• Blog,  facts and statistics

    DutchReferee.com in 2012

    2012 was a good year for DutchReferee.com. The site got more interesting articles and more people have read them. Thank you all for reading, commenting, sharing or liking! If you have any suggestions, just let me know. Already got some replies to my Twitter and Facebook requests. Some people ask me to write about topics like racism and advantage in special occasions. And suggested referees for interviews: Skomina, Cakir, officials from other sports, futsal referees. Just contact me via @DutchReferee, my FB page or e-mail (dutchreferee at gmail.com) to send your requests. Below I’ve added some stats from 2012 on DutchReferee.com Best read referee articles Most people read articles on…

  • facts and statistics,  world cup

    New and updated World Cup referee stats

    More and updated stats about the World Cup referees. Most cards this World Cup Howard Webb: 17 yellow cards (in 3 matches) Yuichi Nishimura: 15 yellows (including one second yellow card) and 1 red card (in 4 matches) Khalil Al Ghamdi: 15 yellow cards and 1 red card (in just 2 matches, so his average number of cards per match is the highest during the South Africa World Cup) Lowest average number of cards 1 by Michael Hester: 1 card in 1 match 2,66 by Ravshan Irmatov: 8 yellows in 3 matches (Saturday he’ll officiate his 4th match) 3 by Massimo Busacca: 2 yellows and 1 red in 1 match…