KEITH HACKETT: Northern Ireland, you have been wronged.  Twice
 
PGMOL REFEREES: Salaries researched and compared
 
MARK SAGGERS: Divert mega-profits to make referees real and relevant
 
VAR decision-process requires clarity for it to work in football
 
VAR controversy sparks corruption claims among Benfica, Porto and Sporting
 
DOG ‘sent off’ for vicious tackle from behind
 
Referee taken off game over his name
 
PAUL REJER: Discusses ‘Serious Foul Play’ – from week 13
 
MLS: Allen Chapman and Corey Parker named Referee and Assistant Referee of the Year
 
ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION (AFC) become global leader with launch of Referee Academy in Malaysia
 
CONCACAF completes first Head of Refereeing workshop
 
The founding of The Referees’ Association and the referee who had his own team
 
GAMBIA: Course for 34 elite referees
 
GERMANY: No signs that match was manipulated – referees’ chief
 
NIGERIA: Be fair in officiating
 
QATAR: Goalkeeper sent off in penalty shoot out
 
SPAIN: VAR to be introduced next season

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games
 
Is VAR causing more problems than it solves?
 
LAW 2 THE BALL: Is it the ball?  Or is it simply bull?
 
PAUL REJER: Discusses ‘Ball in and out of play’
 
KEITH HACKETT: Well done to The FA over Deeney ban

SEAN DYCHE: Diving Laws weak and no one cares
 
BIBIANA STEINHAUS honoured to be role model for women referees
 
THE FA approves new full-time structure for Women’s Super League
 
ABUSE of referees is getting worse
 
STAN TEUBEN one of Holland’s youngest pro referees at 21 offers three tips for  ambitious referees
 
DANNY MURPHY: Out of the frying pan, into the fire for Begovic!
 
AMERICAN SAMOA: OFC offer referees chance to move up the ladder
 
AUSTRALIA: Explanation why VAR took four minutes
 
CANADA: Lifelong learning key to soccer referee instructors
 
GHANA: Referee accuses club owner of paying highest bribes
 
SCOTLAND: Quiz: Can you name these 15 SPFL referees?

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games
 
TOLERANCE of foul play blighted 1950s – article plus excellent videos
 
FAN jailed for18 months after head-butting referee
 
WHY REFEREE ABUSE is killing the ‘beautiful game’
 
TORY MP DOUGLAS ROSS to quit refereeing after 2018 World Cup
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Fair Play’
 
MLS crew in full swing at FIFA U17 World Cup
 
MLS : Video replay met with VARiable success
 
MARK CLATTENBURG : How I got started and how I intend going on
 
PAUL TREVILLION on how a grasp of anatomy can improve every referee – interview by Alex Griffiths
 
FIFA : What they said after the game
 
MASSIMO BUSACCA : Absolute reliance on technology can kill the game
 
PENALTY SHOOT-OUT : Never celebrate too early!!
 
MARK SAGGERS : The FA owes fans overdue accountability
 
BOSNIA : Players sit down in protest at referee’s decisions
 
FRANCE : Teenage footballer given 30-year ban for punching referee
 
GHANA : League not won on merit as referees are bribed
 
WALES : Referees graduate from UEFA CORE

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games
 
EPL employ an eye coach to train referees to see and respond to incidents more quickly
 
SONIA DENONCOURT : Women refereeing history with the men’s world.  Simply facts, simply history!
 
VARs in the Premier League?
 
MIKE WOITALLA : The death of a goalkeeper : Time to ref differently or rewrite the rules
 
REFEREE CRAIG WARD headbutted after sending off player – suffers serious injuries
 
BODY CAMERAS for referees — petition
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Outside Interference’
 
FIFA : First female to referee at men’s U17 World Cup, Japan v New Caledonia (1-1) with…..
………with English ARs
 
FIFA removes Qatari match officials due to diplomatic crisis
 
MP DOUGLAS ROSS misses Commons vote to run line in Champions League, Barcelona v Olympiakos
 
FOUR-YEAR-OLD CLARA WALKER wants to be a referee – dad tweets and gets many responses
 
CUP-TIE REPLAYED as the referee had not read the Rules of the Competition
 
CHINA : Import foreign referees amid allegations of match-fixing
 
FRANCE : Referee sends off wrong player.  Lille’s Amadou admits he should have been sent off but to no avail.
 
