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Category: From the middle

Injuries mean more decisions for referees to make

By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 18 November 2011 Posted in From the middle No Comments

When people take up refereeing they quickly find out that it’s all about making decisions and sometimes they have to make decisions on things they know nothing about. I was reminded of this a few weeks ago after the injury …

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Because you didn’t see it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen

By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 11 November 2011 Posted in From the middle No Comments

After Reading’s match at Crystal Palace, the only topic of conversation amongst Royals’ players, management and fans was of course the disallowed goal in the dying minutes of the game. According to manager Brian McDermott, the referee told him it …

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Wrong colour underpants go down badly

By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 4 November 2011 Posted in From the middle No Comments

It’s not often that youth football matches get in the news, but a recent FA Youth Cup game played at Newport County ground, made not only the national and local newspapers and Welsh and Bristol BBC television but spread around …

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New suspension rules for players

By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 23 September 2011 Posted in From the middle No Comments

Sir Alex Ferguson seems to suffer from some form of paranoia; he thinks everybody is against Manchester United, particularly the FA. He is still making noises about the two match ban on his star striker Wayne Rooney for the use …

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Players and managers told “Get on with the game”

By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 16 September 2011 Posted in From the middle No Comments

date: 2011/9/16About the only thing I have in common with any Premier League footballer, apart perhaps for a love of football, is that we both wear on the sleeve of our kit, a small oblong badge. It has just one …

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Stop cheating – get better decisions

By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 9 September 2011 Posted in From the middle No Comments

One of the highlights of the summer for me was the annual National Referees Conference, as indeed it is most years. This year however, was a little special in that since last year’s conference, an English referee and his two …

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Should referees give post-match interviews?

By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 5 September 2011 Posted in From the middle No Comments

One of the questions often asked about top referees is why they don’t come on television after a game, like the players and managers do, and explain why they made certain decisions. It’s a question that I put to Stewart …

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