referees
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F365 SaysDemanding a rule change: Punish the delaying ‘cheats’
You know the footballers who kick a ball away or keep it to prevent a quick throw-in? Punish them.
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News
Call for ‘ghost observers’ to fight racism towards black refs
Ref observers, who "almost always be white chaps of a particular age", are blocking black refs...
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Refereeing needs transparency to help battle outrage culture
Officials' decisions seem more reasonable when you can hear them being made. Who'd have thought?
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Johnny Nic
Referees could strike over abuse…and we should back them
Why should they be abused by players, fans and coaches? Without them, the games does not happen...
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Referees and their decisions: We’ve manufactured a crisis
Refereeing is not getting significantly worse; we're just told it is. The blame game needs to stop...
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News
Man Utd boss ‘happy’ with standard of refereeing
Jose is satisfied with referees: "Yes, they made mistakes, but I am happy with the level I am having."
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Johnny Nic
Stop treating referees like footballing pinatas…
Refereeing perfection is impossible in a game of speed, nuance and subtlety. Stop kicking them.
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F365 Features
Michael Oliver’s Arsenal record and other referee oddities
Arsenal have won only three of 16 PL games refereed by Michael Oliver. Plus, Man United 4 Lee Mason...
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News
Howard Webb hired by MLS to oversee video refs
The plan is then to introduce video review in the second half of the MLS season.
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Johnny Nic
Bum notes are part of live referee experience
It isn’t the refereeing decisions that spoil your fun, it’s your attitude to the decisions, says Johnny.
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News
Neville like dog with bone on ‘corrupt’ refs
He's not letting this one lie. 'So the PGMOL think Mark Halsey is a liar?"
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F365 Says
A new age of respect? This should be fun
It's a new dawn of respect for match officials. One man will be happier than most: Mike Dean
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F365 Features
F365’s welcome guest: R.E.S.P.E.C.T F.*.*.*.E.D
Mailbox regular Name Withheld has some ideas to change youth football before someone gets killed.
