DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
BOBBY MADLEY : Premier League referee quits
Also at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
PREMIER LEAGUE : Why VAR is not being used this season
How the VAR was born and used in the World Cup
AHMET GUVENER : A comprehensive assessment of officiating in the World Cup in Russia
GABRIELE MARCOTTI talks to Pierluigi Collina about officiating in the World Cup
THE REFEREES’ ASSOCIATION – Development weekend 9/10th June
MANAGERS to receive red and yellow cards for misconduct
MATCH-FIXING : Inside the secret fight against match-fixing in football
PAUL REJER : Discusses Dissent
CONCACAF : Seitz hails commitment to development of female referees
FIRST MUSLIM WOMAN REFEREE
FIRST TRANSGENDER REFEREE : The world’s first transgender ref makes her debut
FAN acts as AR
Category Archives: Refereeing in the News
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 18 May 2018
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses the best and worst referee calls in 2017/18 EPL season
TWO SG REFEREES RETIRE
From prison to Premier League
GREATEST FA CUP COMEBACKS
THE FAA issue written reasons for Otis Khan’s extended suspension from 3 to 5 matches
MARK CLATTENBURG to referee Cascadia’s opener and the Final
PAUL REJER : Play of the Week 11 – discusses Unsporting Behaviour and The Referee (Law 5)
GARY WILLARD : Referees at Premier Skills very keen on learning
16-GAME BAN for pushing assistant referee
BRAZIL : Should professional referees be regulated?
EGYPT : New FIFA referees’ 2018 training course
ETHIOPIA : Referee attacked unconvinced by assurances
FIJI : Seven-match ban to player for comments to white referee
GREECE : Spanish referee appointed for Cup Final but…….
……the Final ends in chaos
NEW ZEALAND : The referee who also adjudicated in the classroom
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 27 April 2018
THE EMIRATES FA CUP FINAL : Officials confirmed for Chelsea v ManUtd, Saturday 19thMay, kick-off 5.15pm
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
PREMIER LEAGUE APPOINTMENTS week 36
CORRECT DECISIONS : How many calls do referees get right?
SELFSCAN FOR REFEREES
HUGE RAMIFICATIONS : County FA wrong to charge charity rep with misconduct
PAUL REJER : Play of the Week 8 – discusses Mass Confrontation and Handball Offences
PAUL GARDNER : Referees and communication : a long history of non-compliance
ANDY TOWNSEND : Etihad AAR made the perfect case for the VAR
ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE de la PRESSE SPORTIVE (AIPS) : Collina and VAR’s big World Cup push
VAR’s most controversial moments
THE FA : Football Matters – Referees are born and bred in the Non-League
SEMI-FINAL ABANDONED after visiting boss hit on head by object thrown from crowd
PL REFEREE KEVIN FRIEND referees United Counties reserve game
RANDY VOGT : How to retain referees – part 1
Could players become referees?
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 20 April 2018
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
PREMIER LEAGUE appointments Week 35, and those for the FA Cup semi-finals
Big screens at Wembley for VAR in FA Cup semi-finals
PREMIER LEAGUE agree to continue testing VAR…..
…..but Arsene Wenger believes we are behind the rest of the world
VAR chaos in Germany – good article plus video with German commentary
https://streamable.com/8hcys
VAR has made 16-18 errors this season in Italy’s Serie A
BEAR NECESSITY? Start of a Russian 3rd Division game with bear’s entrance one minute into video
Referee Michael Oliver not to blame for Juventus exit from Champions League
How to become a referee
The life of a female referee
UEFA League Final 2018 and semi-final appointments
PAUL REJER : Play of the Week7 – discusses Handball, Fouls and Misconduct, and dropped ball
DANNY MURPHY : Isn’t it time to broaden the scope of panels? (talking to Alex Griffiths)
FAN GUIDE to refereeing – part 2 – handling, offside and advantage
DENNIS WISE has new respect for referees after trial match
SOUTH AFRICA : Youngest SAFA referee aiming to be the best
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 6 April 2018
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend
PREMIER LEAGUE appointments week 33
FIFA 2018 World Cup officials – 36 referees and 63 ARs
MIKE RILEY: The reason why England have no World Cup ref
USA will be the only country with two referees in the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals
ASIAN REFEREES biggest-ever FIFA World Cup contingent
VAR decision led to objects thrown at referee in Portugal
VAR debated on SKY’s ‘Support the Ref’
FAN GUIDE to refereeing – part 1 — VAR and cards
MLS fine player for diving
PAUL REJER: Play of the Week 5 – discusses offside interpretation and position
IBER CUP: A great experience for referees – by Jan ter Harmstel
GEORGE COURTNEY: twice World Cup finals referee is still going strong.
