Articles tagged with "referees"
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 12th, 2006
The only the impact that Paraguayan official Carlos Amarilla had in this match was to set the tone early that he would not allow either ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 12th, 2006
With less than ten minutes to go it looked like Japan would win a match with a goal they never deserved. Essam Abd El ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 12th, 2006
It was Germany's own Markus Merk in the middle for an all-European clash between Holland and Serbia and Montenegro. As one might've expected, he ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 11th, 2006
While I was out refereeing some high level youth matches, you were most likely watching some of the world's best footballers. I did a ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 10th, 2006
Well, it wasn't pretty, but England managed to take all three points in their opener as the 4th minute own-goal by Paraguay was all that ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 9th, 2006
The second match of the tournament, like the first, was virtually free of controversy as Japanese referee Toru Kamikawa officiated Ecuador's solid 2 - nil ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 9th, 2006
It was a perfect start to the planet's most popular quadrennial spectacle as the home side scored a couple of spectacular goals on their way ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 8th, 2006
On this, the eve of the start of the World Cup, I am hopeful that for the next month the diverse people of this planet ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 7th, 2006
My colleague and caretaker of this website, Bob Kellett, recently wrote an interesting piece entitled "Referees vs. The Devil". Interesting timing in light of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 5th, 2006
Much attention is being paid to the refereeing in this year's World Cup, in part because the referees were less than spectacular in 2002. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 3rd, 2006
This is the moment you have all been waiting for. FIFA has announced the names of the referees who will make your lives miserable ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 2nd, 2006
Less than two hours before kickoff last night, I was assigned to a Boys U-14 match just a few miles from where I live. ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 31st, 2006
I just read on the BBC's website that there seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding the penalty kick awarded to Steven Gerrard during ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 30th, 2006
Like many of my colleagues around the country, I spent the Memorial Day weekend on the pitch. I was up by 5am on Saturday ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 29th, 2006
Monday was not a good day for the good people of Jamaica. The country's Reggae Boyz were soundly beaten 4-1 by Ghana in a ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 18th, 2006
Watching Barca’s captain Carles Puyol – the pride of Catalunya – hold the UEFA Champions League trophy aloft, it was clear that justice had been ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 17th, 2006
I'd been feeling a little down lately; not just because of the ceaseless rains here in the Northeast, but for a number of other factors ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 15th, 2006
The timing couldn't have been worse. Less than a month before the World Cup is set to kick off in Munich, Italy has been ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Harvey Morrell | May 10th, 2006
German soccer official criticises FIFA referee choice.
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 8th, 2006
Add referees to the list of people who hate referees. Greece's Kyros Vassaras and Spain's Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez have both seen their World Cup ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 3rd, 2006
As a referee, I often find myself reminding players that the game is supposed to be for fun. After all, I'm usually the only ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 2nd, 2006
With the World Cup now little more than a month away, many of us are finalizing our travel plans for what we are all hoping ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 26th, 2006
By the time Arsenal had wrapped up their trip to next month's Champions League final (their first ever) in Paris, I'm sure you'd forgotten all ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 24th, 2006
I saw the yellow DHL delivery van in the driveway this morning as it was about to take off. "Hey, DHL!", I yelled out ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 21st, 2006
Yesterday I harped about the ill-informed soccer-playing soccer mom who harped at me the night before. Today I do a 180 and toot my ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 21st, 2006
Frenchwoman Nelly Viennot's dreams of becoming the first female World Cup linesman came to an end today when she failed a sprint test. Viennot ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 20th, 2006
It was a big day in the world of football and the way things went for me in the evening, you'd think I was the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 18th, 2006
There are all kinds of emotions floating around the World Cup universe today. First, there is the referee from Benin who has to be ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 17th, 2006
I wanted to point your attention to a very well composed entry from our Man in the Middle, Aaron, over on the referees blog. ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 17th, 2006
As a firm believer that the survival of our species on this planet depends on us all learning to live together (as well as finding ...
