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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. [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. [perfect_quotes id=”2454″] Excellent article by former football correspondent at the Guardian Peter Lacey. Still worth reading, even if it’s two weeks old. [perfect_quotes id=”2453″] Mike Riley, the general manager of the Professional Game Match…
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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. [perfect_quotes id=”2396″] 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. [perfect_quotes id=”2408″] 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. [perfect_quotes id=”2407″] Arnold Hunter couldn’t make it as a referee on international…
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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.…
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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…
