Because you didn’t see it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen
After Reading’s match at Crystal Palace, the only topic of conversation amongst Royals’ players, management and …
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Author: Dick Sawdon Smith
Wrong colour underpants go down badly
It’s not often that youth football matches get in the news, but a recent FA Youth …
Guest speaker Oct 2011: Ed Stone – “overcoming perceptions”
We welcomed back an ‘old boy’, Ed Stone, to our meeting in October. Ed qualified in …
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from: Andre Villas-Boas learns fast: blame the referee
Andre Villas-Boas, Chelsea’s youthful new manager, has wasted no time in getting on the bandwagon by …
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Guest speaker Sep 2011: Stephen Creighton – “Global Warming and the risks to you as a referee”
Thankfully for those who are global warming sceptics, this was not about climate change but about …
New suspension rules for players
Sir Alex Ferguson seems to suffer from some form of paranoia; he thinks everybody is against …
Players and managers told “Get on with the game”
date: 2011/9/16About the only thing I have in common with any Premier League footballer, apart perhaps …
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Stop cheating – get better decisions
One of the highlights of the summer for me was the annual National Referees Conference, as …
Should referees give post-match interviews?
One of the questions often asked about top referees is why they don’t come on television …
