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Week 20 Laws of the Game Quiz 2020-2021. Laden… Continue reading...

In the dressing room: now in the referees changing room in the Ricoh Arena of Coventry City Football Club. But today I should say the City of Coventry Stadium, because the building is hosting the women’s bronze medal match at the Olympics and International Olympic Committee does not allow sponsored stadiums. Thanks to ‘LeamDavid on Flickr’ I can show you where referee Jenny Palmqvist and her assistants will prepare for the match between Canada and France, today at 13pm (GMT). Referees dressing room at Ricoh Arena from Coventry City. Referees dressing room at Ricoh Arena from Coventry City. You can find the original photo’s by ‘LeamDavid’ here and here. If you have some photo’s of an interesting dressing room (could be your local one)...

Somehow the Referee missed this handball in the Women's world cup. This clip is from the Australia vs Guinea match. Sometimes things are to blatant! Continue reading...

As a former Premier League Assistant (1994-98) and Football League Referee (1998-2004) Lee Cable, now a National List Assessor and Regional Referee Coach, has much experience and wisdom to impart. The advice he gave us at a recent meeting of Kingston Referees’ Society was relevant to all levels of the game. Pre-Match Preparation • Know the Laws, including Interpretation and Guidelines • Be fit enough for the game you’ve been appointed to • Deal with admin efficiently • Look good: kit and personal appearance Selling Decisions Ideally, there are no surprises, with nobody saying, “What was that for?” Effective communication will enable others to understand your decisions. • Confident body language • Clear, positive signals • Use whistle...

After this Saturday when England no doubt struggle to draw against Switzerland, there really is a lack of football this summer. Well not really. As during June we have the Uefa U21 Championship in Denmark. Plus in July the Copa America. Just seen this video via Soccerblog that has been put together to help promote it. Continue reading...

In the referees dressing room: now in the referees changing room of the ADO Den Haag. It’s the club in the city I live in. Referee Azzopardi and her Maltese team check the pitch at ADO Den Haag. Two weeks ago I published the interview with Maltese referee Esther Azzopardi. Shortly thereafter she got an appointment for the match between ADO Den Haag ladies versus Rossiyanka from Russia in Uefa Women’s Champions League. We met in person at the stadium, which was really nice. I also got the chance to see the referees dressing room and the inspection of the pitch by the referee team. Thanks to the press officer I got some high quality photo’s of the referees dressing room. ADO Den Haag referees dressing room: the shower. ADO Den Haag...

A lot of what happens on a field during a game falls under the heading of player management. It might be the communication of why you've given a particular decision or it might be the conversation you have with a player and his captain at the obvious rebuke stage of the stepped approach or it might be as simple as the checking off of a substitutes name as he joins the game. Player management is no excuse for shirking your responsibility to apply law, especially for mandatory offences like failing to respect the required distance but it is your key to earning higher club marks. This means that if the assessors are picking up on things that don't seem to be completely correct in your games, then the love from clubs might save your season...

Week 1 Laws of the Game Quiz 2020-2021. The quiz season is back. You’ll get weekly quizzes on Tuesday’s from now on. The next quiz will be published on September 8th. Good luck with this new quiz, which is all about 2020-2021 Laws of the Game changes. Watch the webinar about these changes. Laden… Continue reading...

So in rather a completely unexpected but pleasant surprise, the new Laws of the Game is out today. Ordinarily it comes out on July 1st but they released it early in order for it to be in effect for the FIFA World Cup. The new Laws of the Game don’t take effect for any running competitions now ordinarily but would for any starting after today. Nice new shot of Bjorn Kuipers (NED) smiling. We don’t have too many of those cover photos. It will be interesting to see what games he gets this World Cup. Minor changes all in all pertaining to approval of headscarves and a stricter mandate on slogans on clothing. Here is the memo of changes which makes it easier to identify the precise changes...

