Referee Tales

Football coach, writer and former referee. Can we save the game? Probably not, but at least we can try.

[Referee Tales @RefereeTales]

Done reffing, still writing. New book of profane and pernicious football short stories, The Last Amateur, is now available for pre-order:
https://t.co/4izXvFKYkL

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No longer posting here. Follow me over where the skies are blue at: https://t.co/4POfzEtHDi

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'Excuse me, we would like to form a wall.' 'Too late, mate.' New post at Referee Tales, the blog for amateur refs tired of explaining the game's laws to choleric knaves.

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"Let's get Physical!" After a long break there's a long post at Referee Tales, the blog for amateur refs dealing with The Dark Side of lower league football:
https://t.co/f8F5gjkMlQ

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@athiestmantis74 Absolutely. Although this was way beyond dissent, it was mobbing.

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Mad men, angry grandmas, and offside traps in U13 games - new post at Referee Tales, the blog for amateur refs in the thick of (sh)it:
https://t.co/BIv4fWL82x

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@RefereeSouth https://t.co/s2sMtHb838

[Dr Tom Webb @DrTomWebb]

#euro2024 starts tomorrow. Attention will be on the teams, players, coaches, and #referees. These refs are the best in #europe, but it's likely they will have been abused. A problem that runs throughout the game - an issue we focused on in our article
https://t.co/SmSijPHubF

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@MartinBrodetsky It all rings very true. If only there were a way for those at the top of the game to clamp down on shitty behaviour... #dissentoff

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Great U13 boys promotion playoff game last night. Since I stopped doing boys' U19 and men's games last autumn, I've been happy to discover that I still love refereeing (and football, and the human race).

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'What possible good can come of a coach yelling at a referee?' New post at Referee Tales, the blog for amateur refs doing shifts taking shit from the shits:
https://t.co/0uuiPyMWJA

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@barneyronay "The harder I fall, the harder I get."

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When the coach wants the world to know he's a wanker - new post at Referee Tales, the blog that does its best to deal with attention-seeking twats on the touchline:
https://t.co/eSUEBOPZJu

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@AHicksonLovence @NorfolkCountyFA @RyanStarkey20 @ChaplinFarrant Very glad to hear you're back in the game, and congrats on the appointment.

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'Dark night. Shit ref. Laughable ref.' New post at Referee Tales, the blog for €15-refs who medicate on black lager after another night of abuse:
https://t.co/YoqgQTCBX5

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@MurphRef Pro refs seem to ignore them now unless they're really blatant, and sometimes not even then. Either enforce the law or change it. At amateur level, the cry of "Foul throw!" is almost as entrenched as the cry for handball.

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@christotaylo Time to get some real chickens so you can test Ruel's fitness.

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It's that day of the year when I get to re-post this short rhyme. The blue card reference is particularly pertinent this time around:

[Referee Tales @RefereeTales]

Cards can be red
But they cannot be blue
Love can be blind
And referees too.

[Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla]

It's especially the responsibility of you Mr. Collina and @TheIFAB , as @PlenderleithIan points in @socceramerica

Violence against referees -- FIFA and Collina must act now
https://t.co/NdvQRp26hi