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VIDEOS & ARTICLES – Friday 16th January 2015

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.COM discuss recent games/incidents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COPijIPqnp0&feature=youtu.be MIKE RILEY : My referees are better than ever http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2902802/Refs-chief-Mike-Riley-dismisses-howlers-season-insists-referees-better-ever.html? Premier League bookings table http://injuryleague.com/2015/01/anthony-taylor-leads-premier-league-bookings-ref-watch-1415/? KEITH HACKETT : Stats, and looking beyond them https://you-are-the-ref.com/stats-and-looking-beyond-them/ Are referees the real problem? http://www.thesecretfootballer.com/articles/tsf-guest/23341/are-referees-the-real-problem/? …

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By Mal Davies Posted on 16 January 2015 Posted in Mal Davies

Can a Referee Delay Substitutions Being Made?

Since Reading’s game against Norwich City, several fans have asked me if the referee made a mistake in allowing the Norwich goal to stand. It certainly upset the Reading players. It wasn’t the goal itself, but the circumstances leading up …

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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 12 January 2015 Posted in From the middle Tagged with Substitute, Substitution

Videos & Articles – Friday 9th January 2015

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 …

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By Mal Davies Posted on 8 January 2015 Posted in Mal Davies

Welcome back Jim de Rennes

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 …

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By Aaron Baker Posted on 8 January 2015 Posted in Guest speakers

Lessons from Sir Alex Ferguson

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 …

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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 8 January 2015 Posted in Features

Wait for the Whistle!

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 …

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By Aaron Baker Posted on 7 January 2015 Posted in Talking Points

Dealing with Misconduct Post Match

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 …

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By Aaron Baker Posted on 7 January 2015 Posted in Talking Points

There’s more technology in refereeing than you might think

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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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 7 January 2015 Posted in From the middle

Scourge of Diving is not Referees’ Problem Alone

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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By Dick Sawdon Smith Posted on 5 January 2015 Posted in From the middle

Videos & Articles — Fri 26th Dec 2014

YOU-ARE-THE-REF.com discuss last weekend’s Premier League games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1EV1skgLP8 CHRISTMAS DAY 1914 – football was played during a break in the First World War…….. https://you-are-the-ref.com/back-pass-by-mike-pavasovic-christmas/ ……and how the Christmas truce led to a court martial https://uk.news.yahoo.com/christmas-truce-led-court-martial-101311265–sow.html#M3yn9ZA FERGIE TIME …

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By Mal Davies Posted on 27 December 2014 Posted in Mal Davies