CHRIS FOY highlights daily challenges faced by officials from grassroots to EFL and EPL
DENNIS WISE becomes the referee for SSN v The FA
YOU ARE THE AR: Ex-pro players turn assistant referees
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 19 January 2018
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses a couple of incidents from last weekend’s games
KEITH HACKETT : Congratulates Andre Marriner
OVIDIU HATEGAN admits error in Northern Ireland’s World Cup play-off
…..and bookmaker returns bets
VAR HISTORY : Use of VAR was ‘spot on’ in FA Cup replay Leicester City v Fleetwood (2-0)
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘video review’— from week 22, last August
VAR tops agenda for law makers ahead of World Cup decision
JOSEPH BLATTER slams FIFA over use of VAR
WORLD CUP REF banned by FIFA had 6-year match-fixing history
REFEREE INTEGRITY : World Cup fix and flaws in referee integrity
TOUCHLINE BANS – Do they affect results?
CONCACAF Program of Refereeing Excellence (PORE) produces results
CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL (CAF) is to take over the payment of referees in ‘ethics’ bid
REFEREE kicks out at player – then sends him off in Ligue 1 : Nantes v PSG (0-1)
…..and player’s red card later rescinded on referee’s advice
TEN BIZARRE MOMENTS when the referee stole the show
SOUTH AFRICA : Manager fined R50,000 (£3,000) for calling referee a ‘cow’
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 12 January 2018
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents that might have been different using VAR
VAR: Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson satisfied that Glenn Murray goal was ’genuine’
MIKE RILEY: Mike Dean made mistake with penalty against Arsenal for West Brom
KEITH HACKETT: There’s no reason why fans can’t be kept informed on VAR decisions
KEITH HACKETT: Remove Select Group1 referees from fourth official duties
UEFA Referee Categories – for the second half of the season 2017/18
PAUL REJER: Discusses ‘Offside – Interfering with an Opponent’ — from week 21
ASSISTANT REFEREE: The importance of being an AR
ABUSE OF POWER: Football’s culturally accepted contempt for its own referees
TIM VICKERY: Time-wasting a problem in South American football
DANNY MURPHY: Beware managers having it both ways!
CAF African Nations Championship officials January 12th to February 4th 2018
AFC recognises world-class refereeing achievement
Have adults ruined children’s sports? (Not a referee-related article but very good)
The real question we should be asking about refereeing controversies
GERMANY: Referee Brych honoured with ‘Globe Soccer Award’
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Emma Cleary happy to be at the centre of things
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Fri 5 January 2018
ANDRE MARRINER in charge of first VAR game in England
VAR Technology explained
SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP: Goal-line technology ‘unaffordable’
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses recent incidents in the Premier League
KEITH HACKETT: Collina is the man to sort out English refereeing
PEP GUARDIOLA plea for referees to protect gifted players
RESPECT: Teach young players to respect referees
KNOW THE LAWS: An amazing story from Chile where a ‘losing’ team in a penalty shoot-out gain promotion
PIERLUIGI COLLINA reveals technology plans ahead of Russia World Cup
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Persistent Infringement’ — from week19
FATHER AND SON sent off
CAF to use VAR for the first time in Morocco 2018 – 13th Jan to 4th Feb
I trained to be a referee. Here’s what it taught me about football
MEXICO: Referee dies after being attacked by player he sent off – and other cases
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – Friday 15 December 2017
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games
VAR used to recall player from dressing room as red card reversed
REFEREE LOSES PENALTY SPOT in the snow
MAN UTD booked for simulation more than any Premier League side
TOM HENNING OVREBO: I still get a few death threats….
FA CUP: Brighton v Crystal Palace set to be VAR landmark
PAUL REJER: Discusses ‘Mass Confrontation’—from week17
KEITH HACKETT: David Coote should be promoted to SG1
ALAN BRAZIL: Penalty kicks are part and parcel of the game
ROGER DILKES: Pitch inspections
MARK HALSEY : Kilimanjaro diary – Days 8-11
HOWARD WEBB on the VAR project, what’s working and the comfort of the words ‘check complete’
FIFA will not tolerate racism at World Cup 2018
CYPRUS: Ref holds up game after fan trouble
ITALY: Referee revenge by fans who posted negative TripAdvisor reviews about his cafe
Videos & Articles from Mal Davies – 1 December 2017
DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games
PIERLUIGI COLLINA: The referees can count on me
DANNY MURPHY: Is it really just a question of time?
ALAN BIGGS: Time to root out this ‘go down if contact’ culture
BEVERLY HILLS referee quits telling parents ‘I despise you’
KEITH HACKETT: Referees, start to smile
REFEREES are nobody’s friends
MARK HALSEY : Kilimanjaro diary – Days 1-3
FAN becomes 4th official
FIFA: World Cup referees meet in Abu Dhabi
PAUL REJER: Discusses ‘Advantage’—from week 15
MLS: Satisfied with how VAR works – Howard Webb
FIVE FAMOUS INSTANCES where VAR would have altered Word Cup history
MARK SAGGERS: Failing to get tough is no longer an option
FOOTBALL REFEREES? YOU MUST BE JOKING! – a collection of jokes, quotations etc about referees (for your Christmas stocking?)
ARGENTINA: Goalkeeper handles outside penalty area and gets red card
JAPAN: Monkey presents match ball to referee before kick-off
SERBIA: First Division match descends into chaos after controversial penalty awarded