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Referees in the media (week 10)

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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.

“We are working towards a situation where only the captains can confer with referees during the game. Breaches will be punished with a yellow or red card.”

The Norwegian FA in a statement. They started a ‘Handshake for Peace’ in partnership with the Nobel Peace Centre.

“When I played football myself, I thought referees were horrible people.”

Dutch top level referee Tom van Sichem tells that he got booked very often for talking to the referee.

“What struck me about Kevin (Friend), and in the same way as when I saw Darren Cann and Mike Mullarkey speak, was just how open, honest and down to earth he was.”

Tristan Greaves blogs about a ‘Have Your Say’ event organised by the Surrey FA recently. Go read his blog!

“A final report will be made at the special meeting of the IFAB on 2 July, following the conclusion of the UEFA EURO 2012 competition, in order that a definitive decision on the future of AAR can also be made.”

IFAB will make a decision about the extra assistants right after the European Championship.

Worth watching: Uefa video of the referee training camp. Does someone know how to embed it?

Referees in the media (week 8 and 9)

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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.

“Gone are the days when 30 minutes steady jogging is a suitable training.”

Says World Cup Final assistant referee Mike Mullarkey in his ‘ten point plan to be a top assistant’. Read full list in FA’s magazine Refereeing.

“It’s generally not conducive that criticism on referees is told via the media. It’s more important that we talk together, not about each other.”

Lutz Michael Fröhlich, referee chef in Germany after criticism from Bayern’s Uli Hoeness.

“I had planned to sit down for a chat with FIFA’s new head of refereeing, the famous ref Massimo Busacca, who has just retired from reffing at the highest level, but the meeting was squeezed out for lack of time after several hours of separate meetings and a lunch.”

Journalist and referee Simon Haydon didn’t have the time to visit Fifa’s new referees boss when he was at Fifa’s headquarters in Zürich. Read more about his meeting with Sepp Blatter and other refereeing stories on his blog.

“The fitness work has been excellent but I have also found mixing with the other referees here to be extremely beneficial and motivating.”

Paul Robertson from Scotland about his first experience of the winter training camp (in La Magna) as category one referee.