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Ever had unauthorized football players on the bench during one of your matches? It happend in Spain last weekend. Fábio Coentrão took his place on the bench for the match against Espanyol. Apparently he missed the memo that he was … Continue reading → The post Unauthorized football players on bench appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Sulley Muntari steals yellow card from referee Antonio Damato and shows it to Mario Balotelli, the AC Milan player who took off his shirt after scoring the 1-0 against FC Turin in the 85th of the match. Referee Antonio Damato, … Continue reading → The post Muntari steals yellow card and books Balotelli appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Uefa decided to pit a set of Benfica and Chelsea fans against one another in a series of challenges to win tickets for the Europa League Final, here is the results! The post Uefa Europa League Final – The Race appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

UEFA Europa League (Photo credit: Wikipedia) UEFA have announced the Match Officials for this Wednesdays Europa league final between Benfica and Chelsea. Clearly there is so little money to be made in the Europa league they have had to cut back on expenses as they have appointed a Dutch team. Of course I am being flippant and well done to the the team. Referee Björn Kuipers Assistant Referee’s Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra from the Netherlands. Fourth official will be Felix Brych from Germany Additional assistant referees, Pol van Poekel and Richard Liesveld from the Netherlands. Reserve assistant referee – Berry Simons – Björn Kuipers took charge of the 2011 UEFA Super Cup game in Monaco between FC Barcelona and FC Porto and...

German football referees are getting more money next season. Top referees Wolfgang Stark and Felix Brych will earn 60.000 euro’s a year plus fees for the matches they officiate, say German media. That amount was 40.000 euro’s last year for … Continue reading → The post Salary German referees increases, match fees keep the same appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

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When players or managers go out its allways great when they go out in a way that sums up their career. Sir Alex Ferguson retires with a title, and Mark Van Bommel retires with a red card in his last game for vs Twente Actually this maybe a bit of a bad rap as a bit of research shows only 8 Red Cards for him, however 115 cautions shows more of a story. These are only from a quick google so maybe a bit more in reality. Related articles That’s his legacy: Van Bommel’s career ends by getting sent off for a horrible challenge Mark Van Bommel ends career by getting sent-off for PSV – video Former Dutch captain Van Bommel retires Van Bommel: A Short, Yet Wonderful Adventure with Milan Marc van Bommel: ‘Second leg will suit Barcelona’ The...

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Is this challenge on Ronaldinho one of the worst in the modern game. There is only one intent and it’s not to get the ball The post Is this foul one of the worst ever appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

English: A green frog on a palm frond. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In every day life either at home or at work there is a horrible task that we have to do that we keep putting off. For me at the momment that is sorting out how we will cross charge an invoice as part of an internal work project. However I knew I had to deal with it and so I decided to eat the frog. Eating a Frog is taken from a quote by Mark Twain, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” While it sounds a bit over the top as a quote I like it. Lets be honest we put the rubbish job off because there is something more exciting or fun to do, so if we do the worst thing your going to have to do all day first, then...

Its reassuring to see that despite all the money and cheating in Providing sport. That the Is still sportsmanship and respect for your fellow man at some level. This is a great video The post Example of great sportsmanship appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

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Mark Halsey (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This week Mark Halsey announced that he is retiring from Refereeing at the top-level. He deserves a lot of credit and respect for overcoming what he has to return back to the top flight. I hope that unlike Graham Poll and Jeff Winter he is planning to do something positive and still be involved. Unfortunately though according to the Daily Mail he only told the FA 24 hours before it was announced he was going to be a pundit on BT Sports new channel. He also told the FA he wouldn’t have a book coming out but this is being advertised on Amazon already. I hope this is just media digging dirt and he isn’t walking away. The post Mark Halsey Retires appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

Apparently this video has been around for a few months but Ive only just come across it. Its from the Bad Lip Reading series, and after politicians, movies and songs, its not the turn of the NFL. I couldnt stop laughing when I saw this today at work, I dont know why it seemed to be the peanut one that pushed me over the edge. The post Bad Lip Reading – NFL appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

The FA have today confirmed the officials for this years FA Cup Final between Wigan and Man CIty Referee Andre Marriner’s Assistant Referees Stephen Child (London FA)‬ and Simon Long (Cornwall FA)‬ Fourth Official. Anthony Taylor (Cheshire FA)‬ Reserve Assistant Referee. Gary Beswick (Durham FA) The post 2013 FA Cup Final Officials Confirmed appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

When I first started work, one of the guys I used to work with was an ex steel fabricator. He always used to drill in to everyone Check Twice Cut Once. This was something that he pointed out that when your making things from scratch you need to check everything twice as otherwise if your wrong, your wasting resource and starting again. Which is a bit of tangent to show this clip from the weekend of Mark Clattenburg realising he has forgotten his cards. To be honest I’ve never done this and I don’t think in 20 years I have been involved in a game where the Referee has. However I can understand why it may have happened as some people will swap kits at half time for comfort. Although he should still have checked he had everything...

FIFA have confirmed that this years confederations cup will use goal line technology provided by GoalControl-4D. This video shows how the technology will work. To be honest, not inspired at all. The examples shown in the clip dont need technology, what it should show is the ability to report on those really tight decisions. Related Articles FIFA picks German goal-line technology firm for Brazil (itv.com) FIFA Names GoalControl As Preferred Goal-Line Technology Ahead of World Cup 2014 (epltalk.com) Michel Platini insists goal-line technology ‘too expensive’ to use in Champions League (metro.co.uk) FIFA picks GoalControl goal-line technology for 2014 World Cup (cbc.ca) The post Goal Line Technology – Video showing its use appeared...

Björn Kuipers will officiate the Europa League final in Amsterdam, says KNVB (Dutch FA). The referee from The Netherlands will also go to the Confederations Cup. More about it and quotes from the referees (if they reply) this afternoon after … Continue reading → The post Bjorn Kuipers to referee Europa League final 2012/2013 appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Guessing the Champions League final referee: who will officiate this European top match? A prediction, based on previous tournaments. Last few years Martin from blog “Law 5 – The Referee” made good predictions about the CL final, but he stopped … Continue reading → The post Guessing Champions League final referee 2012/2013 appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

I used to think the only people working a sunny May Bank Holiday were off their rockers. Seems after this weekend I am one of them... http://thefacebehindtheref.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/working-on-bank-holiday.html