Ingrid Jonsson is the first female Women’s World Cup Final referee. In this interview with Dutch Referee Blog the Swedish referee and FIFA referee instructor talks about this experience and the development of female refereeing. “In the future I guess that many more female referees will be involved in men’s football and not because they […]
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Good luck with the quizzes. It’s time for Week 19 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Bezig met laden…
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It’s my 2019 birthday. And that’s a reason for me to give a nice referee whistle away. RefsWorld UK has sent me lots of gifts and I’ll give a whistle away to one of my readers. All you have to do is share your goal for 2019 as a referee. Check out the video below […]
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The new quiz is live. It’s week 18 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. How do you like the quizzes so far? Thanks all for participating. An interesting one this week. How would you handle in the following situation? A player is in offside position at the moment of the pass in his direction. At […]
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Scoring directly from a corner kick. Is that allowed? But does the referee need to whistle? An interesting case study with AZ player Oussama Idrissi. The referee gives no signal to take the corner kick. Whistle or not? The Laws of the Game give advice on when you whistle as referee, but a referee […]
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It’s Week 17 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Good luck! Bezig met laden…
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Week 16 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. What happens when a ball becomes defective at a penalty kick? And what if a player hits a 4t official in the face when doing a substitution? Good luck with the test. And a quick note: one of last week’s questions is also on YouTube now. You’ll […]
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It’s a time for Week 15 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. Some interesting questions again for you all. If you want to win the goodies by Refsworld UK, then make sure to enter the same user name as in the first quiz of January. Good luck with the quiz. Bezig met laden…
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A new fitness exercise: building up intensity of referee training after a break. Usually after the season and in the half-way break you try to take some rest as a referee. Dutch pro referee fitness trainer Hilco de Boer has an important tip for you. When you get back into your fitness regime, make sure […]
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It’s time for Week 14 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. The first quiz of the New Year. Every month I give a price to the winner of the month, sponsored by Refsworld UK. In November Henrik from Denmark won and he just send me a picture. Will you win in January? Make sure you’ll […]
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Visiting the Southend Referees Society was one of the best refereeing experience in 2018. It was great to meet their chairman Jamie Pope and I hope he’ll get his RA to the next level in 2019 with more and more guests showing up at the events. And it all started with a direct message on […]
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Winter break fitness tips for referees. Who thinks about doing sports with Christmas and New Years Eve. But don’t forget to think about your fitness in this period. Hilco de Boer, the fitness coach of Dutch pro referees, shares his advice with you in the KNVB newsletter. Take a rest based on lenght of your […]
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The 10 best read stories on Dutch Referee Blog for 2018. 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. 1. World Cup 2018 referees The most popular story was about the World Cup. Who are the […]
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It’s week 13 of the Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. The last normal quiz of 2018, as you’ll have the 2018 Referee Quiz next week on the 29th. Some great prizes to win there.
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It’s time for week 12 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. This week a question about Thomas Müller’s high leg in the Champions League. Don’t forget to register for 2018’s Referee Quiz on 29th of December. Ther are some great prizes to win. Apply via the form. Bezig met laden…
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Week 11 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. An interesting situation in Italy where a referee has given a penalty kick for swearing. How does the referee has to handle in situations like this? Full quiz below. The quiz Bezig met laden…
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Referees FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 are chosen. The Referees Committee has selected 27 referees and 48 assistant referees, representing 42 different countries for the final tournament in France. Esther Staubli and team. Photo: Sportsfile from Uefa press release Lets go back to September 2015, because that’s when the journey of these referees starts with […]
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The 2018 Referee Quiz by Dutch Referee Blog will be organised on the 29th of December at 9.00 pm CET. You’ll have to answer questions about the Laws of the Game, but also facts about refereeing football games now and historical games. The winner will receive signed cards by Dutch FIFA and World Cup referee […]
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VAR in UEFA Champions League : it’s going to happen in the 2018-2019 season. The UEFA Executive Committee decided to use Video Assistant Referees (VAR) in the UEFA Champions League as from the round of 16 in February 2019. Because recent tests during the previous months were successful and referees have done training. VAR also […]
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The new quiz is there: Week 10 Laws of the Game Quiz 2018-2019. I’ve an interesting situation from this week’s CL game for you. Porto player Jesús Corona knows that he will get a one-match ban if he receives one yellow card during the game against Schalke’04. He waits very long with taking a free […]
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