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‘Referees in the media’ will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “If you had bad luck, the players first needed to remove **** from the field, because the cows were walking there the day before.” Herman Efftink from Dutch town Delden tells about the first years of is long career. He has been honoured by the Dutch FA for being a match official for 50 (!) years. Newspaper Tubantia didn’t mention if he will continue his career after more than 3.500 matches half a century. Als je pech had moesten de spelers eerst de stront van het veld halen omdat de koeien er de dag ervoor nog liepen.” “We have huge problems by finding new...
There is a standing joke among many football supporters that games at the home of Manchester United often seem to go on until the home team scores the goal that wins the game or rescues the draw. This perceived phenomenon even has a nickname - Fergie Time. Today Fergie Time at The Stadium of Light ran to 3 minutes while at the Etihad Stadium, Fergie Time (should that be Mancini time?) ran to 5 minutes. In the 4th minute of those 5, the destination of Barclays Premier League title changed from one side of Manchester to the other, as Manchester City scored the winning goal that preserved their lead (on goal difference) at the top of the division and ensured they ended their 44 year wait for title glory. The joke of Fergie Time aside...
Wrong decisions by referees in Dutch Eredivisie had direct influence on the outcome (win, loss, draw) in 41 out of 174 matches last season. That’s the conclusion of freelance journalists Thijs Zonneveld and Fokko Ebbens, who watched all matches of the top six teams, in newspaper NRC Handelsblad. The journalists focused on goals, (not) given penalty kicks and red cards. Mistakes by the referees in Dutch top would not lead to a different champion. Ajax Amsterdam would have even scored one more point than the team already did. Number two Feyenoord would not change position, but would have been much closer the the champions. That’s because the club from Rotterdam have been denied seven clear penalty kicks, says the journalist’s analysis...
‘Referees in the media’ will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “I went past an Ild player and then tripped over my own feet. It was unbelievably clumsy of me and when the referee pointed to the spot I felt I had to speak out.” Talat Abunima spoke with local newspaper Sandnesposten after he was send of in Norwegian fifth league after being send of for protesting against a penalty kick he conceived. Referee Nedzad Munjic also gave a reaction to the same newspaper. He still disagreed with the player: “It was a clear penalty. The player got it all wrong – I don’t think the players know the rules properly. And when I’ve blown...
One of the big issues in football is Racism, and the fact that governing body’s don’t take an appropriate view to punishment. Small fines and short bans really don’t get the point across. During the Trabzonspor’s and Fenerbahce match recently, Emre made a racist comment to Didier Zakora. In this case the Turkish FA banned him for 3 games (is that enough?) In the return game the Trabzonspor players decide to make their feelings known! Related articles Didier Zokora v Emre: Let’s kick racism in the balls (offthepost.info) Emre banned for insulting Zokora (bbc.co.uk) Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Didier Zokora, Emre Belözoğlu, Fenerbahçe S.K., Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor, Turkey, UEFA Continue reading...
The recent weather has played havoc with fixtures and at this time of the year this means the honour appointments, which many of us have worked hard to earn, have been displaced within the calendar. So the begging, stealing and borrowing done to be able to take the game on, whether this is at home or at work (to ensure you can stay on the game) starts all over again. Personally I have benefited from a postponement meaning I have picked up a 4th Official on the Sunday League Cup Final. The referee on the Trophy Final was also due to be on a County Final, so when this was postponed and the new date coincided with our Trophy Final, he had to give backword on our game. This meant the Senior Assistant stepped up to Referee and the 4th...
This is from the DC United vs Toronto match in MLS. It’s a poor challenge by Bill Hamid and a decision the Referee gets right. Theres some interesting comments on the youtube clip talking about last man, which really has no relevance to this at all! Related articles MLS: Five things we learned in week eight | Graham Parker (guardian.co.uk) DC United Vs. Houston Dynamo, 2012 MLS: Houston Defense Goes Missing In 3-2 DC Win (sbnation.com) Toronto FC loses again, ties MLS worst start (cbc.ca) DC United vs. New York Red Bulls: 6 Things We Learned from MLS Showdown (bleacherreport.com) Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Bill Hamid, DC United, FC Dallas, Football, Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake, referee, Toronto Continue...
‘Referees in the media’ will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “But as long as managers allow their players to con referees, they should not exhibit the incredible gaul it takes to call them out in public. It’s a hard enough job as it is.” In an analysis by The Score called ‘Refereeing, the impossible job’. ‘Goal-line technology is intended as an aid. The referee’s decision will always be final.’ Alex Horne, General Secretary of The FA in the latest Fifa World Magazine (pdf). Fifa Magazine April issue ‘It was another fantastic event from a refereeing point of view. Once again, we had a very high pass rate for the various...
200 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The draw has today taken place for the football competition that forms part of the 2012 london olympics. I was keen to find out who I would be seeing at the city of Coventry stadium….Mexico vs Gabon get you excited! With all the talk of the Great Britain side and who it will (or wont more likely) contain. Its good to see that Great Britain is being represetneted by Mark Clattenberg, Simon Beck and Stephen Child. I was impressed with Ravshan Irmatov at the 2010 world cup and he seems to be well respected within FIFA, so maybe a good bet for the final. Infact I expect he may refere the England Great Britain vs Uruguay match. List of Mens Officials and Women s Officials. Related articles London 2012...