HOLLAND : Club loses retaken shoot-out after ABBA system incorrectly used
 
RUSSIA : Commentator walks out live on air after referee refuses to award a penalty kick

ENGLAND to have no referees at World Cup finals next summer for first time in post-war history
 
Will VARs pile pressure on referees? 

PREMIER PLAYER BANNED for kicking the referee’s door
 
REFEREE HELPLINE takes 70 calls in first month
 
VIRTUAL INSANITY : The VAR problem
 
PAUL REJER : Discusses Law Change – fouls off the field of play
 
MLS : Union calls for VAR safety review after referee hit by bottle

….and culprit has been banned
 
FIFA will fine Zambia if they appeal disallowed goal v Nigeria
 
FIFA U17 appointment for TAYLOR TRIO
 
ANDY HOGG : To sin bin – or not to sin bin
 
TIM VICKERY : Arthur Ellis, Mario Vianna and the ‘Battle of Berne’
 
Even players make mistakes (followed by video of incredible goals)
 
AUSTRALIA : Round 1 VAR used – Agree or Disagree?
 
INDIA : Pierluigi Collina conducts seminar in Kolcata
 
MALAWI : Referees given life bans for match-fixing
 
SOUTH AFRICA: Bungling referees suspended
 
USA : Exit the World Cup with ‘goal’ that never crossed the line
 
WALES : Referees resign over abuse

DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s games

Do referees favour the big boys?

AHMET GUVENER : Soccer needs two sets of Laws of the Game

PAUL REJER : Discusses offside dialogue between officials

KEITH HACKETT : Whistle-stop for a top referee!

FIFA U17 WORLD CUP in India 6-28^th October : List of Match Officials (trios)

TWO YELLOW CARDS but not sent off – Referee suspended

APPLAUD PLAYERS who are sent off.  Why?

KIM MILTON NIELSEN :The politics of postponements

CEREBAL PALSY Football World Championship final Iran v Ukraine referee

ARGENTINA : Referee attacked with a flying kick

CHINA : Introducing VARs into the Chinese Super League

GHANA : Are our referees incompetent?

ITALY : The VAR effect : Penalty kicks increase by 63%

TURKEY : Five off in Istanbul derby

URUGUAY : Games cancelled as referees strike over increasing violence, but may resume this week

LAWS OF THE GAME 2017/18
 
PAUL REJER : First week using VAR in MLS – two excellent examples especially the second
 
DERMOT GALLAGHER : Discusses incidents from last weekend’s matches
 
ANDY TOWNSEND : Why I am wishing Chris Kavanagh a steady season
 
DAVE BRYAN : A great assistant referee retires
 
RYAN ATKIN : Being openly gay in football should hold no fears (plus video)
 
HOWARD WEBB answers all you need to know about VARs so far – lengthy video but very good
 
PAUL GARDNER : Exposed!  The shabbiness of the English anti-diving campaign
 
FA Community Shield supported by McDonalds, officials : Sunday 6^th August, Arsenal v Chelsea (1-1, 4-1 on ‘penalties’)
 
UEFA REFEREES’ COMMITTEE 2017-19
 
UEFA SUPER CUP in Skopje, Macedonia, Tuesday 8^th August : Real Madrid v ManUtd (2-1) officials
 
ESTHER STAUBLI (Switzerland) refereed the UEFA Women’s final, Netherlands v Denmark (4-2), Sunday 6^th August, in Enschede
 
