REFSIX - The Referee Podcast

On this week's pod, we discuss pre-season prep, including: -How to pass the fitness test -Refereeing at a higher level -Finding pre-season games Let us know in the comments how you have prepared for the new season

You asked, We answered! The Podcast is back! Jon and Dan are back on the mic talking about what referees do during the off-season, Do they keep on refereeing? Do they train? Do they get an off-season? The boys answer all these questions and more on this week's pod

In the week's podcast Hassan, Jon and Dan talk to the assistant referee who famously disallowed the famous Youtuber Ishowspeeds goal.

They also discuss how social media can affect their match day as well as their mental health 

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Jon and Hassan are back with a new co-host Dan. In this episode discussed your reasons (and our own reasons) for getting into, as well as continuing, refereeing. We also spoke about each of our England starting XI’s for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is only a few short weeks away!

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On this Special podcast we are joined By Dr Joe Machnik and Esse Baharmast as we take a deep dive in what traits make a good referee! These incredible guests share an insite to how they made it too the top of their game and what you should do when wanting to become a top referee. 

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This week Jon and Rimon take you through the main incidences of this week and there seamed to be a common theme - DOGSO, they talk about what you should be looking for when sending someone off for DOGSO.

This week we review the key incidents from this weekends Premier League matches including:  

- Pogba's Red Card 

- Should Ronaldo and Fernandes have seen red for their challenges on Curtis Jones? 

- Leeds and Arsenal's Penalty 

- Crystal Palace's Disallowed Goal 

- Should Man City's first goal have been disallowed?

This week we cover the major incidents from Matchday 5 of the Premier League. Did west ham deserve a penalty? Should Man U have had 2 penalties? what do you do when a goalkeeper kicks the penalty mark? as well as the main talking point was between Luton town and swansea!

This week we cover the major incidents from Matchday 4 of the Premier League and Matchday 1 from the Champions League including:

• Was the red card correct for Struijk for his leg breaking challenge on Harvey Elliot?
• Should Tarkowski's challenge on Richarlyson be a foul?
• Anthony Taylor showing a second yellow to a player with no yellow in the first place
• 4 penalties, 2 missed and 1 red card for diving in Seville
• and Tanganga's quick 2 yellows vs Palace

Hassan, Jon and Rimon are back with a new Episode of the REFSIX Weekly. This week they discuss the Reece Jame red card that has sparked a big discussion in the football word, as well as the pogba challenge on Ruben Neve. The boys also give out tips on how they deal with identifying serious foul play when refereeing

Hassan, Jon and Rimon are back with a new season of the REFSIX Weekly. As always they will be discussing the main incidents from the Premier League as well as some interesting incidents in Ligue 1 and La Liga. Handballs, DOGSOs, Penalties, VAR and Red Cards all on this weeks show.

Euro 2020 Final and Tournament Review

It didn’t come home, it’s going to Rome. This week on the final REFSIX Euro Special, Hassan, Jon and former FIFA Assistant referee, Phil Sharp, discuss the key moments from the Euro 2020 Final including the pull back on Saka and the Jorginho challenge on Grealish. They also share their top refereeing highlights from the tournament.

England are in the first final for 55 years! Hassan and Phil discuss the key decisions from the Euro 2020 Semi-Finals including the much discussed penalty for Sterling. 🦁🦁🦁

This week, while Jon's away on holiday, Hassan and Phil discuss the key incidents from the Quarter Finals of Euro 2020 including, Michael Oliver's red card in the Switzerland vs Spain match, Immobile's play acting in Italy vs Belgium and Felix Brych blowing the whistle at 90 minutes.

This week we discuss incidents from the Champions League and  Play Off Finals, we share the five referee names reportedly in consideration to be promoted to the Premier League and our tips for Pre-Season training.

This week we talk about the incidents from the last round of Premier League matches, announce the PlayOff final officials and share our officiating highlights of the season.

This week we discuss a variety of incidents from the Premier League including the back pass from Jorginho that lead to Arsenals goal, Cavani’s stunner but should it have counted and how to deal with mass confrontations like we saw at the end of Chelsea vs Leicester.

This week we cover all of the big incidents from the Premier League as well as one from the Europa League match between Villareal and Arsenal. With the many cup finals about to be played we also cover our tips for referees who've been lucky enough to pick up a final appointment.

This week we catch up on all the ref news that has happened over the last 7 days, as well as the big games in the Champions league and the Premier league. Finally we answer some of the questions that you have sent into us.

Today we discuss whether Fabián Balbuena should have had a red card, how the new champions league format and how that will affect referees, as well as how you as a referee can help support players during Ramadan.

Today we sit down to discuss the ramifications of the new ESL and what impact that could have on the referees. Who would referee it? What are the laws going to be? As well as seeing what we think should happen to the 'big 12'.

Today we sat down with former Premier league player Dean Hammond to discuss what he thinks makes a good referee. As well as his experiences with officials over the years.

This week the FA released their decision about how promotions and reclassifications would be handled for English referees. We chat with a number of referees at different levels ranging from 2B to 6 to get their reaction to the news and how it’s impacted them.

This week we're joined by Red Egan Level 5 referee and Harris Rasheed, a regional referee in the US. We talk about the injury to Rui Patricio, Erik Lamela, Lacazette's penalty and the harrowing incident in the Bulgarian fourth tier where a match was abandoned following an assault on a referee.

