“I took my book out of my pocket and looked down ... and they’re not going to get abused.” Since giving up football refereeing in 2021, ex-MMA fighter Mansfield has taken up rugby refereeing ...

(Image: Drew Herbertson) His book, Football Refereeing in Scotland, from PublishNation, charts the progress of the discipline since the Scottish Football Association’s formation in 1873 all the ...

If you want to know why a player is being shown a yellow card there is no need to delve into football's rulebook – just take a look at their height. Referees are more likely to book players who ...

It could be terrible. Go and get a life!” Football Refereeing in Scotland: A History of its Organisation and Development, the book which Herbertson wrote after retiring from his role at the ...

No prisoners were taken in the book’s content or the promotional ... Clattenburg was as good as it got in English football. “He was an outstanding referee,” former Premier League official ...

It’s the referees that are the problem ... As I argue in a new book on integrity and football, there are three dimensions to cases like these. Firstly, players continue – again and again ...

Week 1 of the 2023 XFL season – the third iteration of the spring football league – is in the books. Curious fans ... is that XFL vice president of officiating and rules innovation Dean ...

The crew's names are listed in the official game book distributed to the media ... and former SEC official Steve Shaw heads College Football Officiating, a national clearinghouse meant to maintain ...