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Hawk-eye system makes referee crazy
The hawk-eye system worked a bit too well in Dutch Eredivisie. Referee Danny Makkelie went crazy because of this new technology, which was used for the first time during a match in Dutch top league last weekend. The reason: nobody had thought about the youth players from home team Utrecht who were trying to shoot the ball on the bar during halftime, says AD Sportwereld, a Dutch newspaper. Every time the players shot the ball in the goal, Makkelie’s watch buzzed and the text “goal” was shown. Read more about how this system works. The goal-line technology system is turned on two hours before the match to test it. It…
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Referees in the media (week 25 – 29)
‘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. Because of my honeymoon an overview of the last four weeks. “I think in the future we will not stop the match, but we will give information to the referee, the (match) delegate and the clubs, and say that we suspect that this match has been fixed, and that we will be monitoring this match even more closely.” Norwegian FA president Yngve Hallen told Reuters about informing a referee when they suspect a match result is going to be fixed.…
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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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Referees in the media (week 35)
‘Referees in the media’ will be published each Monday on the Dutch Referee Blog and provides remarkable or interesting quotes and links to articles worth reading. I was convinced the offence was just inside (the penalty area). By Danny Makkelie, who admits his fault by giving a penalty instead of a free kick just outside the penalty area. “We all like to be as anonymous as possible.” Canadian referee Carol Anne Chenard is happy that she was not in the newspapers because of her performances. “I will be proud and thinking how fantastic it is to be here.” Says Björn Kuipers before the European Supercup between Barcelona and Porto last…
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Janssen, Makkelie and Blom present their new outfit
The 2011 Dutch referee outfits with new sponsor were presented today. Have a look …
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Pol van Boekel promoted on international list
Dutch referee Pol van Boekel has been promoted to category two on the international refereeing list. He’s on the Uefa list since 2007. Uefa doesn’t want to publish the full list at this moment. The 35-year-old Van Boekel made his international debut during the U17 match Slovakia-Serbia on 26 March 2008. He’s officiated 19 official international games, including five Europa League matches. Dutch international referees: Björn Kuipers and Kevin Blom on the Elite List. Eric Braamhaar on the Premier list. Bas Nijhuis and Pol van Boekel on the category two list. Richard Liesveld is a category three referee. Danny Makkelie is on the cat. 4 list. Pieter Vink, who was…
