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Referees in the media (week 49 – 52)
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…
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Referees in the media (week 38)
‘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. As I sat and reflected on it all at the closing ceremony, I thought about how honoured I was to part of such an event and there was a small tear in my eye as they extinguished the Paralympic flame. Ross Haswell has been appointed for the Paralympics final match. He wrote two articles about experiences at the events in London. “Select group match officials are emailed on a Monday every week with the upcoming appointments. Only then can they…
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Referees in the media (week 20-23)
‘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. Sorry for the delay, guys. I’m going to marry later this month and it takes some time to arrange things. Will provide you with some interviews and blogs later on, also on a more regular basis. Here are some quotes of the last weeks for you. I hope you’ll enjoy. “The referee has become someone who applies the rules. I rarely see real authorities, referees with charisma.” Charles Corver, referee at the 1980 World Cup in Italy, dislikes Uefa’s decision…
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Referees in the media (week 12)
‘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. Every boy dreams of walking onto the hallowed turf of Hampden and I have now had the great privilege and honour of fulfilling this dream. Scottish Assistant Referee Charlie Smith blogs about his experiences as cup final AR. He blogs about the week before the final from the moment he heard hewould be there. “That’s absolutely ludicrous, trying to protect the poor performances of the officials they supply us. It’s a joke.” Mark Hughes laughs at the British FA because…
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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 48)
‘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 doesn’t cost you a title. Every time they have won the title they have had decisions that have gone their way big style.” Graham Poll criticizes sir Alex Ferguson after another referee blast from Manchester United’s coach. “I want you to know that you played a part in my refereeing career – even those of you who criticized are part of what made me a better referee.” Said Héctor Vergara before his last international match ever. The Canadian assistant…
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Referees in the media (week 33)
‘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. “They often asked me after the game what I thought of the arbitration, but I never said anything negative to them and definitely not that they may have caused loss or win of a match.” Says François Eelen, who was referee assessor in Belgian top leagues until last week, in an interview with Nieuwsblad. He regrets the way he was set aside just two days before the start of the competition started. “There has always been a misguided desire to keep 22 players on…
