Articles tagged with "referees"
Daily Dose: November 26th, 2008
By chris | November 26th, 2008Stuff to read while you decide which is the better dive...... 5 Reasons Why…The Prem Must Accept Internet Streaming (EPL Offside) Unprofessional Foul needs your help in ...
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
By Jim | November 21st, 2008Barely four months after it has begun, the FA's campaign to encourage football players and supporters to respect their match officials looks in danger of ...
Jens Lehmann To Bow Out With Dignity. Not.
By Daryl | November 11th, 2008Jens Lehmann was booked on Saturday for protesting a little too loudly during Stuttgart's 2-2 draw with Frankfurt on Sunday. A Frankfurt player apparently feigned ...
Video Technology: A Case of When, Not If...
By Wayne | September 29th, 2008After a weekend with some truly ridiculous decisions made by the 'top' referees, the question is being asked from all quarters; When is video technology ...
A Look Into Referee Favoritism
By Inara | September 28th, 2008In light of the recent accusations that Lyon get favored by arbitration and the brouhaha over video replays, I thought I would post the results ...
10 Ways to Improve Respect for Referees
By Daryl | September 22nd, 2008The respect for referees campaign isn't going so well. There was Mark Halsey's red card for John Terry being overturned, Stuart Atwell awarding Reading a ...
A Virtual Purge
By Martha | September 17th, 2008Look at that face -- it's positively awash with guilt. I thought I was over the Lyon match, but I just watched the Inside documentary at ...
Respect the Refs, Damnit.
By chris | August 8th, 2008This one's for you, Ashley Cole. And Poland. Refs who aren't on the payroll of Italian teams have a rough job, as it's not one ...
League Cup and Thursday Mashup
By Ian Rose | August 7th, 2008I find myself apologizing as often as anything else on these blogs lately, mostly for the fact that I'm so rarely here. Unfortunately, moving ...
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 ...
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