Articles tagged with "referees"
Rangers' Favorite Ref Strikes Again
By Ian Rose | May 10th, 2008Rangers took a big step toward finishing off the SPL title today, finishing off Dundee United 3-1. The real story of the game, though, ...
Bobby "the Brain" Heenan discusses FC Dallas, Beckham and more.
By Robert | April 17th, 2008Welcome to an extra-special FC Dallas post, today I have “put together” an “interview” with former wrestler/manager/wrestling commentator and legend Bobby “the Brain” Heenan. If ...
Photo of the Day: Who Got the Call?
By Laurie | April 11th, 2008We'll give you three guesses as to which manager will be sending the referee champagne after this game. This is, of course, Liverpool manager Rafa ...
Episode 16: International Friendly Day
By Ian Rose | March 26th, 2008It sounds like a rather ridiculous holiday, like Love Day from the Simpsons, but no, Wednesday is going to be jam-packed with international football, and ...
Gordon Taylor Wants Invisible Force-Field Around Referees
By Daryl | March 24th, 2008PFA chief exec Gordon Taylor has reacted to the recent refereeing controversies involving Ashley Cole, Javier Mascherano and player dissent by suggesting an exclusion zone ...
Should UEFA have a say on hard tackles?
By Ian Rose | February 28th, 2008The media uproar around Martin Taylor's tackle on Eduardo, and the horrifying break that resulted, has begun to subside, leaving the questions of why this ...
Michel Platini Wants to Give Refs Extra Eyes
By Daryl | January 17th, 2008Not literally. He's not planning some weird bionic implants. But with so much at stake in seemingly every football match, there's a definite clamour for ...
Germans Sue Match-Fixing Referee for Millions
By Laurie | January 7th, 2008Match fixing doesn't pay in Germany. Or rather, it does pay, to the tune of €67,000 and a plasma TV. But if the ...
Roberto Carlos gives the linesman a shower
By Bob | November 15th, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vhJ_JKLJBMA[/youtube] You undoubtedly woke up this morning wondering what in the world Roberto Carlos has been up to since he left Real Madrid for Fenerbahce. ...
Upon further review, Marcelo Zalayeta won't be suspended
By Bob | October 31st, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=awYfAprNUlY[/youtube] The lingering furor from Juventus' match against Napoli on Saturday is interesting on a few levels. You have a club that has been involved ...
Juventus want to be treated like everyone else
By Bob | October 29th, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=SD1SEOTPmGs[/youtube] The tough decision of the day: which of the blown calls is more impressive? The one above or the one below? They both ...
Phil Neville: The Referees favor the Big Clubs
By Bob | October 22nd, 2007One of the lessons we learned from the Premiership this weekend is that it was only the second time this season that all of the ...
FIFA to test out Goalmouth Referees at Club World Cup
By Bob | October 9th, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_3Zx12zROw[/youtube] Good news for referees hanging out on the unemployment line and for those of you who enjoy watching videos of referees getting clocked by balls ...
'He's clocked him one in the jewels'
By Bob | October 8th, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=swOokQZKbM8[/youtube] I was going to do a little write up of the incident above in which Joel Griffiths of the Australian club Newcastle Jets takes his ...
The Referee was clearly offside
By Bob | October 3rd, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRw-RYFbcT4[/youtube] We've all seen games when the referee's decisions have affected the outcome, but rare is the time when the referee's goal scoring prowess is the ...
Go to your room and apologize for your refereeing errors
By Bob | August 20th, 2007The 2007-08 English Premier League season still has that new car smell and already there is an all too familiar situation where a referee is ...
Rule Change Proposal: Injure a player and spend time on the touchline
By Bob | August 14th, 2007It often seems like an inordinate amount of time is spent discussion how the rules of soccer could be changed, while in reality the sport ...
Ref Payments & An Italian Club. Like An Ordinary Sunday in Serie A.
By JT | July 28th, 2007Tomorrow’s friendly with fallen Serie A giant Parma was nearly called off over payments (or lack thereof) to referees. Apparently there is a bit ...
Brazilian Referee to Pose in Playboy
By Bob | June 19th, 2007It has been quite the week for gender equity in the profession of soccer referees. The German football association announced that a 28-year-old female ...
Referees Need Hugs Too
By Daryl | June 16th, 2007Who'd want to be a referee, eh? This poor fella in black was innocently refereeing a game in Northern Ireland between Bangor and Lisburn Distillery ...
Your Weekly Referees being Attacked Round-up
By Bob | June 12th, 2007You might think the life of a referee is pretty darned glamorous. You get to spend 90 minutes a game running in circles, while ...
The Undermining of the Race in Spain
By Bob | May 22nd, 2007With Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla and Valencia all within a mere four points of one another at the top of the table, Spain's La Liga ...
FIFA to try out Four Linesmen System
By Bob | May 2nd, 2007With the exception of a certain octogenarian, we all know that is tough out there for referees. The game is played at such a ...
82-year-old Fan Referees Football Match
By Bob | April 25th, 2007I know that when I am 82 years old and I encounter a blogger who needs help punching out a post about David Beckham's penis ...
A Yellow Card for a Peck, a Red Card for a Making Out
By Bob | April 24th, 2007Referees are used to taking abuse from players and fans, but apparently they aren't accustomed to receiving some lovin'. In Brazil this past weekend ...
Friday News Roundup: Will It Ever End in Catania?
By Martha | April 20th, 2007•After the latest overturning of Catania's stadium ban caused quite understandable controversy (apart from inevitable FIGC issues, the court that made the decision apparently doesn't ...
A Wheelchair-bound Referee is Wheeling the Lines
By Bob | April 12th, 2007One of my favorite writers passed away yesterday. Kurt Vonnegut was 84. While reading some of the obituaries that have been written about ...
Dutch Referee Eric Braamhaar Celebrates a Goal
By Bob | March 23rd, 2007The goal in the video above seems simple enough. There is nothing spectacular about it. It was Ajax's fifth goal in a 5-1 ...
They got everything, but they didn't take his Referee Jersey
By Bob | March 8th, 2007You can't blame Brazilian referee Marcelo de Lima for being a bit distracted during Wednesday night's match between Flamengo and Madureira. You also can't ...
I'm David Beckham and I did not approve this Political Ad
By Bob | February 22nd, 2007Everyone is looking to capitalize as Brand Beckham continues its inevitable build up until that sacred moment when the Golden One steps foot on American ...
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