| Referee (football) |
Article Index for Referee |
Information AboutReferee (football) |
|
- Andorra in the McDOS Goffertstadion ]] A referee presides over a game of Association Football (soccer) . The referee has "full authority to enforce the Laws Of The Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed" (Law 5), and the referee's decisions regarding facts connected with play are final, so far as the result of the game is concerned. The referee is assisted by two Assistant Referee s (formerly known as linesmen), and in some matches also by a Fourth Official . The match officials utilise a positioning system known as the Diagonal System Of Control . The vast majority of referees are amateur, though they are usually paid a small fee and/or expenses for their services. However, in some countries a limited number of referees - who mainly officiate in their country's top division - are employed full-time by their national associations and receive a retainer at the start of every season plus match fees. Referees officiating adult competitive international games are required to be selected from the FIFA panel of referees; this restriction does not necessarily apply to non-competitive (so-called friendly) games or youth games. POWERS AND DUTIES The referee's powers and duties are described by Law 5 of the Laws of the Game. {Link without Title} These include:
WHISTLE USE Referees use a Whistle to indicate the commencement of play, to stop play due to an infringement or other reason, to indicate half-time and full-time, and as an adjunct to verbal communication in other situations, although the use of whistles is not mandated by the Laws of the Game. Before the introduction of the whistle, referees indicated their decisions by waving a handkerchief. The whistles that were first adopted by referees were made by Joseph Hudson of the ACME Whistle Company who first began to mass produce whistles in the 1870s for the Metropolitan Police Service . It is frequently stated the referee's whistle was first used in a game between Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Norfolk in 1878; however no such fixture is known to have taken place between the two clubs in that year. UNIFORM Modern day referees and their assistants wear a uniform comprised of a jersey, shorts and socks: until the , Adidas uniforms are worn because Adidas is the current sponsor. SEE ALSO
EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES |
|
|