Better referees will lead to better football (and 4 more stories)

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.

Fifa World Magazine 2013 issue January/February

Fifa World Magazine 2013 issue January/February

[perfect_quotes id=”2456″]Cape Verde was the smallest country ever going to the Africa Cup of Nations. The country is developing rapidly and the national president stresses that improving refereeing is also a key to develop football. Download the Fifa World magazine issue January/February of 2013 in pdf.

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Excellent article by former football correspondent at the Guardian Peter Lacey. Still worth reading, even if it’s two weeks old.

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Mike Riley, the general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited is very satisfied with the level and skills of the UK referees. Riley also talks about the appointment of John Williams, former Blackburn chairman, as boss of the PGMOL.

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David Elleray during Uefa’s referee winter course. Also check the nice photo’s of the referee’s training sessions at Uefa’s website.

Referee is the boss in the stadium (+4 more stories)

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.

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Mike Riley, the general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited and a former FIFA referee, talks about bad weather conditions during a football match. He explains about pitch inspections and postponement rules.

"The referee is the bos of the stadium", says Michel Platini (here on 2012 archive image).

“The referee is the bos of the stadium”, says Michel Platini (here on 2012 archive image / Creative Commons).

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Uefa President Michel Platini talks about discriminating chants in the stadium and how referees should deal with it. He tells BBC that match-fixing is his biggest worry for future football.

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Arnold Hunter couldn’t make it as a referee on international level without support from his family. Read part 1 and part 2 of the interview with Arnold Hunter.

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Lorraine Clark is the first female referee to officiate at Ibrox during a match of the Glasgow Rangers.

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The AFC Deputy General Secretary stresses that Asian referees also need to educate themselves and not only do it when they have an meeting at the referee association.

Referees in the media (week 6)

‘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.

“You are there as the pitch policemen to make sure that things are being done in accordance with the Laws of the Game. Try also to act in a preventative manner – don’t wait until something happens, try to stop it before it happens.”

Hugh Dallas, Uefa referee instructor.

“The consensus was that there will always be tackles that are borderline but it’s important to return to the message that the players have consistently had over the last three years. That message is that if you commit to a tackle that’s at speed and with intensity, typically with both feet off the ground, then you put yourself at risk of being sent off.”

Mike Riley stresses that the British referees did not get a new advice on how to interpret tackles.

“The fact that after the interview uproar has arisen over the presence of the camera crew in the dressing room, indicates that this is something the FA does not want in the future. The initiative will therefore not be sustained.”

Says a spokesman of the Dutch FA. A camera man interviewed referee Kuipers during halftime of the cup match AZ – Ajax (with permission of the FA). That was the first and last time in Dutch football.

Nigel de Jong as referee, trying to calm down Jolean Lescott and Micah Richards.

Referees in the media (week 39)

‘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.

“There’s a lot of work to do, because no Russian referee was at the recent Europe and World cups.”

Says Roberto Rosetti in an interview with Russian Oggi about his career as head of refereeing in Russia.

“The system in place at the moment doesn’t provide them with a full-time working relationship.”

Kilmarnock coach Kenny Shiels calls for full-time referees after controversioal decisions in the Scottish league.

“From the bottom of my heart, I am very sorry.”

The words of former World Cup referee Byron Moreno after he was sentenced for 2.5 years of jail time because of smuggling heroin to the US.

“The mistake Villas-Boas made was going public, saying it was no good him coaching his players if they were then let down by ­officials.”

By Daily Star columnist Brian Woolnough about the blast of Chelsea coach Villas-Boas on referee Mike Riley after the match against Manchester United.