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Any decent referee books?

jacklad

jacklad

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Can anyone recommend a decent book about refereeing or related to officiating in any way?

Just finished Mark Halsey's book which was a good read but more based on his battle and experience with Cancer, as you'd expect.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
 
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Enjoyed reading Collinas book, I also enjoyed reading Graham Polls although was never a fan of him as a referee
 
Jeff Winter's book, "Who's the B*****d in the Black", is a pretty good read.
 
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Man-Bla...=1413650394&sr=8-11&keywords=the+referee+book

Very interesting book (and buying it used for 1p?? bargain!)

Halseys, Winters and Polls are all worth a read. The 2 books by Elleray can be given a miss as they are boring in the extreme.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Art-Ref...qid=1413650544&sr=8-1&keywords=art+refereeing

While bits of this book are out of date (laws for offside etc), it is on the whole a great book which aims to improve the skills of the reader.
 
DanRicketts said:
There's a couple of documentaries on YouTube worth a watch too.
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For someone with sod-all money to spend on sheets of paper, can you link me to these? Only one I can find is Kill the Referee (which I've seen about 6 times now!)
 
smair said:
For someone with sod-all money to spend on sheets of paper, can you link me to these? Only one I can find is Kill the Referee (which I've seen about 6 times now!)
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About Martin Hansson, the Sweedish ref I believe who made a mistake in Paris and the repructions that followed.
 
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Just before I started my course last year I received a book called You Are The Ref.
A big book with lots of scenarios that could potentially happen (some of them are very unlikely) Overall, very good and correct way to deal with the scenarios is given upside-down next to them.
 
Just don't bother with the phone app - it is riddled with inaccuracies and issues.

It'll ask you a question, provide options for your answer and then add a little extra and essential info after you have got it wrong, just to frustrate. Then sometimes it is just plain wrong.
 
Supermonkey said:
Just don't bother with the phone app - it is riddled with inaccuracies and issues.

It'll ask you a question, provide options for your answer and then add a little extra and essential info after you have got it wrong, just to frustrate. Then sometimes it is just plain wrong.
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Second this, had me questioning my own knowledge of the game for a while, only helpful for clueless people to talk about something they found out in the pub
 
My favourite refereeing book is definitely the Laws of the Game by FIFA. I have read it easily a dozen times cover-to-cover. ;)
 
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