FROM THE MIDDLE: Added VAR assistant at Euro 2020
This year’s European Championships, still called Euro 2020, started last Friday and for the first time it is using VAR. But what version will it...
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FROM THE MIDDLE: Trent Alexander-Arnold’s bizarre yellow card
Many viewers of the England v Austria friendly warm up game for this month’s UEFA European Championships were probably as disappointed at the standard of...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Unusual illegal goalkeeper handling
An incident in the Arsenal v Chelsea match, played just before the FA Cup final, showed how even experienced referees can sometimes get confused with...
FROM THE MIDDLE: How Binfield FC taught me a refereeing lesson
When I started refereeing, I kept a record of all the clubs I visited in a little note book. I recorded how to get there,...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Sian Massie-Ellis takes unseen step to the top
Last Saturday, Sian Massie-Ellis became the first woman referee to be a match official at an FA Cup Final. However she was not seen by...
FROM THE MIDDLE: A referee’s seldom duty
Recently I was surprised, to learn that the start of Bayern Munich’s game with RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga, was delayed when their goalkeeper tried...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Was Ian Wright wrong over hand to face?
TV pundits may be well versed in footballing tactics, but they are not always up to date with the Laws of the Game. Sadly, the...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Is swearing against the laws of the game?
England’s football manager, Gareth Southgate, is reported to be perturbed about the amount of swearing coming from his players. As he was a former professional...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Another first for referee Rebecca
One pleasing piece of refereeing news last week was that Rebecca Welch, was to take the middle of League Two match, Harrogate v Port Vale,...
FROM THE MIDDLE: Trails of law changes
At the IFAB annual meeting, Technical Committee Director, David Elleray, said about this season’s problems over handball changes, ‘you don’t know what going to happen...