I’m going to be honest with you guys: I didn’t watch much football today. I was out late last night killing zombies. Long story. But pretty much first thing in the morning, my phone started buzzing with texts: “Did you see it??” “Anthony Taylor sucks.” “Not a yellow card!” So, after a couple
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The referees for the first two quarterfinal second legs are Pedro Proenca of Portgual and Damir Skomina of Slovenia. Proenca will be at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea v. PSG, and Skomina will officiate Real Madrid v. Dortmund. Proenca is about as safe a bet as you can get. Not only is he a World Cup referee, but he’s just so good
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Andre Marriner and Michael Oliver will be officiating the two FA cup semi finals on April 12 and 13. If you’re the betting type, you can feel pretty comfortable putting your money on Mark Clattenburg for the FA Final on May 17. Not only is he one of the few “big guys” in English refereeing not to have officiated a
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Way back on February 2, Serie A referee Andrea DeMarco made the decision to postpone the Roma v. Parma match due to torrential rains and a boggy pitch. The match was replayed on Tuesday, April 2, with the same referee. In fact, everything was the same: The kickoff time was the same Two players who were suspended then, but not
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It’s not often that we get to hear what the referees say to the players before a match. So, I was pretty fascinated to hear Wolfgang Stark’s speech to the Porto and Sevilla captains while watching Fox’s live stream. First of all, Wolfgang Stark has been there, done that, has the t-shirt. He is not there to babysit. Here’s exactly what he
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I don’t have much of value to add to this week’s Serie A referees. Only that Catania v. Torino wins the Eye Candy of the Week award, with both Nicola Rizzoli and Marco Guida serving as adds – to Gianluca Rocchi*, no less! Saturday CHIEVO – VERONA TAGLIAVENTO DI FIORE – NICOLETTI IV: MUSOLINO ADD1: DOVERI ADD2: CIAMPI INTER – BOLOGNA MAZZOLENI
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Here are your referees for this weekend’s MLS games. Saturday Houston Dynamo vs. FC Dallas REFEREE: RICARDO SALAZAR AR1: Peter Manikowski AR2: Mike Kampmeinert 4TH: Mark Kadlecik Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Colorado Rapids REFEREE: IOANNIS STAVRIDIS AR1: Kevin Klinger AR2: Matthew Kreitzer 4TH: Daniel Radford Columbus Crew vs. Toronto FC REFEREE: ISMAIL ELFATH AR1: George Gansner AR2: Jason White 4TH: Sorin
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It should be a nice, uneventful week for Premier League referees, though at this stage in the season – and with the title race still somewhat open – I guess “uneventful” is a relative term. Martin Atkinson (above) probably has the toughest job on paper. Arsenal visits Everton on Sunday. With the teams at fourth and fifth respectively, Everton need to
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Roma and Parma will play their match that was originally scheduled for February 2 exactly two months later, on Tuesday, April 2. That match was originally suspended due to rain. Andrea de Marco (above) will once again be the man in the middle.
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It’s a position a referee never wants to be in. Martin Hansson, one of Sweden’s top referees, was overseeing the first game of the Swedish season with Djurgarden at Helsingborgs. Approximately 30 minutes before the match, a man was attacked by rival fans. Sadly, he did not survive. Though the match began, word of the man’s death spread, and distraught Djurgarden
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