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Martin Hansson quits as professional referee
Referees in the media will be published randonly on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading: Martin Hansson, Paul MacArtney. Martin Hansson quits his job as full-time professional referee. He will continue refereeing at Swedish top level but will combine it with another job. [perfect_quotes id=”3021″] And how does Reuters introduce him? Not with his name but as “the Swedish referee who missed a Thierry Henry handball before the goal against Ireland that sent France to the World Cup in 2010”. [perfect_quotes id=”3023″] Paul MacArtney saves a footballers life after a serious injury during a football match. He got a National…
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“All referees deserve a compliment” (+ more stories)
Referees in the media will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. [perfect_quotes id=”2791″] German referee boss Herbert Fandel is very delighted with the appointment for Felix Brych as referee at the Confederations Cup. [perfect_quotes id=”2792″] Former West Germany player Hans-Peter Briegel praises the German referees in his weekly opinion article. He specifically names Jochen Drees, who made three key decisions, all right. Good to hear that former players appreciate referees too (sometimes). [perfect_quotes id=”2790″] Kyros Vassaras, member of the Uefa referee committee, compares young referees with young players with potential. The…
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Referee’s pants pulled down (and more stories)
Referees in the media will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading: referee’s pants pulled down, Babak Rafati and more. [perfect_quotes id=”2614″] Dewdat Rampadarath’s pants got pulled down. He talked to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf about the incident. [perfect_quotes id=”2622″] Babak Rafati, former German Bundesliga referee who has tried to commit suicide, has written a book and talks about life after the incident and his future plans. [perfect_quotes id=”2625″] A Bulgarian coach was very confused that his goalie was hitting his teammate. [perfect_quotes id=”2633″] Bobby Madley made his Premier League debut in…
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Football referees as team and FA Cup Final
Referees in the media will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading: football referees as team, Alan Pardew and more. [perfect_quotes id=”2599″] A quote from a personal blog about the a WCP tournament by someone who is a Referee. He saw a player hit a match official and wrote a story about the referee getting punched out. There’s more about this shocking incident on the website of SoccerRefereesUSA, with links and two video’s of the hitting incident of a local referee in Saskatchewan (Canada). [perfect_quotes id=”2603″] Newcastle United coach Alan Pardew thinks…
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Son of beaten up referee can’t sleep at night (plus more stories)
Referees in the media will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. It has been a while since the last one. From now one you get one a week again. The start is one to think about: a beaten up referee talks about what it dit with his son. [perfect_quotes id=”2562″] A father was beaten up when he was refereeing his son at an u11 match in The Hague. Referee Abdelmounaim El Machichti tells what this violence does with his family. [perfect_quotes id=”2572″] Matt Jackson, guest blogger on The Opinion Of The…
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Dean Mohareb: the arrested referee (and 3 more stories)
Referees in the media will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. Week 7 and 8. [perfect_quotes id=”2475″] The FA has suspended Dean Mohareb after the second time he got arrested for computer hacking. Full story about Mohareb’s arrest on The Guardian. The arrested referee has been caught earlier by the police for something similar. [perfect_quotes id=”2505″] Fifa Assistant referee Sean Hurd tells on In The Opinion Of The Referee (ITOOTR) about staying focused when a referee overrules you – and more, so check out the ITOOTR video. [perfect_quotes id=”2477″] Confederation of…
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Better referees will lead to better football (and 4 more stories)
Referees in the media will be published at the beginning of the week on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. [perfect_quotes id=”2456″]Cape Verde was the smallest country ever going to the Africa Cup of Nations. The country is developing rapidly and the national president stresses that improving refereeing is also a key to develop football. Download the Fifa World magazine issue January/February of 2013 in pdf. [perfect_quotes id=”2454″] Excellent article by former football correspondent at the Guardian Peter Lacey. Still worth reading, even if it’s two weeks old. [perfect_quotes id=”2453″] Mike Riley, the general manager of the Professional Game Match…