We have some big news as our team is expanding and have our new team member joining us this week from Denmark. We talk about our big news and new app beta as well as the VAR calls in the Dortmund vs Seville Champions League match.

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This week we're joined by Level 4 referee Joseph Larkin (Host of the RA's Cards on the Table podcast) and referee Nathan Sherratt (MD of The Third Team and co-host of the Final Whistle podcast). We discuss the quick free kick incident during the West Brom vs Brighton match, the handball incident during Man U vs Chelsea and whether or not audiences should listen in on referee microphones.

This week we're joined by Level 3 Callum Jones, Level 5 Matt Leary and Level 7 Karl Luckhurst. We discuss the quick free kick and penalty decision in the Leeds vs Southampton match, the  Mexican official who got in the way of a goal bound effort, the Give the Ref a Hand campaign and the return of football.

This week we’re joined by Lee Waters a performance psychologist currently undertaking his PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology. His research is focused on eye tracking of match officials during offside decisions. We spend this podcast asking him about his research, what his findings are and practical techniques every official can do to improve their eyesight.

To celebrate the Super Bowl we sit down with Roger Goodgroves the Director of Operations at BAFRA (British American Football Referee’s Association) to talk about the differences of officiating between Football and American Football.

This week we're joined by Daryl Ann a level 5 referee and referee secretary of the Southern Amateur League and level 7 referee Guy Owen. We discuss the 4 red cards in the Premier League for Arsenal and Southampton as well as the role of a referee secretary.

We're back after the winter break and find that grassroots football is unfortunately suspended once again. We sit down with  Paul Markland, Chairman of Isthmian South East side, Hythe Town FC who play in Kent. We speak to him about how Covid has impacted clubs as well as discuss what could happen in terms of the season. Will it be null and void? Will it be PPG? Will it continue? We get his thoughts on that and his thoughts on referees too.

We catch up with current Brighton and Hove Albion Women's First Team Manager Hope Powell. Prior to managing Brighton in the Women's Super League, Hope was the manager for the England national team for 15 years. We chat with Hope about laws of the game, technology in football and what she thinks makes a great referee.

We discuss a variety of incidents from around Europe's top leagues this weekend from a referee's perspective including:

- Southampton's penalty vs Brighton - was it inside or outside?

- Paul Pogba's goal vs West Ham - did the ball go out of play?

- Millwall's fans booing the players kneeling before kick off

- 2 balls on the field in Sweden

- The yellow card shown to Stuttgart player Silas Wamangituka after slowly walking the ball into the net for a goal

This week we're joined by Level 7 Referee, Karl Luckhurst

This week we discuss the Anthony Taylor/Vidal incident during the Inter Milan and Real Madrid Champions League match, Raúl Jiménez and David Luiz's collision during Arsenal vs Wolves and how referees should deal with concussion. We're joined by grassroots officials Matt Leary and Max Ashley.

This week we're joined by Level 3 referee Conall Bartlett and Level 5 referee Pablo Aguilar. We discuss the excitement of Cup appointments!

We're joined by Level 4 Dan Cooper and Level 5 Rob Davies. We discuss news from the footballing world and have an in-depth chat about what we discuss in our team talks with assistants before matches. 

This week we discuss Boris Johnson's announcement that the UK will be heading in to a second national lockdown. We discuss what we're going to do and how it affects the grassroots game. We also talk about injuries as referees and coming off matches. We're joined by Level 4 Dan D'Urso and Level 5 Dave Bradley.

We're joined by Level 4 referee Matt Redmond and Level 6 referee Billy Wootten. We discuss the FA Women's FA Cup and Youth Cup final appointments, the Lucas Digne and Harry Maguire incidents from the weekend, how we research before matches and discuss instructions we give to club assistants before matches. 

We also discuss the new REF6k Challenge starting in November to help raise money for FareShare - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ref6k-challenge

This week we're joined by level 2B referee, Michael Ryan and level 5 referee Red Egan. We discuss incidents from the last week including the incident with Assistant Referee Sian Massey-Ellis and Sergio Aguero, the WSL match between Everton and Brighton where a player received 2 yellow cards but no red and whether referees can swear at players following accusations in a Non League match.

REFSIX Weekly Episode 2 - This week we discuss news from the Refereeing world, Eric Dier's toilet break and Jon's first 10 matches using REFSIX.

REFSIX Weekly Episode 1 - We're embarking on something new, a weekly chat show where we discuss a variety of topics around refereeing. Co-Hosted by referees Hassan Rajwani and Jon Wilks, this week we're joined by level 3 referee Lewis Dawson and level 4 referee Joe Larkin. We discuss the handball incidents from the Premier League this weekend, how Covid has impacted matchday for referees and touch on news from the refereeing world.

John Nielsen joins Hassan to discuss his refereeing career which saw him earn a FIFA AR badge and then his current role which seems him lead the development of Concacaf Assessors. 

Carol Anne joins Hassan to discuss her incredible career which has seen her officiate at 2 Women's World Cups and 2 Olympic Games, including the Gold Medal Match in Rio. She talks about her rollercoaster year in 2019, whats next for her and advice she'd give to up and coming referees.

Rosendo Mendoza is a recent graduate to the MLS having officiated his first MLS match on August 4th 2019. Rosendo joins us to talk about his career, his 2019 season that saw him officiate his first MLS match, as well as the NWSL Final and a USL Semi-Final. He shares his advice on what you can do as a referee to keep improving.