Our first fitness training session for the coming season was held on Wednesday 2nd July at Laurel Park, lower Earley. 18 members were there to take advantage of the programme prepared by Gary Connolly, to suit all levels and …
Very often, when a problem presents itself or suggestions to change aspects of the Laws of the Game are put forward, the action of the International Football Association Board is to ask for pilots or trials to be carried out …
Experiments that could change the shape of the game Read more »
April – Mini-RA-FA evening – Teamwork and Communication This was one of a number of mini-RA-FA training evenings that have been held a various RA branches throughout Berks and Bucks. All have been different and all referees in the allied …
Review of Mini-RA-FA evening – Teamwork and Communication Read more »
March – Roger Vaughan – Recognising Fouls Roger has worked for the Football Association for over twelve years, firstly seven years as Regional Referees Manager for the South West and is now the National Referees Manager for Referee Development. He …
Guest speaker March 2013: Roger Vaughan – Recognising Fouls Read more »
As this is my last column for the season, I would like to look forward to the World Cup in Brazil and at changes to Law made at the International FA Board’s annual meeting. But I must first mention one …
Some years ago when playing golf in Wales, I got a piece of unusual advise from the course golf professional. If you have a bad round or play bad shots, he said, don’t take responsibility for it, always find something …
Jose Mourinho – the special one or enemy of football? Read more »
There is a little dispute going on in refereeing training circles about one of the simplest laws of the game, something that has to happen before a match can even start – the coin toss. I realise that many people …
Is there a right and wrong way to toss the coin? Read more »
Something that anyone taking up refereeing has to accept is that refereeing is all about making decisions. There is simply no way of getting out of it. More than that, not all decisions are easy to make, and whatever your …
Decisions, decisions – the hard part of refereeing Read more »
One national newspaper’s report of Andre Marriner’s sending off the wrong man in the Arsenal match against Chelsea, suggested that it was due to tiredness. Apparently, he had travelled a thousand miles immediately before the game. I’m sure that the …
What do Premier League referees do between Saturdays? Read more »
One of the things that has niggled me for years is that players are not more honest. It stems I suppose from an incident many years ago when a player inside the goal area seemingly scored a goal and started …
Decisions are better when players tell the truth Read more »
