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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...

Here’s the answer of the question: How many cards can a referee give to active players during a competition match on highest amateur level before he needs to abandon the match? The options were, as posted in my previous blog … Continue reading → The post Answer: 46 is max number of cards before abandoning game appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Earlier this year George Gansner went to Phoenix for the pre-season test for MLS referees and assistants. It was the first time in twenty years he did not have to do the test. “Being there is great, but I already miss it. It will be hard in the first few months of the season.” An […] Continue reading...

Craig Bellamy jokingling pours water over referee Lee Probert during the match between Cardiff and Manchester City. The referee was on the sideline talking with the coaches and Bellamy thought it would be funny to empty the water bottle above … Continue reading → The post Bellamy jokingly pours water over referee appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

Theory in the Laws Of The Game is not always clear. That’s why referees need examples to see what a situation really means. Title of this case study: no offside after deliberate play. The “new” offside rule is two years old. But not every referee or player is familiar with it. Check out the video […] Continue reading...

Last weekend showed us a great case study for offside. Second last defender is the key word for it. Have you seen the game Chelsea vs Bournemouth? Check out Murray’s goal for Bournemouth. Was the referee correct to allow the goal? At offside situations you usually look at the last person in a kit of […] Continue reading...

This week's Champions League matches have offered tons of video material - almost every match offered crucial decisions to take for the respective match officials and to assess for you. Check the following videos our users Chefren, DutchRef and RayHD have collected (thanks for that!) and have your say! On Sunday evening you are going to find our solutions or recommendations. Loading... Continue reading...

Turkish referee Ali Palabiyik has been appointed to take charge of this season's UEFA Youth League final contested by the winners of the semifinals for which Latvian Andris Treimanis (FC Barcelona - FC Salzburg) and Poland's Bartosz Frankowski (Real Madrid - SL Benfica) have been chosen. Lithuanian Paulius Malzinskas will observe the semifinals. Semifinals 21 April 2017, 13:00 CET Centre 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...

That story has some lessons which would be helpful for referees, is what I thought after reading the interview with Robert Payer in Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. He’s the general manager of hotels Waldorf Astoria and Hilton Amsterdam. Payer grew … Continue reading → Continue reading...

The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 2. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash Continue reading...

The following match officials have been selected to take control over the matches played in Europe's top leagues in Matchweek 16. Feel free to ... - ... share appointments with us (writing them as a comment in the manner below) - ... share appointments from your national leagues other than those listed below with us, specially if you consider the game as significant (e.g. a derby, a top clash or Continue reading...

The Dutch FA and sponsor insurance company ARAG gave all Dutch referees the chance to visit the Supercup for free. All referees will get a yellow Nike referee shirt, so one part of the Amsterdam Arena will turn yellow tonight. … Continue reading → The post Supercup stadium turns yellow with referees appeared first on Football: Dutch Referee Blog for match officials. Continue reading...

When can we expect it: a referee as Athlete of the Year in The Netherlands? Dutch sports organisation NOC*NSF will announces the male and female athletes of 2014 on December 12. All World, European and Olympic Champions are automatically nominated … Continue reading → 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...

If your fan of football you may have come across the you are the ref series that has been running for a few years. Usuually these focus on an incident (real or hypothetical) via a cartoon. There is a new book out from the creator called You are the Ref – A Guide to Good Refereeing. The post You are the Ref – Guide to Good Refereeing Book appeared first on The Referee. Continue reading...

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...

Baird gets two unusual yellow cards in the game of Northern Ireland against Hungary. He makes an offence, referee Cakir gives advantage. In the attack Baird makes another offence. Referee Cakir gives him a yellow card for both of the offences. Is that technically correct? What are your thoughts on it? Check the situation here: […] Continue reading...

It’s time for week 14 Laws of the Game Quiz 2017-2018. How did you score? Good luck! Bezig met laden… Continue reading...

At the weekend I read about a local council who had not prepared all of the fields due to be used by local Sunday Leagues for the opening games of their season. Looking back one year my local Sunday League was in the same position. That was nothing to do with the annual switch from cricket to football seen on many council owned fields which is the bane of their lives for many fixture secretaries. For all of the political rhetoric about the creation of a sporting legacy in the wake of the London Olympics, local councils in many areas do not appear to have the necessary funding to organise themselves for the start of the football season. It's not as if the date varies that much from year to year. Many Sunday Leagues kick off in the last...