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Referees in the media (week 4)
‘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. “Ofcourse I talked with my assistant about this. He says he did not spit. But that will be investigated.” Says referee Dennis Higler about his assistant Richard Slop, who is accused of spitting Dennis Hollart from Almere City. “Based on our insight into his economic conditions, we have written off damages in the millions of crowns and are glad thereby to contribute to ending this unfortunate case which without a doubt has had large, personal consequences for Ronni Norvig.” Says…
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Gözübüyuk breaks all Dutch referee records
The Dutch Soccer Association has today announced which referees will be promoted after this season. Serdar Gözübüyuk will be the only new referee on the senior list, the highest level in the Netherlands. He got a contract for three years. The 25-year old referee is the first with foreign roots who promotes from the junior list. He was on the second level since 2009 and will replace Ben Haverkort, who had to quit the top list. Gözübüyuk holds two youngest referee records: he made his professional debut on the 10th of March in 2008 at the age of 23 and his first match on the highest level was 2nd May…
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Throwing snow balls to the referee
Volunteers did their very best to clean the pitch after the snowy weather last weekend. Fourth official Dennis Higler is also doing a few warm-up sprints … … and this is what happened: Update: Snow attack from the fans in Belgium. Who missed my tweet about the snow dilemma for a referee. Watch the interview with Dermot Gallacher on Sky Sports.