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This Saturday I will be at my first game as a supply league assessor. Going to be an interesting experience, and one Im looking forward to. Ive found with the colder weather that Ive missed being involved recently. For me this is when the season starts, the cold weather, crap pitches and floodlights. Where are you this weekend, what game will you be involved in as a player, referee, or spectator? Post in the comments below. You can post anonymously as I know for a fact there are some football league guys who read this. Continue reading...

Looks like we may be able to get a weekend of football this week, after all the recent call offs. I will be tommorow tutoring at the County FA on a prospective referee's course. Its looking to be a busy course with 16 candidates. The plan was only confirmed on Wednesday so its been a bit of a rush as I need to deliver the following topics Throw in, Goal Kick, Corner Kick Applying the advantage Managing the defensive wall at Direct & Indirect Free Kicks Indirect Free Kicks (when) Plus a bit around the refereeing structures and administration Hopefully then I will be able to watch the League Cup Final on Sunday. What game will you be at this weekend? Continue reading...

Fresh form 5 days away in sherwood forest and all the Christmas lights. This weekend sees no football for me however will see the yearly battle with the Christmas tree! My wife wants to put it up early this year for the little one which is fair enough. Where will you be this weekend? Post your game below Continue reading...

Ive seen this story now twice in the last few days and what a load of pants. So the story being reported that the Referee sent off six players during an FA Youth Cup clash between Newport County and Bath City Academy. The reason being that they were wearing white pants under their shorts whcih could be seen. The Sun rreports this as a little known FA Rule. its not a FA Rule, but a FIFA law. This would then be cascaded down to the FA Rules as a result. This has been in place for many years now. Also there not exactly pants looking at the picture but cycling shorts . However from a practical refereeing point of view. This should have been spotted during the pre match jewelry and equipment checks. If was done and these were not...

Ive seen this story now twice in the last few days and what a load of pants. So the story being reported that the Referee sent off six players during an FA Youth Cup clash between Newport County and Bath City Academy. The reason being that they were wearing white pants under their shorts whcih could be seen. The Sun rreports this as a little known FA Rule. its not a FA Rule, but a FIFA law. This would then be cascaded down to the FA Rules as a result. This has been in place for many years now. Also there not exactly pants looking at the picture but cycling shorts . However from a practical refereeing point of view. This should have been spotted during the pre match jewelry and equipment checks. If was done and these were not...

Next week the blog will be moving to a new provider. If you to www.the-referee.com then everything will work as normal. However you will need to update your RSS Feed. I suggest bookmark www.the-referee.com and all being well between on Wednesday next week the blog will have moved. I am currently tidying up the posts after the move and tidying up the layout. There wont be anything else posted on this site now. Continue reading...

A collection of links that speak for themselves Stuart Attwell removed from the Premier League Owen Coyle backs Stuart Attwell Ex FIFA Ref goes to Jail for Match Fixing Continue reading...

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Uefa decided to pit a set of Benfica and Chelsea fans against one another in a series of challenges to win tickets for the Europa League Final, here is the results! The post Uefa Europa League Final – The Race appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

This is from the build up fro the Niger equaliser against Tunisia in Fridays Africa cup of nations game. If you touch it or not is it really sporting for an attacker to jump like this when competing for the ball? It's clearly a distraction technique. What do you thin Continue reading...

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Ive just been preparing the indoor session for next weekends new course, that I am tutoring on. The session I need to deliver (and be assessed to get my tutor level 1 status) is Law 8, the Start and Re-Start of play. I was looking around for any footage of a coin toss and found this Pepsi ad from the 1990's. It struck me as my very first game, I forgot the coin! As it was a u12's game I hid the whistle in a hand and said guess the hand!!

Tim Cahill scored his first goal for New York Red Bulls after his move from Everton this summer. Unfortunately it was somewhat controversial. Watch the video and see if you can spot the issue that the commentators couldn’t figure out. Tip you will need sound! Yep that’s right the Referee blows for a penalty and runs towards the spot before Cahills shot on target. At that momment the game is dead, instead the Referee tries to give the advantage to New York. I understand what he is doing but there are two bits where he fails, one he has stopped play, but also if he is going to play the advantage then he needs to signal this. Related Articles Everton midfielder Tim Cahill set for move to MLS and New York Red Bulls...

Check out the ball spinning antics of this Assistant Referee. Always good to keep a low profile!

Check out the ball spinning antics of this Assistant Referee. Always good to keep a low profile! Continue reading...

A brilliant short film talking to Francisco López a 69 year old Spaniard who has dedicated his life to the game The Sunday Ref (Spanish with English subtitles) from Kauri Multimedia on Vimeo. Continue reading...

Do quite like N :) Continue reading...

You may have noticed over on the right of the blog (yeah over there) an Amazon link for The Referee's or below if its not working for any reason This is a film that has been around for a couple of years following the Referee's at Euro 2008. Quite why its taken so long to come out here I don't know. I haven't seen it as yet, although have it on order for a few months now. However the guardian have a review of it on their site currently. One of the main parts of the film though I belive is Howard Webb and the Poland game where he gave the late penalty. I read an interview with the director where he had said up to that point it had been quite a boring job to work on where not a lot was happening.

If your aware of Google+ then this will make sense to you, if not don't worry :) Google. have now opened up "brands" on Google+. Now I don't see this blog as a Brand (what is a brand anyway). However I thought I'll grab the page while I can, but also may be able to do something more interactive than the blog allows. Ill feed the blog in, but also put some other content up there. It may be that with my thoughts with the blog, that it may become an extension or replacement for the blog. Link to the page on Google+ Continue reading...

Reblogged from TechCrunch: Traditional whiteboards are great for nearly everything but portability. Scribbling down physics problems? Sure. Impromptu game of tic-tac-toe? Of course. Folding up and putting it in your pocket? Not really possible with a normal whiteboard. But the Noteboard isn’t a normal whiteboard. It’s a dual-side, foldable whiteboard that might just change the world (but probably not). When unfolded the Noteboard is about the size of 27 notecards but it collapses into a pocket-friendly package. Read more… 98 more words Could be a useful bit of kit for new Ref courses! Continue reading...