Articles tagged with "referees"
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 13th, 2006
As usual, it's been a busy week for me on the pitch and what I'm about to discuss may have more relevance to you than ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 12th, 2006
Nelly Viennot of France is one of 82 finalists vying to become part of a group of 60 linesmen (linespeople?) that will be raising their ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 7th, 2006
Looks like Germany's coach/former captain/resident of the Golden State has been reading my posts to this website, because just yesterday I predicted that Arsenal netminder ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 6th, 2006
I hope Bruce Arena and members of his World Cup squad were watching Arsenal's historic victory over Juventus in their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second-leg ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Mar 31st, 2006
Scanning the list of the referees who have been announced to call the games in Germany this summer and I don't see one referee from ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 31st, 2006
At the risk of making this blog all about referees today, I can't help but pass along this story from our good friends in the ...
Posted on: Ghana World Cup Team Blog by Robert | Mar 31st, 2006
As always, the avarice of the Nigerian footballer (and the penury of the NFA) never ceases to amaze. Fortunately the upstanding referees of the ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 30th, 2006
Ecuadorian linesman Fernando Tamayo looks set to join the officiating crew headed by Colombian Oscar Julian Ruiz at World Cup 2006. Now, where have ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 29th, 2006
Is this really the network that will be showing us World Cup matches here in America this summer? I mean, it's bad enough that ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 29th, 2006
Perhaps you've seen the stylish Nike ad touting Joga Bonit0, which I believe translates to "Play Beautiful" in Portuguese. Eric Cantona - Manchester United's ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 27th, 2006
In the run-up to this summer's World Cup, England coach Sven Goran-Erikson will be keeping close track of two-dozen or so key players who he ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 22nd, 2006
It's inevitable when you referee as frequently as I do that you'll eventually cross paths with a player whom you've sent off in a previous ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 21st, 2006
Let me begin my acknowledging that I did not have the opportunity to watch Fulham's 1-nil victory over soon-to-be recrowned EPL champs Chelsea, but like ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 21st, 2006
FIFA is currently testing a few communication devices that will allow the head referee to communicate with the two assistants and the fourth official during ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 16th, 2006
FIFA has invited the world's top forty-four referees to attend a five-day clinic next week in Frankfurt. Among them are two Australians, six Asians, ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 14th, 2006
For those of you who were fortunate enough to catch last week's nil-nil Champions League encounter between home side Arsenal and the visiting Galacticos of ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 8th, 2006
As a referee, I've never really been very fond of the 'dual system' of refereeing. For those unfamiliar with it, it's when two referees ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 7th, 2006
When you think about great moments in World Cup history, the first thing that probably pops into your mind is all of those magical moments ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 4th, 2006
FIFA has asked the referees at this summer's World Cup to crack down on bad player behavior, as well as bad player fashion. Referees ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 3rd, 2006
Those are the words that I was greeted with yesterday evening after I issued a yellow card in an indoor game after one of the ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 2nd, 2006
Now that we've had more than a week to digest last week's outrageously reckless challenge by Chelsea's Asier del Horno against Barcelona's Leonel Messi, let's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
For technique and effort alone this ref gets a '10' on our scorecard.
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 24th, 2006
Extensive psychological tests, exhaustive medical checks, intense tests on the laws of the game, no donuts for a week . . . the 44 men ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Feb 22nd, 2006
Football fanatics have been eagerly anticipating today's UEFA Champions League matchup between the top teams from England and Spain - Chelsea and Barcelona. And ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Feb 21st, 2006
Simulation: Discerning the Real from the Pretend
FIFA President Sepp Blatter recently came under heavy criticism for saying he was too busy to throw his ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Feb 14th, 2006
It’s an unfortunate and abhorrent reality that football stadiums throughout the world are often used as breeding grounds for hatred and bigotry. I wish ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Feb 7th, 2006
I'm sure most people don't pay too much attention to the variety of uniforms that referees sport around the world, but I have never been ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jan 31st, 2006
I was curious to read this past week that Manchester United defender Gary Neville had been charged with improper conduct by the English Football Association ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jan 24th, 2006
Greetings footie fans. My name is Aaron Corman and like you I am passionate about football. Not only did I play for more ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 1st, 2006
The World Cup is still a little less than five months than five months away, but already there is plenty of action on and off ...
