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Ive seen this story now twice in the last few days and what a load of pants. So the story being reported that the Referee sent off six players during an FA Youth Cup clash between Newport County and Bath City Academy. The reason being that they were wearing white pants under their shorts whcih could be seen. The Sun rreports this as a little known FA Rule. its not a FA Rule, but a FIFA law. This would then be cascaded down to the FA Rules as a result. This has been in place for many years now. Also there not exactly pants looking at the picture but cycling shorts . However from a practical refereeing point of view. This should have been spotted during the pre match jewelry and equipment checks. If was done and these were not...
‘Referees in the media’ will be published each Monday on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “There’s a lot of work to do, because no Russian referees was at the recent Europe and World cups.” Says Roberto Rosetti in an interview with Russian Oggi about his career as head of refereeing in Russia. “The system in place at the moment doesn’t provide them with a full-time working relationship.” Kilmarnock coach Kenny Shiels calls for full-time referees after controversioal decisions in the Scottish league. “From the bottom of my heart, I am very sorry.” The words of former World Cup referee Byron Moreno after he was sentenced for 2.5 years of jail time because of...
Ive just been preparing the indoor session for next weekends new course, that I am tutoring on. The session I need to deliver (and be assessed to get my tutor level 1 status) is Law 8, the Start and Re-Start of play. I was looking around for any footage of a coin toss and found this Pepsi ad from the 1990's. It struck me as my very first game, I forgot the coin! As it was a u12's game I hid the whistle in a hand and said guess the hand!!
Referees, always make sure have the number of the FA office in your cellphone, just in case you forgot the latest changes in the football rules. The Dutch women’s match between Odysseus’91 and Wartburgia on second amateur level was stopped for at least fifteen minutes, because referee Nielen was not sure he made the right decision. He awarded a penalty kick for the away team. The taker shot the ball on the post and after that she kicked the ball into the net. Nielen’s decision: no goal, because a player can’t touch the ball twice after a free kick or penalty kick. But the Wartburgia assistant referee (Dutch system only has refereeing trio’s from the FA at highest levels) said the rules had been changed, so the goal should count. Nielen...
Referee decisions must be more realistic in the new version of the Fifa soccer game, says Santiago Jaramillo, Fifa Game Play Producer at Electronic Arts. What special things has EA done to the referees in FIFA 12? Jaramillo: “We continue to work on the referee decisions and improve the intelligence of foul calls, carding logic, etc. With the introduction of the Player Impact Engine, we had to re-write a lot of our referee code to adapt to the new technology. So, while there are no new features for the Ref this year, we have done a lot of work on it.” Referee in Fifa 12 waiting for free kick to be taken in match between Real Madrid and Barcelona How important is the referee is in the game? Jaramillo: “Just like in real life, you...
‘Referees in the media’ will be published each Monday on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “We’re seeing referees’ development schools and player development schools, some of which are clearly a front for criminals. They are investing long-term in the compromise of these players.” Says Fifa security chief Chris Eaton in an interview with Reuters. “That’s just part of the goalkeeper’s risk, which is part of the business.” Werder Bremen goalie Tim Wiese accepts his red card by referee Jochen Drees for tripping an attacker. Eurosport Germany discusses five different reactions to five red cards. “This is my contribution to all who are concerned about the world of...
The Dutch commentator was wondering why play was still going on, but here’s a perfect example of an assistant referee who touches the ball when it’s in play. He’s no so-called outside agent, so the game should go on. See video of situation in EC qualifier between Finland and The Netherlands below. Such thing happened a few weeks ago in a match in one of the British lower leagues, but I can’t find it back. The referee was on the sideline and ball bounced via him to the defending team. They started a couter-attack and scored. Ever experienced that?
On Saturday I gave my quickest ever free kick, just seconds after kick off! That included stopping the watch to have a crafty look as well! I had a bad feeling that after giving a couple more free kicks in the early stages that it was going to be one of those games. However after a few minutes the game settled down. The game flowed on the whole quite well and I was happy with my positioning, as i seemed to be in the right place most of the time. I only had the one caution to issue during the game, which was possibly a bit harsh in ht context of the full 90 minutes. However at that moment with the home side pulling back to 1-1 I felt it was required for match control. It was for a simple trip however I felt that while I could have...
‘Referees in the media’ will be published each Monday on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “Our coaches impressed on us not to rant and rave at his decisions, because it would do us nor him any good.” Rugby player Tom Voyce about the debut of 23-year-old referee Luke Pearce in Aviva Premiership and the advice of his coach Bryan Redpath. His team won with 29-8 by the way. “Our referees have the physical fitness and are apt at the application of the laws of the game but they need to officiate more high-intensity matches in order to improve.” Indian League Referees Committee Chairman Komaleeswaran Sankar hopes that an Indian referee will officiate in the next World...
During last nights non league show there was a discussion about an incident that took place this weekend. The incident being discussed was that of a player leaving the pitch to use the toilet and re entering the field of play. the referee then cautioned him. The ref should count himself lucky at least he went to the loo. Last April I refereed a game in a step 6 league. During a lengthy stoppage two players behind my back relived themselves. I didn't see this but mr assesor did. He observed one leave the pitch, urinate the re enter. The other apparently didn't leave the pitch and urinated on the pitch. Mr assesor put a call in to the FA during the game and thru advised they would expect the following Player leaving the pitch and...
‘Referees in the media’ will be published each Monday on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. “Tell them and train them to understand that modern day refereeing involves a host of extremely technical skills. It demands a certain level of academic flair, high physical fitness, strong mental and psychological personalities and also excellent communication skills.” An advice to all Asian fitness instructors by Toshio Utsumi, Fifa fitness instructor. “If he has seen it again, all he has to say is, ‘I’m sorry’.” Says former Dutch international top referee Mario van der Ende about Kevin Blom’s performance and last minute penalty kick call against Scotland after a dive. “When...
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