KIM MILTON NIELSEN : Beckham and that night in St Etienne
 
How Sweden tackled misbehaving parents at kids’ football
 
CHINA : Officials attacked
 
GERMANY : Bundesliga increased referees’ fees

LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFF FINAL OFFICIALS : Bradford City v Millwall, at Wembley Stadium, Saturday 20th May, kick-off 3pm

DERMOT GALLAGHER : Discusses last weekend’s incidents

Premier League and PGMO split over referees’ final say when VARs used

SIN-BINS to be trialled by The FA from next season

MARK SAGGERS : Let’s scrap red and yellow cards altogether

ANNA SIGNUEL appointed to IFAB panel

LIVERPOOL : How LFC are ingeniously training academy kids to deal with referees

PAUL REJER : Discusses fourth official preparation

ROGER DILKES speaks about GEORGE COURTNEY

REFEREEING CONTROVERSIES : A great Italian hobby

FIFA : Dream of every referee : to referee a Final

GOALS AS AN ASSISTANT REFEREE : Self Assessments and a milestone for Faroe Islands’ referees

UEFA Futsal Cup Final appointments : Sporting v Inter(0-7)
TOP 30 INSANE RED CARDS

RED CARD for AR after gross scene

ITALY : Sulley Muntari’s one-match ban rescinded after red card for walking off over racial abuse

PORTUGAL ; Player received 4-year ban for that vicious assault last month

RUSSIA : Referee shoulder barges player and then sends him off

THE FA : A free-to-attend Conference to explore potential changes to refereeing

REFEREES & ASSISTANTS GET 98% DECISIONS RIGHT AT THE TOP LEVEL

VARs help Spain twice as two offside decisions overturned : France v Spain (0-2) friendly international, Tuesday 28th March

THE REFEREES – Onside with Carragher & Neville – on SKY SPORTS Sunday 2nd April – pundits tested on what it takes to be a referee

FAST-TRACKING : The FA/PFA’s plan for fast-tracking players to become referees

‘Ridiculous’ rule ends former Championship player’s quest to become a referee

MATCH ABANDONED after 89mins of U23 Hull City v Millwall because of brawl

PAUL REJER : Discusses Mass Confrontation – changing priorities

KIM MILTON NIELSEN : Practical guide to dealing with dissent

PIERLUIGI COLLINA wants referee crowding ‘killed’ from football

HEXHAM referees score thumbs up from teams

AUSTRALIA : The A-League will use VARs for first time on 7th April

BRAZIL : Red card for Luis Fabiano after he headbutts referee

EGYPT : Massimo Busacca tutors at elite referees camp

GERMANY : No foul says player, so referee reverses decision

IRAN : Club fined for laser-flashing fan misconduct

ICELAND : Match is eventually abandoned

SOUTH AFRICA : Referee headbutts player in friendly against Angola

IFAB : Agenda for 131st AGM to be held at Wembley on Friday 3rd March confirmed

KEITH HACKETT : No to a Referees’ Strike

UEFA : Referees primed for new challenges

‘TRICKERY’ : The answer to last week’s ‘TRICKERY’ discussed

Ref reverses PK decision

After PK save, player hugs own goalkeeper who drops ball into net for bizarre own goal

CHRISTOPHER DAVIES : Constant blaming of referees is becoming farcical

ALEX GRIFFITHS : Geoff Shreeves of Sky Sports has a positive view on referees

BEST PAID REFEREES in Germany, Spain, England and Italy

TAKING THE PEE : Keeper sent off for peeing behind the goals

DERMOT GALLAGHER explains how he got to referee the country of his birth

CANADA : FIFA referee Constantinos ‘Dino’ Soupliotis passes away

EGYPT : Felix Brych (Germany) appointed for Super Cup final

MALAYSIA : 23 officials honoured with memento award

SPAIN : Referee Hernandez Hernandez’s errors with team sheet In Real Betis v Barcelona (1-1) match

SPAIN : LA LIGA expected to introduce video technology in 2018