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 […]
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About 10 years ago, just after quitting refereeing, Jeff Winter published his memoirs. Hate him or like him, he does have something to say. Read more here. Don't be shy to comment ;)
The Belgian FA has published two video’s on their website and gives an explanation later what the outcome should be. But you should jugde yourself first in these Denying goalscoring opportunity case studies at KV Oostende – KAA Gent. During the first situation Lasse Nielsen (blue) is challenging Knowledge Muson (blue). Please ask yourself the following questions: […]
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Have you ever had a thought that you do not want to referee? Days that you dont want to pick up your bag and go out to your game? That’s waht happened to David Humphreys. He talks on this blog about refereeing and depression. You told me you got your own personal experiences with depression. […]
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The referee of the first ever World Cup final, in 1930, happened to be a Belgian: John Langenus. As fortune has it, he spoke Dutch. In fact, he even wrote in Dutch: memoirs of his refereeing career and the travels he made. Good for me, as I'm Dutch. And good for you, as I can tell you about it :) More about his life here: John Langenus. Enjoy!
It’s not a foul to be in an offside position. It will be if he’ll become active in play. As assistant referee you need to wait and see. Last week’s blog story was about the Dutch FA willing to get rid of the club assistant referees. My game last week proved that some club assistant […]
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Always interesting news when a kit supplier shows the new outfits. Check out the Nike referee kits for 2016-2018. There’s of course a black outfit. The yellow one is much lighter than before. There’s also again a green one. And the new colour is purple. What are your thoughts on the different colours? The picture […]
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Refereeing is fun, but also hard work. “Like any other sport you have competition, I like to think it keeps you on your toes knowing that people are working for the same thing as you”, says Ryan Hedges, a level 5 referee. I got the luck he has written down some answers about refereing for […]
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The Dutch amateur leagues make use of club assistant referees. Members of both the home and away team that will get a flag and help the referee. One of the biggest annoyances in the lower leagues are those club assistant referees. No, it’s not personally, but the problem is that some are not neutral. Players […]
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Refereeing a different football culture can be quite good for your development. It would be good for you to officiate a certain foreign tournaments and get experience with players that act different on the pitch. I got the chance to be the assistant referee at the game of ADO Den Haag under 19 versus the […]
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Dutch international referee Serdar Gozubuyuk thought he could not make it. He was Turkish, so probably was not good enough to achieve things in The Netherlands. “That’s what I thought in earlier days”, Gozubuyuk told magazine NuSport. He heared the same thoughts from other boys in his neighbourhoud. “Then parents said: nonsense. There are half […]
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It’s always interesting to listen to the Referees World podcast in the car driving home from work. In January’s edition they interview Martin Underhay. This former football goes for refereeing at the moment. He has been playing football for years and felt he was not finished yet in this sport. He easily found out being […]
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You might think you’re ready for all your games. You are a physically fit referee, but you still don’t earn your promotion or some negatives thoughts are keeping you behind the others. That’s because you find it difficult to deal with negative feelings or you don’t know how to deal with setbacks. “Now is the […]
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I just posted a review of a book by former Dutch top referee Leo Horn (who officiated the watershed England-Hungary match in 1953) about the 1974 World Cup: click here
What if you’re not focused as assistant referee? You’ll give multiple different signals to a referee. A video of that plus more in this week’s referee news. But first the biggest referee news: UEFA approves goalline technology for use at Euro 2016. There will still be extra officials behind the goal line. Good idea? Read […]
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I got the chance to meet online with Seth Galia, a young referee from Gibraltar. I asked him to answer a few questions for my blog on how it is to officiate in a small country like Gibraltar and how he stays focused during the games. Here is his story: “My name is Seth Galia. […]
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This scenario is not all that common in a football match. It was a while before I truly appreciated the mechanics behind it and it requires a closer look to understand what was really going on. Picture this. Scenario Ball kicked high into the air. Two players jostling for position where it’s about to land. […]
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Hi - finally posted another review, this time of Welsh referee Mervyn 'Merv' Griffiths: click here
Concentration is so important for referees. You can train your brain to focus on the right things. There are some things you can do during the game, but there’s another useful thing: concentration training as match preparation. There are lots of things you can do at home. As PGMOL’s sports psychologist Liam Slack says: the […]
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As a referee it’s quite difficult to stay focused for 90 minutes. Just as you are watching a player being challenged, a coach yells, the crowd sings and you’ll hear another player shouting he got punched. Too much information all at once. But you still need to make the right call. Earlier on I explained the […]
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