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How to deal with encroachment at penalty kicks? An interesting situation in the game between Newcastle and Burton. This case study is written as educational story to show referees how to handle in particular situations based on the Laws of the Game. The situation. Newcastle has been awarded a penalty kick. Matt Richie takes it and […] Continue reading...

Damir Skomina and his team will take charge of the UEFA Europa League between AFC Ajax and Manchester United in Solna tonight. The 40-year old from Koper in Slovenia has already taken charge of the UEFA Super Cup final between Chelsea FC and Atlético Madrid in 2012. With 137 international matches, Skomina belongs to the most experienced international match officials has to offer. Check his Continue reading...

It’s great to have you here again for Week 13 of the Laws of the Game Quiz. Good luck! Bezig met laden… Continue reading...

This version of Referees in the media will be different, because a Dutch linesman has died because of an attack after a football match. You can read the full story of the incident with Nieuwenhuizen with updates on my blog. … Continue reading → The post Referees in the media (Richard Nieuwenhuizen) appeared first on Dutch Referee Blog. Continue reading...

A nicve photo series: Feyenoord u16 vs Utrecht u16. I officiated a game between the teams last weekend. The home team scored an early goal, but never came back after two Utrecht goals right before half-time. The final result: 2-5. Photo’s are courtesy of Hans Warnaar, who was so kind to send me the pictures. […] Continue reading...

Gediminas Mažeika and Slavko Vinčič will make their debut in group A MD2 games. A, 19 June, 18:00 CET (Kielce) Slovakia - England Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (LTU) Assistant Referees: Vytautas Šimkus (LTU), Vytenis Kazlauskas (LTU) Additional Assistant Referees: Donatas Rumšas (LTU), Robertas Valikonis (LTU) Fourth Official: Joost van Zuilen (NED) UEFA Delegate: Charles Schaack (LUX) UEFA Continue reading...

During an amateur game in Belgium the Referee judged that one of the players during this aerial dived. Im not sure how he worked that out and I do wonder if there was something else thats not reported in the clip. Anyway, the player who was cautioned and then dismissed went to Hospital and had 3 displaced vertebrae! Seen via offthepost.info Continue reading...

Referees from Utrecht are the Dutch Laws of the Game Champions 2013. The team won for the 4th time in a row the national championship for football rules specialists. Marco Ritmeester from Utrecht was the individual champion with 124 points … Continue reading → The post Utrecht Dutch Laws of the Game Champions 2013 appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

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...

Want to have a laugh? Watch Teofilo Gutierrez in the Europa League this week. He got booked for stealing referee spray from German referee Manuel Grafe. What would you do in this situation? Continue reading...

Referee Ovidiu Hategan and Virgil van Dijk embraced each other after The Netherlands won their Nations League group. If you look a little closer you can see the emotion on the face of the referee. Dutch and Liverpool captain Van Dijk consoles him, as the referee seems upset. “That man broke down, stood with tears […] Continue reading...

Week 15 Laws of the Game Quiz 2022-2023. Video for question 1 The next quiz will be published next Tuesday. You can always practise previous quizzes on this overview page. And after submitting your answers, you can see the correct answers immediately. The clip for question is the (possible) offside situation after 17 seconds. Only […] Continue reading...

As the last two posts indicated it's been a long week and it was good to finish it off by completing the latest Basic Course for New Referees with 24 successful candidates. We originally started with 27 but lost one before the first session and lost two between week one and two. Today's session included an exercise on misconduct offering candidates the chance to practice dealing with situations where players are cautioned, receive a second caution in the same game and also situations where they dismiss for a single offence. To wrap this session up we simulate a mass confrontation to see how a candidate deals with it and we pull out the learning points. Today we set up the scenario with some "spectators", some "runners" and around 20...

The Referee Conference in Dublin is where you should be on the 10th of January 2015. You’ll learn from top class international football and rugby referees plus a psychologist who helped the Irish Olympic team. So, top class professionals who … Continue reading → Continue reading...

How do you determine shirt colours of the teams you referee? That’s easier said than done. The Laws of the Game are clear: “The two teams must wear colours that distinguish them from each other and also the referee and … Continue reading → Continue reading...

Yellow card for selfie with Zidane. Can you believe that? Modern technology creates quite interesting game situations. I can understand the referee gives a yellow card for that. You don’t want players to walk around with selfie sticks on your field of play. What happened?A former international player of the United Arab Emirates could not wait […] Continue reading...

Zambian Janny Sikazwe has been appointed by CAF Referees Committee to handle the final game between Egypt and Cameroon at AFCON 2017. For Sikazwe, a FIFA referee since 2007, this will be the second final of a major tournament in a few time, after having officiated, on last December, 2016 FIFA Club World Cup final. He will be assisted by Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos from Angola and Aden Continue reading...

Playful fitness exercises for referees are always good to add something funny to a training session. And the idea is still: you’ll work on your physical ability. I explain the first exercise on my YouTube channel, where you’ll find more videos about refereeing. Below the video I’ll add the text as well. Example of playful […] Continue reading...

The Nike referee outfits for 2022-2024 are published on social media. The new brochure will be released soon. One of the new things: no colllar. Here are the colours: Black Volt green Green Blue The following images appear in the Nike catalogue for 2022, which was published online recently by local referee shops. Please comment […] Continue reading...

Referee news (8): some stories I missed during my holidays, but that are still worth reading. For example that the applications Tournaments Abroad are open Applications for Tournaments Abroad open Also good to know for you all. A foreign experiences is very useful for every referee and Tournaments Abroad can give you that as amateur […] Continue reading...