Sometime ago, I found one of the referee, who is also referee committee member, had lied in match report about incidents of caution and send off....
A major match-preparation step is reached when referees are ready with knowledge. As a well-known figurehead, Collina, is reported to have stated...
Referee Leontis Trattos, Cyprus, was once again subjected to violence - http://bit.ly/1GSznAx Looks like no country is safe for officiating...
Anäis Nin, an american author, is quoted as: "We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are." This thread is inspired by the "The...
Referee sub-forum members: If you have any experience with, either being a member of a professionalism committee member/chair, then please...
Diving occurred most often when the potential pay-off was greater, namely, in the offensive side of the field and when two teams had tied scores....
Referee Mujini (Tanzania) was chased and assaulted by Yanga players during the Vodafone Premier League match with Azam FC, after he send off...
While catching some live action, it looks to me this UEFA Last-16 match has AARs on the AR side. I reckon UEFA introduced the additionals a couple...
A recently published study of our other colleagues (Canadian minor league hockey referees) conclude that: Referees are important for hockey...
With goal-less back-to-back action in the 1st half and [I counted] only 1 shot saved, then 4 goals in a 10-minute frenzy, and, this time, a...
With two bookings late in the 2nd half and nothing else happening, Referee [Lee] Mason appears to have come out unscathed. Was the 2-footed from...
This is more of an inquiry about positioning and awareness. In the Liverpool-Newcastle match, I counted at least three times (19', 29', ...) when...
[IMG] QPR's [Joey] Barton was sent off after Referee [Neil] Swarbrick was advised by his AR [David] Richardson in an off-the-ball incident;...
In the [AUS] A-League match, Adelaide's striker saved himself some coloured embarrassment by leaving FoP during active play without informing...
It was quite a surprise to read that the UEFA President agrees with a suggestion that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar be moved to Winter months -...
Recent presentation by some chaps from the Radiological Society of North America who studied 32 amateur football players claim that heading balls...
Looks like goal-line technology moves closer - as a practical on-pitch utility! One watch and one second, that is all that will be required, and...
Rafati [IRI], a 6y-Bundesliga referee, was found injured in his hotel room two hours prior to Köln-Mainz match http://bit.ly/ufnPDL. Couldn't be...
Doncaster skipper Billy Sharp revealed a T-shirt bearing a tribute to his late son after scoring a goal. Referee Darren Deadman is reported to not...
Fellows, is this manoeuver of heading the ball for goal becoming the norm or what? Two different goal keeper positions, but same outcome. The...
Collina appears to be all for additional assistants on the goal lines to reduce pushing-shoving in lieu of goal-line technology. Seems like humans...
H e a d s !! There is 1 in 3200 chance of debris from a spent and decommissioned research satellite (UARS) falling between the 57th parallel...
Referees who inadvertently stray in the passing- or moving-lane of the players usually feel embarrassed. In another league [NRL], a player...
Coach pointing out referees are farther and farther out is not exactly news; Evans has already done so - http://bit.ly/iq1gWf. Is hauling the...
Results and ruling will be challenged, especially if there is recourse for unfair treatment. This is why the laws (and rules) exist. This thread...