The Premier League will trial VAR at 15 matches this season – starting after the international break, Sky Sports News understands. The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) aim to prove the system is fit for purpose before presenting its findings to Premier League shareholders next year, with the aim of fully introducing it from next season. The … [Read more...]
FAI Awards 2018
Cup Final at Turners Cross
New Laws of the Game
The new Laws of the Game are coming into force on Friday 1 June 2018, ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™. A number of Law changes were approved at this year’s Annual General Meeting of the IFAB (3 March 2018) including the most important amendments regulating the use of Video Assistant Referees (VARs), as well as the VAR protocol. A summary of all changes can be … [Read more...]
Ban The “R” Word from Football Now!
Following correspondence from various Leagues and after meeting with them earlier in the Season, ALL Referees are reminded that ANY Player or Official using the words "Spastic" and/or "Retard" towards another (Teammate, Opponent, Spectator, Official or Referee) is to be dismissed immediately in accordance with Law 12... Part 2.... A player who uses offensive, insulting or … [Read more...]
