Guest speaker Apr 2012: Iain Williamson – “foul recognition”
Our guest speaker for April was to have been Adam Watts, who is a specialist assistant …
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Open meeting – April 2012
We’ve got a great evening lined up for you this Thursday, 19 April, 7.45pm at the …
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 …
Open meeting – March 2012
It’s our monthly meeting this Thursday 15 March, 7.45pm as usual at the Madejski Stadium. This …
Tackling with feet off the ground risks a sending off
One particular foul that has stirred controversy again this season is what I call the ‘flying …
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Guest speaker Mar 2012: Ken Clark – “how do we define handball?”
For our March meeting we were looking forward to hearing from Ray Olivier, former Football League …
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