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Yeah, the new quiz season starts. This is the first quiz of 2018-2019 and based on the latest LOTG changes for the new season. Good luck! After submitting the quiz, you can see the answers. Bezig met laden… Continue reading...

Swamped doesn’t even begin to describe the week I had. The worst part is that an identical week is coming at the end of October. It’s a storm that’s hard to prepare for. It’s a busy term. Monday and Tuesday were football days but playing. It’s a good change and playing at a higher division level sometimes shows some of the deficiencies I have while playing. Monday We were playing a very evenly-skilled team so it was a difficult match. The score went up evenly. In the last minute, we won a penalty while it was a draw. The ball was put in the back of the net and we needed to defend for the last minute. As fate would have it, we were pressed hard and off a corner kick, I stood at the front post. The ball was played in and kicked out...

Maltese referee Esther Azzopardi had recently been promoted to Uefa’s Elite Development list. She got the love from refereeing from her father, a former Fifa assistant referee. “I always trust in his advice.” An interview with Esther Azzopardi on the Dutch Referee Blog. Photo courtesy Domenic Aquilina, Malta Football Association Photographer. His website. When and why did you start refereeing? Azzopardi: “I wore the uniform and blew the whistle for the very first time in September 1998. Today, I am 30 years old and I have been refereeing since I was 17. Refereeing has been an integral part of my life as I have devoted my attention and passion to it since the very beginning. My father (Ronald Farrugia, ed.) was a FIFA assistant referee...

Last week was an easy one for you all. How will you perform in week 18 of the 2017-2018 Laws of the Game Quiz? Good luck! Bezig met laden… Continue reading...

What is your favourite referee whistle? How do you pick your whistles? And what makes a whistle good? I like whistles with a sound other referees don’t have. The Fox 40 Pearl has that in The Netherlands. That reminds of a situation during last season. I officiated with a blue Pearl version of the Fox 40 – matching with my blue referee kit ofcourse. Usually people ask me afterwards something about a situation or just say thanks for refereeing. But a man stepped forward and began talking about that unique sound of the whistle. Yeah, it was a colleague who was off duty that weekend. I’m wondering if he found one, because (most of) the Dutch sport shops only sell the Fox 40 classic. But it kept me thinking: how do referees pick their...

UEFA has appointed the following officials to handle Tuesday's Champions League Matchday 2 games. Among others Dutch Björn Kuipers will officiate the top clash between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid. E| 26.09.2017, 20:45 CET Otkrytie Arena, Moscow (RUS) Spartak Moskva - Liverpool FC Referee: Clément Turpin (FRA) Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Danos (FRA) Assistant Referee 2: Cyril Gringore Continue reading...

I await with some anticipation the detail with regard to how the introduction of sin bins at grassroots level will operate. Many of The post HACKETT’S VERDICT: Is this sin bin trial workable? appeared first on You Are The Ref. Continue reading...

UEFA has appointed Damir Skomina to officiate the clash between Real Madrid CF and SSC Napoli. Meanwhile, Serbian Milorad Mažić has been assigned to handle Bayern München vs Arsenal FC. The Slovenian will be observed by UEFA Referees Committee's member Jaap Uilenberg. 15 February 2017, 20:45 CET (Santiago Bernabéu) Real Madrid CF - SSC Napoli Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN) Assistant Continue reading...

Week 12 Laws of the Game Quiz 2022-2023. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Start after 1 minuted 39 seconds. Quiz Laden… Continue reading...

Week 15 Laws of the Game Quiz 2019-2020 is a so-called “best of”. You’ll see questions from all the quizzes that were used during the first half of the 2019-2020 season. Laden… Continue reading...

When a referee didn’t turn up Joel Aguilar from El Salvador had to pick up the whistle. “When I was asked to be the referee I said no at first because I liked playing and in fact had poor relations … Continue reading → Continue reading...

Got a nice gift from RefStuff. Where Refsix is going digital, this hand held device wants to make it easier for you to keep track of the scores. I like the idea of this new product. Will test it myself during my next game, but can already share one with you. Want to get one? […] Continue reading...

I must start this post with this fantastic video on some football fans. Futsal Also my Futsal league received some advertising from Futsal_Focus in England and it was nice to see it featured. University of Waterloo,Canada #Futsal league 2nd season started with over 1000 players facebook.com/FutsalF #Soccer http://t.co/ogYGIdvR9W— Futsal Focus (@Futsal_Focus) February 14, 2014 It has been a privilege to be part of such a major movement in Futsal in the region and to see so many participants’ lives affected along with their mindset of the game and their development. There’s a great degree of satisfaction in hearing other players wanting to play Futsal instead of Indoor “Soccer” especially when it’s not even part of the league...

Week 9 Laws of the Game Quiz 2021-2022. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. Quiz Laden… Continue reading...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he is being treated to different rules than his fellow Premier League counterparts. The Portuguese appeared The post Jose Mourinho is right – he is being treated unfairly appeared first on You Are The Ref. Continue reading...

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Ceri Williams has officited for big crowds, “for a man and a dog” and even went to Dubai. It’s a very interesting journey for her as a referee, she says in an interview with British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS). And good to be part of the referee family. “It’s a fantastic experience.” Williams is […] Continue reading...

10-man Bournemouth earned a draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford at the weekend, in a match that had two unpleasant incidents The post Kevin Friend’s Old Trafford nightmare was the worst Premier League refereeing display this season appeared first on You Are The Ref. Continue reading...

Last quiz month of the year, so last chance to win goodies from RefsWorld UK. Good luck with Week 29 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Bezig met laden… Continue reading...

So if you have practiced Law questions before, you may have come across areferee.com. I did dozens and dozens of these quizzes late last year so much so that I’ve exhausted the question bank of 772 questions which were repeated many times across the various quizzes. I highly recommend it to any referee looking to improve their knowledge of the LOTG and to be open-minded on various scenarios that could develop off some half-described scenarios. I did have a mission to achieve 50/50 on a 50-question quiz over the past off-season but had no luck. I recommend trying the same but I’m sure you’ll find the mutual feeling below on some questions that mark your answer wrong. It’s addicting yet extremely annoying at times because of the...