Reblogged from TechCrunch: Traditional whiteboards are great for nearly everything but portability. Scribbling down physics problems? Sure. Impromptu game of tic-tac-toe? Of course. Folding up and putting it in your pocket? Not really possible with a normal whiteboard. But the Noteboard isn’t a normal whiteboard. It’s a dual-side, foldable whiteboard that might just change the world (but probably not). When unfolded the Noteboard is about the size of 27 notecards but it collapses into a pocket-friendly package. Read more… 98 more words Could be a useful bit of kit for new Ref courses! Continue reading...
One of the attributes of a good referee, according to spectators and players is "to let the game flow" a statement which ignores the referee's responsibility to enforce the laws but also gives the referee scope to employ the advantage clause. There is rarely an opportunity for the referee to take pleasure from his decision making in a game, after all there's no joy in awarding a corner kick or indicating the direction of a throw-in or despite what some coaches think, taking disciplinary action. There is however a really satisfying feeling from seeing an offence, identifying that it has occurred, but recognising that there is an opportunity for the team offended against to continue their attack and if things go really well, scoring a...
Two referees got injured last week during a football match. Turkish referee Bülent Yildirim, Fifa referee since 2007, collided with Didier Zokora last weekend in the Turkish top league. He looks a little dizzy: And due to a sudden movement Italian referee Daniele Doveri has dislocated his shoulder. The match between Napels and Novara was not even one minute under way. Fourth official Gennaro Palazzino would have met his debut in Serie A, but after 18 minutes Doveri could continue the match, which ended in a 2-0 victory for the home team. Continue reading...
Honest football players do exist. Yeah, really. Marius Ebbers from Sankt Pauli scored with his hand against Union Berlin in the German 2nd Bundesliga. Referee Tobias Welz and his assistants missed it and allowed the goal. “I told the referee that I touched the ball with my head and my hand”, says Ebbers after the match. The referee cancelled the goal and game went on. Sankt Pauli won the match with 2-1 with a goal in the last minute. Continue reading...
Oh those crazy people at NMA TV! Ashley Young is getting the Animated Treatment this week Related articles Tom Daley prepares for London 2012 with new diving partner Ashley Young (offthepost.info) Young not a diver – PFA chairman (bbc.co.uk) Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Ashley Young, Football, Man United, Manchester United FC Continue reading...
The FA have confirmed that Phil Dowd will referee this years FA Cup final betwen Liverpool & Chelsea. He will be assisted by Stuart Burt (Northamptonshire FA) and Andrew Garratt (Staffordshire FA) along with Fourth Official Michael Jones (Cheshire FA) and reserve assistant referee Simon Long (Cornwall FA). Congratulations to all. Watch out on the day as rumour is Umbro will be releasing the new Referees kit for next season. Related articles Live Sport Reports: FA confirm Cup final kick-off time (walesonline.co.uk) National Sport: FA confirm Cup final kick-off time (coventrytelegraph.net) Liverpool vs Chelsea: FA Cup Final the Perfect Tonic to Below-Par League Form (epltalk.com) FA ditch traditional 3pm Cup final kick-off...
Sorry to disappoint anyone clicking through to this post expecting me to speculate on the right/wrong decision to award the 2nd Chelsea "goal" in their FA Cup Semi-Final this evening at Wembley. That game is way outside the sphere of influence I operate in and whatever I say would therefore make no difference. I am more concerned about the interaction which takes place between players and match officials at grassroots. The guys over at Refchat.co.uk posed a question yesterday about the use of player's name during the game. Personally I will try to learn as many names before the game and during the early stages (1st 15 minutes) as this will help me manage players more effectively. This particularly important if I am looking at...
You may or may not have heard of the Adidas Mi Coach system. This is a sports training system similar to the Nike+ that gives you data on your performance. A while back Adidas incorporated this tech into football boots, so players could look up their performance data. This years all start game in the US will be smart as it will be used to launch the team tracking element of MiCoach. It looks to be like a variation of Prozone, however the extension to this will be the fact that fans will be able to view the data as well. Link to the story Filed under: Fitness Test, Fitness Training, Football Tagged: Adidas, Football, Football boot, Nike, Sports Continue reading...
Sad news coming out of Italy where Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini has died after suffering cardiac arrest during a Serie B game. All Italian league games have been called off as a result. It’s unfortunately not the first time this has happened however in Italy tests on players are more stringent than in other country’s. After all it was following kanu transferring from Ajax to Inter that a heart defect was found. Link to story Filed under: Uncategorized Continue reading...
This is another in my occasional series of blogs where I look at how incidents in open play can be broken down into elements as can be done with "set plays". For every incident on the field, I run through a series of questions Where is the ball? Where are the players? What infringements may occur or may have just occurred? If an infringement has occurred, what action should I take ... if any? This time around I'm going to look at how I consider challenges on the ground. I may have to stray into differentiating between careless, reckless and excessive force, but I'll try to avoid it (no chance!). Where is the ball? Hopefully if a player is challenging for the ball, he is in close proximity to the ball. This means being within the...
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