Refereeing

5th November 2024

A few weeks ago, I was quoted in the Sunday Mail on the subject of referee abuse. Following incidents where…

15th September 2024

Willie Collum is nice…shocker… One of the nicest things to have emerged recently – I use the word nice, advisedly…

31st July 2024

At the start of this calendar year, the SFSA launched a campaign to encourage our members to become referees. …

22nd May 2024

This survey, conducted in association with the University of Edinburgh, follows from our two previous surveys of fans on VAR. …

9th May 2024

Continuing our series of articles based on our Ops Director’s book on Scottish refereeing, all as part of our campaign…

6th May 2024

Following the news that the SFA acknowledges there were 26 mistakes made in VAR in Scotland in the current season,…

30th April 2024

It’s time for a PROPER DEBATE ON VAR. Personally, I am firmly of the view that the introduction of VAR…

4th March 2024

This is another of my wee blogs about referees, using stories from Alastair Blair’s book about the history of Scottish…

26th February 2024

My colleague and our Operations Director, Alastair Blair, has been the driving force behind our 2024 campaign to encourage fans…

19th February 2024

“Tonight, myself and a colleague whilst refereeing leisure leagues were violently assaulted, I issued a yellow card. Turned towards the…

14th February 2024

‘You are the Ref’ was a feature which appeared in a number of publications from the 1950s up to 2016.…