Monthly Archives: March 2014

English Championship Referees: March 22 and 25

Always check “Latest Appointments” on the sidebar for updated referee appointments.  Here are the referees for the upcoming fixtures in Championship. The top-flight referees are in blue. Saturday, March 22 Barnsley v AFC Bournemouth SCOTT MATHIESON Ian Dudley and Tom Nield Fourth Official Alan Clayton Birmingham City v Reading DEAN WHITESTONE David Avent and Joe Hull Fourth Official Geoffrey Russell Blackburn

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Update: MLS Replacement Referee List from PSRA

Last week I mentioned that the MLS referee union, Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA), had recently published a ‘burn book‘ of all the replacement referees, with photographs and vaguely disparaging ‘bios.’ I’m happy to note they’ve removed this from their site. Now, PSRA is currently in Federal mediation with PRO, the MLS refereeing body. It’s more than likely that they were

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Europa League Referees: March 20

Always check “Latest Appointments” on the sidebar for updated referee appointments. Here are the referees for the Europa league ties held on Thursday, March 20. Couple of interesting notes: I haven’t posted the Premier League appointments yet, but I noticed that Howard Webb is not on the list for any matches this upcoming weekend at all. It could possibly be

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Champions League Referees: March 19

The Champions League referees for Wednesday, March 19 have been announced. UEFA have clearly moved away from using non-Elite referees in these matches, because these guys are about as Elite as they come. Arguably the world’s top ref, Bjorn Kuipers (above), will referee Manchester United’s tie against Olympiakos. Moyes and company shouldn’t have much to complain about there; Kuipers is

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Red Card or Not: Serie A

This first Italian edition of Red Card or Not is kind of anti-climactic. It’s a red card. AC Milan, who are just struggling right now, took on Parma and former Milan player Antonio Cassano (above). Five minutes in, Ezequiel Schelotto took a beauty of a Cassano pass and was clear on goal. Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati bulldozed him. Period. It

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Champions League Referees: March 18

The referees for this week’s Champions League matches have been announced. Chelsea will get Felix Brych (above) for their tie against Galatasaray. They can’t complain about that; Brych is about as strong a referee as they come and has recently unseated Wolfgang Stark as Germany’s top official. He’s on the list for Brazil, as well. Well, let me clarify: They shouldn’t

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Red Card or Not: Chelsea Edition

Fake League Leaders Chelsea were shockingly upended by Aston Villa today 1-0. That would be a big enough headline most weekends. But Chelsea ended the game down two players and one manager. Referee Chris Foy sent Willian (or, as my friends and I like to call him, Will.i.an) off at around the 68th minute on a second yellow card. He

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MLS Referees: March 15 and 16

We’re in our second week of the MLS referee lockout, and if there’s been any movement, it’s been very quiet. So, we’re looking at the second week of replacement referees. There were a few complaints last week but no major gaffes. We’ll see how it goes this week. As for the matches, Seattle and Toronto should be interesting, considering all

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