Improving the Laws of the Game is can be great for football, but is always part of a public debate. Even referees don’t want the rules to change every season, which makes it sometimes more difficult to explain during football games. But I favour new experiments that make football quicker, more attractive and more fair. […]
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Core stability exercises are also part of referee training. Actually, according to FIFA’s medical experts it’s one of the key elements of injury prevention. And if you look at weekly training plans for UEFA referees, they’ll practice 15 minutes of core stability twice per week. But how to train the core stability? In this blog […]
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Referee Tamás Bognár had to take disciplinary action before the game even started. In the Europa League match between Vitória SC – Olympique de Marseille Patrice Evra was reacting to angry fans. In the video you can see him kicking a fan in his face. But unfortunately the refereeing crew from Hungary saw the incident […]
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Last week referees asked me if I can do more quizzes. It’s good for you all to know I publish them every Friday at 12 pm (CET). It’s time for a new quiz. Good luck with week 8 of the weekly Laws of the Game Quiz. Bezig met laden…
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Uefa has launched a Refereeing Assistance Programme with clips of the 2016 European Championships. You can install this on your pc or mac and train your refereeing knowledge. In case you missed it, it’s quite interesting material to develop yourself. Download the Refereeing Assistance Programme files Please note the files are links to WeTransfer files. […]
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Is this the weirdest penalty ever seen? Online these crazy penalty kick was everywhere. In this blog you’ll see the clip, decide what you’ll do and will read an explanation below. We are going to Thailand for the weirdest penalty I’ve seen so far. Bangkok Sports Club and Satri Angthong are taking penalty kicks, because the […]
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Some quite interesting questions in Week 7 of the Laws of the Game Quiz 2017-2018. Let me know how you’re doing with them and if you need any specific topics questions. Good luck! Bezig met laden…
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The IFAB has released clarifications to the Laws of the Game 2017-2018. You’ll find them below. For a copy of the LOTG 2017-2018, check the page with laws of football. Want to test your knowledge? Check out the weekly quizzes. IFAB has written in circular number 11. You can find them in different languages on […]
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The quiz from last week was quite difficult, although I thought it would not be. Lots of wrong answers, but I hope this week you’ll do a little better. It’s week 6 now. Good luck with the new LOTG Quiz. Bezig met laden…
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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? […]
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Stan Teuben thought he made his debut as the youngest referee in Dutch professional football. Another ref appeared to be 31 days younger than him. It doesn’t make him less happy, because this first game was just the start of something beautiful. In this story you’ll get some tips and lessons from this young referee […]
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Dear Referees, Dear Faithful Readers, This step has been planned for months and we believe the right moment has come to take it. All things come to an end at certain points of time. After several years of blogging as The3rdTeam, our team has come to the conclusion that it is time to close to the blog. The last years have been an insightful journey of following and discussing about refereeing
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UEFA Referees Committee has chosen the following referees to handle MD3 of 2017/18 Europa League group stage. Group A, 19 October 2017, 17:00 CET Astana Arena, Astana (KAZ) FK Astana - Maccabi Tel-Aviv Referee: Serhiy Boiko (UKR) Assistant Referee 1: Oleg Pluzhnyk (UKR) Assistant Referee 2: Volodymyr Volodin (UKR) Additional Assistant Referee 1: Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR) Additional
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The following officials will complete the appointments for MD3 of 2017/18 Champions League group stage. Among others, Slovenian Damir Skomina will be in charge of Chelsea - Roma in group C. A| 18.10.2017, 20:45 CET Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon (POR) SL Benfica - Manchester United FC Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER) Assistant Referee 1: Thorsten Schiffner (GER) Assistant Referee 2:
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UEFA has chosen these officials to referee Tuesday's clashes of 2017/18 Champions League group stage MD3. Among others, Polish Szymon Marciniak will be in charge of Real Madrid - Tottenham Hotspur in group H. E| 17.10.2017, 20:45 CET Stadion Ljudski vrt Maribor (SVN) NK Maribor - Liverpool FC Referee: Assistant Referee 1: Assistant Referee 2: Additional Assistant Referee 1: Additional
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The fifth week of the Laws of the Game Quiz is ready. How did you do last week? This is the new quiz. Good luck. Bezig met laden…
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Swiss Elite referee Esther Staubli has been appointed to handle a game at 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup in India. She will be the first female referee ever to make this step. After having officiated UEFA EURO Women 2017 final, Esther Staubli has reached another remarkable achievement in her career, being the first woman to take control of a Men's game in a FIFA tournament. She will be in the middle
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Week 4 Laws of the Game Quiz 2017-2018 is ready. Not one specific topic like the penalty kick questions last week, but I think it’s a good one again. I wish you good luck with the first quiz of October! Did you know The Top Ref sells hard copy versions of the Laws of the […]
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Referees in charge of the last matchday of 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (UEFA Zone). 8 October 2017 Group C, 20:45, Plzeň (Czech Republic) Czech Republic - San Marino Referee Alex de Albuquerque Troleis (Faroe Islands) Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Christiansen (Faroe Islands) Assistant Referee 2: Dan Petur Pauli Højgaard (Faroe Islands) Fourth Official: Petur Reinert (Faroe Islands)
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A not so interesting flashback… Travel began again at the start of the week and there was going to be a significant break for refereeing. In fact, I didn’t imagine anything coming up in the near future. I’ve been more cognizant of refereeing in other countries and how referees source their equipment so I’ve been […]
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