirt to avoid a colour clash