REFSIX - The Referee Podcast

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.