Barry Kelly is a top class hurling referee. I have to admit I didn’t know what kind of sport it was when I went to Dublin. But eventhough I am not familiair with it, Kelly gave me some wonderful tips and lessons I can use as football referee. If you don’t know hurling either, check […]
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This weekend I officiated a youth match between DHC Delft C1 – Feyenoord C1 (under 15 teams). Was it on? A member of the home club called me in the morning that there was a little bit of snow on the pitch, but temperatures were rising and snow would start to melt. The first thing […]
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Half-Time At half-time, I proceeded back to have a drink after the teams stepped off the field. I went to check on the away team attacker who was sitting on a bench in the shade holding his nose. His team and coach had gone off to the corner flag to have a tactical discussion. I […]
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The modern game as we love it, is a game that’s undoubtedly challenging to referee in this ever growing technological era where referees are constantly under scrutiny. However I’m writing this article on nonverbal communication as a referee to show you that refereeing isn’t all about what we say, nor the countless disputed decisions we […]
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Well I never expected to be writing this post so early. Game #2 of the season usually arrives in the May-ish timeframe but this time, the football season starting so soon is an early Christmas (or whichever holiday you celebrate)! I had a late morning wake-up. What else? I’m on holiday. I ate a quick […]
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Dutch Eredivisie referees are younger than 10 years ago. Nine of nineteen referees are under 33 years old. A decade ago only three out of twenty were that young. That’s what newspaper Volkskrant reports. “We got a group of referees with a lot of international experience plus young talented refs who can make progress”, says […]
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Strange situation in the Spanish Cup match: Jordi Alba got hit by assistant referee. Alba tried to get the ball and walked over the line. The assistant referee signalled for a throw-in for Atletico Madrid and the Barca player tried to walk back as soon as possible. He ran on right side of the AR, […]
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Pedro Proenca retires from refereeing. The Portugese referee confirmed his retirement during a press conference in the headquarters of the Portuges Football Federation (FPF). “I announce today the end of my career”, he told several media. His international career started in 2003 and Pedro Proenca retires at the age of 44. Based on FPF stats: […]
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What a difference: my match fee: £16,00 versus match fee of Premier League referee: £1.000. And that’s not it, they also get £65.000 (basic salary Premier League referee per year). The Premier League referees belong to the Select Group of referees. The National Group – Football League referees – earn about 380 pounds and work […]
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Since I won’t have too many games over the next few months (relative to a summer season), I’ve decided to reflect more closer on games I’ve had over the past two years here. Keep an eye out for those posts. It’s always a surprise on how much you can learn from a 90 minute experience. […]
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It’s not over yet with tips I got from the referee conference. I will share a longer blog post with rugby referee Alain Rolland’s story later. Now you’ll get one tip you will benefit from every game. Rolland’s advice: visualise game situations as match preparation. Ever wondered why top referees look so calm on the […]
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The referee conference in Dublin I went to is something big. But you can also learn at a smaller level from other referees. So go to RA meetings and learn from the speakers. Referees World podcast This week I downloaded an app on my smartphone to open podcasts properly. I was way behind with Referees […]
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The highlight of this week has been returning to my high school to officiate a football match. This is especially the case as I started refereeing there and it’s where my roots are. I started off with a late wake-up. I was up late watching Atleti play Barcelona in La Liga officiated by Undiano Mallenco. […]
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Referee Mark Halsey got cancer … and beat it. The crowd of referees was silent when Halsey told his personal story at the referee conference in Dublin. He told us about the moment he heared he got throat cancer and how he recovered from it. “It’s amazing what you can achieve”, he says with a […]
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Original Blog: http://soccerrefereeusa.com/index.php/entry/147-denial-of-obvious-goal-scoring-opportunity-by-handling-application-of-advantage-in-depth-analysis
Update: http://soccerrefereeusa.com/index.php/entry/150-updated-in-depth-analysis-of-dogso-h
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The first blog after the referee conference is the story of GAA referee David Coldrick. Don’t know him? I didn’t either. But it doesn’t matter. Just follow one of his tips: “You can learn from refs in all sports.” In the blog below you’ll find some advice from David Coldrick, things I learned during the […]
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I’ve been wanting to write this reflection post since September but promised to save it for the end of the year. My first year on the next level list of referees but so many things to learn from. Fitness I ran once a week in the off-season but it has made a massive impact in […]
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Overall, it has been a slow three weeks (or two really). Happy New Year by the way! I had a short trip to the beach… and there has been an additional part of the football family that I haven’t been initiated with in playing or refereeing. I’ve played beach football but not with the weird […]
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I am at Dublin for the Referee Conference. Really looking forward to it. Just got my badge
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I spent the better part of Monday travelling. It was rather bulky carrying my Winter jacket throughout the journey but I knew it would perhaps be for the last time so I put up with it not fitting into my carry-on baggage. Was great to see family again after eight months away and back in […]
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