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Referees in the media (week 49)
‘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. “After the match we change clothes, fill out the match form and send it via iPhone.” International referee Danny Makkelie from the Netherlands on the modern way of sending the match report in the weekly section on the Dutch FA website. “It was a real shock and probably the most disappointing decision of my career.” Graham Poll about missing the Euro 2004 in Portugal. “The top two is the same every season, of course.” One of the players in the…
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‘Technology will be benefit for football referees’
‘Let adversity be your calatyst to greatness Lucas’, is what referee Adrian Skeete tweeted to Lucas Leiva from Liverpool. That motto has brought the referee from Barbados on the international refereeing list. This is the third part of an interview by Dutch Referee Blog with him. You can read part one and part two on this blog. How do you think of goal-line-technology? “With the game changing on a constant basis, with new technology being used to create lightweight balls, ‘techfit’, aerodynamic clothing for players, nutrition and training providing intensely high fitness levels of players; I believe it would benefit football referees greatly by introducing technology into the game.” “Although…
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‘Barbadian referees are as fit as the refs in EPL’
Adrian Skeete has officiated his last match for 2011 already. The season final was this week. “And it went well”, says the referee from Barbados. This is the second part of an interview by Dutch Referee Blog with him. You can read part one here. How do Concacaf and Fifa support you in becoming a top referee? “I’m in the Refereee’s Assistance Programme, which is a project put together by FIFA to assist in the growth and development and all referees. Making sure we interpret, and implement the LOTG the game, providing fit, healthy, consistent quality referees in the region.” “To date there are no full-time or professional Referees in…
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Adrian Skeete wants to be the best in everything
Adrian Skeete wants to be world’s best referee. This year the 33-year-old from Barbados made his debut on the international Fifa referee list. Dutch Referee Blog interviewed him. This is part 1, the rest will be published later this week. How did you become a referee? “Football and sports – and my wife of course – have always been my love of my life. As a young child I had always envisioned becoming a Premier League football player, but I was never really good enough.” “During a holiday in Barbados, I met my future wife at the age of sixteen and instantly fell in love with her, but we lost…
