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| Respect referees - Barwick - 12 November 2006 |
FA Chief Executive Brian Barwick has given his full support to England's referees and called on players and managers to show proper respect.
Barwick said: "Referees do a very difficult job professionally and objectively under often very difficult circumstances. They deserv
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| Merk's work is done - 09 April 2008 |
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Markus Merk has decided to give up refereeing at the end of the Bundesliga season despite being a year shy of the mandatory retirement age.
German career
While the highly-regarded match official is still 46, he has made the choice to hang up his whistle, say
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| FA plans fresh referee approach - 27 March 2008 |
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Sir Trevor Brooking says he hopes new Football Association plans to protect referees from abuse from players will be in place in time for next season.
The FA's director of football development said high-profile examples of a lack of respect for officials showed the n
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| 'We have a duty to protect the players' - 07 February 2008 |
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"Gentlemen, we have a duty to protect the players." This was the message spelt out to the new referees by instructor Hugh Dallas on the third and final day of the 16th UEFA Introductory Course for International Referees in Limassol, Cyprus, on Wednesday.
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| Referee collapses and dies on pitch - 03 April 2008 |
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A NEWLY-QUALIFIED referee collapsed and died in front of fans and players during a football match.
Andrew Moore, a married father-of-one, fell to the ground inside the centre circle only minutes into the game on Tuesday.
The 43-year-old had been a referee only five months but love
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| Why become a referee? - 05 December 2007 |
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I never actually wanted to be a referee growing up as a teenager. It wasn't something that appealed to me.
But when I realised I wasn't going to get to the heights I'd hoped for as a player, my father, who was a referee, made me aware of a referee's course.
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| New referees fit for task - 05 February 2008 |
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UEFA's newest batch of international referees had the chance to prove they were fit for the task on the opening day of the 17th UEFA Introductory Course for International Referees in Cyprus on Monday.
Fitness test
Thirty-four referees from 26 different countries acros
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