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Referees in the media (week 35)

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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.

“Back to Aberdeen to unpack etc and get ready for my game tomorrow in Peterhead, fingers crossed my luggage arrives in one piece in Aberdeen!”

Morag Pirie, Scottish female referee, just came back from a mini-tournament for women’s Champions League, and has a game the next day. Good diary (also about the things referees do beside officiating) about her seven days in Slovakia.

“We noticed Abirami’s potential to develop further when she attended the AFC Project Future training and we once again thank FIFA for the continuing trust they have in Asian referees by entrusting them to officiate in such important matches.”

AFC Director of Referees Yoshimi Ogawa about Abirami Apbai’s appointment for the opening match at the 2012 FIFA U-20s Women’s World Cup.

“It was a long and hard time for me.”

Michael Kempter made his debut in fifth ‘Liga’ after a two-year ban for his sexual allegations towards former referee coordinator Manfred Amerell.

FootbalFanCast columnist sees a new trend in refereeing (see quote below). You recognize that?

“Now more than ever officials are so worried about missing an incident during the game they blow up for every little thing, and whilst sometimes this can stop an incident from blowing up and escalating too far, it also means the game can suffer with both players and fans becoming frustrated – how many times can you remember feeling aggrieved because your team would’ve been better off taking the advantage instead of the free kick awarded, or the fact that a quick free kick can’t be taken because the referee won’t let it?”

Referees in the media (week 7)

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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.

“The referee had a broken nose and was bleeding like a cow. We punished Luis heavily and told him it was the end.”

The technical director of Nacional, Daniel Enriquez, about an incident with Luis Suarez when he was just 15.

“If you have confidence in yourself and have good attitude, I’m sure you will be successful in this programme.”

AFC Referees Director Yoshimi Ogawa at the start of the Project Future Referees.

“It’s very good that players and referees meet eachother in a different setting than around a match.”

Dutch FA organized a meeting with trainers, players and referees from professional level. Danny Hesp from players board is happy with it.

Referees in the media (week 3)

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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 should reflect on the experience tennis and rugby on their own methods including temporary exclusions (the sin bin), public explanation of referee’s decisions, or rugby’s penalty try for example.”

FIFA’s former director of international relations Jerome Champagne has suggested changes in the world governing body in an interview with Reuters.

“I’ll take all necessary measures to clear my name. What they did is so sneaky.”

Says Bulgarian referee Raicho Raichev about Luchezar Yonov, a suspended referee, who used Raichev’s name to officiate the friendly match between Werder Bremen and AZ Alkmaar.

“It’s not about me, it’s about the team. And as a team we are responsible for the matches.”

European Championship referee Björn Kuipers after the Dutch training camp in Belek, Turkey.

“As you know, football is not just for the players, teams or coaches but also the referees who also have the desire to excel.”

Asian female referees want to be world’s number one someday, says AFC Referees Director Yoshimi Ogawa.