YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discusses recent incidents PGMOL says referee standards have never been higher GRAHAM POLL: Refereeing is at the worst level I can ever remember Referees need respect – and new technology MATT WESTON : International performance expert to mount YATR …
This month Reading RA is pleased to welcome Jim de Rennes as our guest speaker. An old friend of RRA, Jim has a knack of looking at things in a different light and has provided some enjoyable and thought provoking …
It is unlikely that anyone would suggest Sir Alex Ferguson was a friend to referees. His mind games before matches such as, ‘This game is going to need a firm referee’; meaning he expected the referee to be strict against …
One of two talking points raised in December came courtesy of Steve McMahon, who discussed when not to allow a free kick to be taken quickly. The situation arose after the goalkeeper rushed out of the area and fouled an …
As Referees we have all reported misconduct in one form or another. Of course, any two referees will have different levels of tolerance when it comes to dealing with and subsequently reporting misconduct. Thus the question was asked to the …
Appeared in the Reading Post, 17th December 2014 THERE’S MORE TECHNOLOGY IN REFEREEING THAN YOU MIGHT THINK As all readers will know this is the last newspaper version of the Reading Post. For me this is certainly a sign of …
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The sore subject of diving has arisen again particularly after Jose Mourinho’s conspiracy theory that referees are waging a campaign against Chelsea players for diving, despite Gary Cahill escaping after a blatant dive against Derby County. The battle against diving …
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