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Referee is the boss in the stadium (+4 more stories)

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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.

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Mike Riley, the general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited and a former FIFA referee, talks about bad weather conditions during a football match. He explains about pitch inspections and postponement rules.

"The referee is the bos of the stadium", says Michel Platini (here on 2012 archive image).

“The referee is the bos of the stadium”, says Michel Platini (here on 2012 archive image / Creative Commons).

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Uefa President Michel Platini talks about discriminating chants in the stadium and how referees should deal with it. He tells BBC that match-fixing is his biggest worry for future football.

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Arnold Hunter couldn’t make it as a referee on international level without support from his family. Read part 1 and part 2 of the interview with Arnold Hunter.

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Lorraine Clark is the first female referee to officiate at Ibrox during a match of the Glasgow Rangers.

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The AFC Deputy General Secretary stresses that Asian referees also need to educate themselves and not only do it when they have an meeting at the referee association.

Referees in the media 2013 (week 1 and 2)

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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.

The first quotes section of referees in the media in the new year has a new design. Hopefully you like it now quotes are shown better than just in italic.

AFC Quarterly: issue 1 2013

AFC Quarterly: issue 1 2013

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AFC’s Acting President Zhang Jilong mourns over the death of George Suppiah in AFC Quarterly (pdf), a new magazine by the Asian Football Assosciation.

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According to FIFA head of security Ralf Mutschke gangs target 50 national leagues for match-fixing.

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Paul Allaerts, technical director for refereeing at the URBSFA-KBVB, supports Uefa’s policy by introducing additional assistant referees (AAR’s).

Enrico Wijngaarde: top referee in the Caribean.

Enrico Wijngaarde: top referee in the Caribean.

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The referee from Suriname says it’s easy for him to change between low-level matches in his home country and international Champions League matches. Enrico Wijngaarde hopes to get to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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Referees in the media (week 49 – 52)

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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.

Due to holidays and incident in Dutch football, I made a list with quotes from the last month. The Dutch Referee blog wishes you a very sportive 2013.

“Oh yes, of course I miss it. It’s like a player, when he finishes playing. I miss it a lot, but on the other hand, it’s good because you are still involved, still hungry and can explain better to the referees what they need to do.”

Massimo Busacca, former Swiss top referee and current Fifa referee boss, misses refereeing. Read full interview with Busacca on Fifa.com.

“Age caught up with me, I think. But you don’t get tackled as a referee.”

Mick Massingham after he received the Richard Taylor Memorial Trophy. The award is presented to those who have made an outstanding contribution to refereeing. He had to stop playing football due to an injury, but could continue running with the whistle.

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“My technical skills with the ball are unfortunately very limited. When I realized that, I said to myself: “Come, you will become a referee.” For me it was a great way to get to know football from a different angle.”

Referee Marcel Neuer, brother of Bayern Munich’ss goalie Manuel, talks about his career as referee. Full interview with Marcel Neuer in German on website of DFB, the German FA.

“It only took the Saints fans 20 minutes to welcome him back with derisory chants which perversely he will have loved hearing – normal service was resumed.”

Graham Poll about the first match of referee Mark Clattenburg after the Chelsea allegations of racism. Read the full review by Poll of the Premier League Referees.

“We had a great three weeks in Japan and although very tough, it is a further step in the selection of referees for the Women’s World Cup to be held in Canada 2015.”

Referee Sian Massey blogs about the World Cup earlier this year and her experiences with top level refereeing.

“Passion, commitment and going into games without prejudice against teams with players who got a migration background.”

That’s what Hans-Dieter Wichert wants to advice young referees to take with them on their path of their refereeing career. On the 21st of December the referee from Germany was 40 years on refereeing duty.

Referees in the media (Richard Nieuwenhuizen)

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This version of Referees in the media will be different, because a Dutch linesman has died because of an attack after a football match.

You can read the full story of the incident with Nieuwenhuizen with updates on my blog.

Thanks for all your messages I got. Also thanks for your suppport in the Respect for Richard campaign. The family of the killed linesman also said they were very happy that they got so much support from all over the world.

Normally I do post all sorts of stories in this section, but today I only added quotes about the deadly incident with the Dutch linesman.