Fifth referee in SummerRefs comes from Milton Keynes in England. In this section refs from all over the world and all with different experiences will tell about their refereeing career and how they prepare for next season during this summer break. If you’re interested to take part, there are still a few weeks of summer for SummerRefs left. Let me know! Name: James campbell Age: 30 Hometown: Milton Keynes (England) Started refereeing: 1995 (eek) Grade: 5 Who do you think you are (as referee)? “I think i’m like Phil Dowd – not afraid to give a bit back and get respect from players but go with a smile on my face too. ” What are your goals in refereeing? “I have just got onto the Womens Premier League in England which is a great...

This Sunday is the last day of the premier league season and we have that rare treat of all games being played on the same day. Everything is pretty much wrapped up, however there is the chance that if Arsenal and Chelsea finish level on points and goal differnece nad goals scored, we will have a play off for 3rd place. Is that the most stupid play off ever, I do hope that it doesnt happen as I am sure someone will have the idea that we should have play offs to decide who wins the league as they do in Rugby Union. I know they had them in Holland but they have less European places so it does make more sense. I would rather head to head records come into play which would then see Chelsea finish 3rd. Anyway the appointments Chelsea v...

An interesting Laws of the Game question for you after an incident in the Turkish competition. A second ball entered the field of play, but did not influence play. The ball was picked up by Kasimpasa defender Ryan Donk. He … Continue reading → The post Donk stops attack by throwing extra ball appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Original Blog: http://soccerrefereeusa.com/index.php/entry/147-denial-of-obvious-goal-scoring-opportunity-by-handling-application-of-advantage-in-depth-analysis Update: http://soccerrefereeusa.com/index.php/entry/150-updated-in-depth-analysis-of-dogso-h What do you guys think of the analysis?

The Single Double Single High Intensity Interval Test is a new way to test the fitness level of referees. Besides the regular FIFA Fitness test for referees and assistant referees this is an extra option. It will officially be used at the highest levels, but you might want to give it a try. In this […] Continue reading...

‘Let adversity be your calatyst to greatness Lucas’, is what referee Adrian Skeete tweeted to Lucas Leiva from Liverpool. That motto has brought the referee from Barbados on the international refereeing list. This is the third part of an interview by Dutch Referee Blog with him. You can read part one and part two on this blog. How do you think of goal-line-technology? “With the game changing on a constant basis, with new technology being used to create lightweight balls, ‘techfit’, aerodynamic clothing for players, nutrition and training providing intensely high fitness levels of players; I believe it would benefit football referees greatly by introducing technology into the game.” “Although this is true, we have to draw the line...

The appointments for the opening weekends fixtures have been confiemd by the Premier League. Saturday 18th August Arsenal v Sunderland Referee: C Foy Assistants: S Beck, S Child Fourth Official: T Kettle Fulham v Norwich City Referee: M Oliver Assistants: C Breakspear, M Scholes Fourth Official: R East Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City Referee: L Probert Assistants: D Bryan, R Ganfield Fourth Official: G Scott Reading v Stoke City Referee: K Friend Assistants: J Flynn, D C Richards Fourth Official: R Lewis West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool Referee: P Dowd Assistants: S Ledger, H Lennard Fourth Official: N Swarbrick West Ham United v Aston Villa Referee: M Dean Assistants: J Collin, S Long Fourth Official: C Berry Newcastle...

The new quiz season starts. Are you prepared? Good luck with Week 1 Laws of the Game Quiz 2019-2020. I was triggered by a quote from Riem Hussein, Women’s World Cup referee in 2019. She says On Deutche Welle (in English): “In theory, there were a huge number of changes. My fist thought was that […] Continue reading...

Week 12 Laws of the Game Quiz 2019-2020. The last quiz of November. Can you score all weeks this month with 5 out of 5? Laden… Continue reading...

Week 12 Laws of the Game Quiz 2020-2021 Laden… Continue reading...

Week 9 Laws of the Game Quiz 2019-2020. New month, new chances. I wish you much luck again. Laden… Continue reading...