“You show your real qualities when the coach is not watching”, says Bjorn Kuipers. It’s easy to put some extra effort in the training sessions when your coach is near the sidelines, but that is not enough. It’s actually the easiest thing to show-off. His impression is good. You run. Train hard. Impress him. Your […]
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A player who has lost his shoe scores a goal with the respective foot - did you ever experience anything like that in your games? And what is the correct decision? Loading...
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Feedback you always wanted to give us? Criticism you always had in your fingertips but never dared to write us? Positive things you would like to tell us or articles you would like to see intensified in future? We would be grateful if as many of you as possible fill the following survey out. There are around 25-30 questions about the blog as well as about the Referee Advent Calendar. Please
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The quiz of last week was maybe a bit too easy for you. Lots of people scored 5 points. This week is a bit more difficult. I can also proudly announce you one of the previous monthly winners. Kenneth from Denmark won a previous month. There were many people who scored all points and he […]
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One of the changes to the Laws of the Game that was rather "flying under the radar" in the medial coverage of the IFAB's revision work concerns the type of offence called "impeding the progress of an opponent". In former times, impeding the progress was one of the reasons for an indirect free-kick. It did not matter whether an offender made physical contact with his opponent or not. As soon
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Thanks to the Polish website Sedziowiepilkarscy.pl, we can provide you with the latest versions of UEFA's Referee Assistance Programs. The files are quite large as usual - if the first download does not work, try it again. It might be that you have to install a specific installer at first. But it is worth it. UEFA usually analyzes relevant match situations from their major competitions
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Reindeer FC are meeting their rivals of Snowmen United in the decisive final of this year's Christmas Cup. The tournament's Referee Committee, headed by the notoriously demanding Chief Officer called 'Krampus', has selected 'Santa Claus' of the USA to officiate the game. He is accompanied by his assistant referees called 'Knecht Ruprecht' from Germany and 'Zwarte Piet' of the Netherlands.
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The IFFHS have released their annual referee ranking having chosen Mark Clattenburg as The World's Best Referee in 2016, followed by Nicola Rizzoli and Viktor Kassai. "Selected editorial offices and experts", as the IFFHS writes, have made their votes resulting in the following list: 1 – Mark Clattenburg (England) 141 points 2 – Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
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Seth Kehr is only 14 years old, but has almost three years of experience as a referee. He doesn’t only put refereeing in practice on the pitch, but also tries to improve at home. “When I’m at home I will talk to other referees about their experiences and share my own”, he says in an […]
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The best read stories on Dutch Referee Blog for 2016. Enjoy them and please let me know on jan@dutchreferee.com what you want to learn next year and I’ll try to write some interesting stories about that topic. In the next few days I’ll come up with a series on goal-setting and giving your referee career […]
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The 18th Laws of the Game Quiz of this football season is the last quiz of 2016. I’ve copied 5 questions that were very difficult for you in the first half of this football season. I hope you know all the answers now. Good luck! Bezig met laden… Terms and conditions Please find the Terms […]
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What is the big picture of your refereeing career? Are you just enjoying your games every weekend or do you want to get more out of it? If you want to achieve your goals as a referee, you need to answer this this question for yourself. At the start of 2017 it’s a good moment […]
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Knut Kircher officiated more than 18 years in the German top leagues and was also a FIFA international referee. Due to age restrictions he has to quit in 2016. In this interview with Dutch Referee Blog he looks back on his career with some “special moments”. You had a wonderful career as Bundesliga and Fifa […]
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“You need to get uncomfortable as referee if you want to reach a higher level”, says Gerry Duffy. You’ve been thinking about your big picture as referee since the first blog post in this series. But have you thought big enough? This interview with Gerry Duffy will inspire you to think bigger and also shows […]
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From now on, you can find referee appointments for Europe's major national leagues in a (match)weekly post on this blog. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or a very
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Effective goal-setting for referees is very important, whatever you have achieved last year. Mark Clattenburg officiated the Euro 2016 and Champions League final, but he will set his goals for 2017 as well. “Last year I set my goals and I over-achieved my goals for sure”, he says. “But this year I’ve set my goals […]
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Happy New Year, dear Laws of the Game Quiz participants. I hope you enjoyed the quizzes so far during the first half of the season. This is the first quiz of 2017. And as a new month starts, you can start fresh to become a monthly winner and get some small goodies from Refsworld UK, […]
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This week’s referee of the week is Harvey Newstead. He’s 15 years old and on the local Centre Of Refereeing Excellence. “The key at this stage of my career is to get as much experience as possible on youth games”, he says in an interview with Dutch Referee Blog. Hi, please introduce yourself. My name is Harvey Newstead, […]
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The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 2. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash
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So what have I been able to achieve this past year? Personality Now, I don’t mean my personality on the field. I mean my personality off the field. To a surprising extent, I’ve noticed qualities of refereeing that I’ve been working on in the field come to life in my personal life. This was certainly […]
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