Time for abusive language to stop
Last week’s football headline was the suspension and fine of John Terry, Chelsea and former England …
From the middle
There should be a six second warning
My next door neighbour is an avid television football fan but he confessed to me during …
Local clubs in substitution experiment
Some of the clubs competing in the Reading Football League are taking part in a national …
Additional assistant referees are now official
There’s an old saying that the good referee is the one that you don’t notice but …
Technology but only for the goal line
The close season this year, (that’s if you have noticed one, what with Euro 2012 and …
Tough decision divides ex-referees on Arsenal game
As if it wasn’t enough for referees in the Premier League to have their decisions subject …
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Why a referee showed players red cards in his dressing room
Apart from George Galloway’s victory at their by-election, there was another extraordinary incident at Bradford last …
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Would two referees be better than one?
A few weeks ago when this column still appeared in the getreading edition of the Post, …
The curious case of the Hijab and the laws of football
A year or two back I refereed an English Schools FA girls’ cup tie where three …
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Local football may change substitution rules
Back in 1965 I was editor of the Reading Referee, the magazine of the Reading Referees …