“We never had anything like this. I saw some boys attacking him; I ran over, they were kicking his head. Then I thought I had got rid of them but one ran back and stamped on his head. At least I know I did everything that I could.”

Egor van Gelden, youth team coach of Buitenboys, the club of Richard Nieuwenhuizen.

“Dear Papa, we will miss you. But let us remember, in the Netherlands senseless violence never has the last word.”

The son of Richard Nieuwenhuizen in an emotional speech before the silent march. The kid was playing in the team where his father was linesman and saw the attack from nearby.

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Referees in the media (week 48)

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“Only Stindl had paid attention to it and counted correctly. He mentioned the mistake to his coach Mirko Slomka and the club reported it to the DFL (German Footbal League, jth) and they observed the failure too. Consequence: The midfield player is missing the match on Tuesday against Greuther Fürth.”

It’s not a quote by a referee, but a translation from German newspaper Bild. Referee Christian Dingert has shown Lars Stindl form Hannover’96 a yellow card during the match against Frankfurt, but it was not shown in the Bundesliga statistics nor on the referee report. Because this was his fifth, he got suspended. That’s fair play by Stindl – I love that.

“I think it is becoming more of an option now. There was talk of a mentor-style system starting at academy level. The fact is that the best referees would still get through and it would be a relationship that would be mutually beneficial for both players and referees because they could both learn from each other. I think that is something that might change in the future.”

Newcastle United goalkeeper Steve Harper about refereeing after his career. Read the full interview by GKicon with the goalie.

“The club regrets not having given more consideration before issuing a statement on the evening of Sunday 28th October. The club also regrets the subsequent impact the intense media scrutiny had on Mark Clattenburg and his family.”

A statement by Chelsea and the Professional Game Match Officials Limited.

Referees in the media (week 47)

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“They cannot have contact with members of the public, because you don’t know what can be exchanged.”

Local organising committee CEO Mvuso Mbebe about the referees who will officiate at the African Nations Cup 2013 in Januaray and February.

“We will not assign referees next weekend for games in the D-League in Darmstadt. We have a duty of care for our referees and can in all honesty not tolerate that they put their health at risk in order to allow others to exercise their hobbies.”

Local county referee chief Sebastian Schaab in Darmstadt about the referee strike.

“You dedicate a significant part of your lives to football, a game of self-discipline and respect, and one that represents a battle where fair play must reign.”

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter about the road to Brazil for the referees. Also have a look at this funny refereeing cartoon in the new Fifa World Magazine.

“What we have seen over some 1,200 matches is a better [refereeing] control of the match.”

Says Uefa’s referee boss Pierluigi Collina at Friday’s workshop with extra assistant referees in Nyon. The video about the extra assistants released a few weeks ago is also worth watching.

Referees in the media (week 46)

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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.

“Behind our mistakes, there is nothing: it is a mistake and then we turn the page. The referee and our association are like a kite: the more headwind there is, the better and higher we fly.”

Marcello Nicchi after the moment he was chosen as the president of the Italian referees.

Australian A-League referee Shaun Evans. Photo: Refsworld / Anita Milas

Australian A-League referee Shaun Evans. Photo: Refsworld / Anita Milas

This would have been the hardest decision of my life so far! The thought of giving up 4 years as an assistant referee on the A-league panel to pursue a potential career as a referee on the A-league was a massive decision for me to make. The many hours speculating what the future might hold for me.

Shaun Evans, a 24-year-old referee from Australia, has chosen to go on as a center referee. The interviewer from Refsworld was wondering it it was a difficult decision tomake “considering there are more chances to achieve a FIFA badge as a linesman”. Read the full interview with Shaun Evans on Refsworld.

“Refereeing is not an easy job. If the match is being whistled by a Belgian referee or a foreigner doesn’t matter.”

Niels De Schutter, player of Belgian team KV Oostende, emphasizes that it’s not a problem that referees from Luxembourg or The Netherlands officiate in the Belgian leagues. In De Sutter’s opinion the foreign referee of his match against Boussu Dour made some mistakes, but “that happens to Belgians too”.

“I want him especially not to rage at the referee. I don’t want him to do that. Easy. Period.”

The mother of ADO The Hague player Vicento is stern for his son. He has to pay 50 euro’s to five family members each if he gets a yellow card.