by Stuart Carrington | Jun 29, 2020 | Blogs, Carringtons Blog
Home advantage is a strange phenomenon in football. Naively, I used to dismiss it. I assumed that a ball was a ball and goal was a goal. Surely it does not matter where a game is played when it is the same game? Other sports seemed to support this notion. ...
by Stuart Carrington | May 19, 2020 | Carringtons Blog
A discussion by two experts on controlling yourself before you can control others Referees in football, at all levels, are often the subject of great scrutiny, criticism and abuse. In this article, Keys to Referee asks two authors about referees in football the...
by Stuart Carrington | Apr 30, 2020 | Blogs, Carringtons Blog
Recall a time when, during a football match, you saw a player (or players) lose their composure and control. One type of incident that comes to mind is the so-called ‘mass brawl’; a cluster of players, frustrated, angry and primed for physical competition acting in a...
by Stuart Carrington | Apr 21, 2020 | Blogs, Carringtons Blog
Sports are a social situation. They take place with others and in front of others. This is part of their appeal; players enjoy the camaraderie, fans quench their thirst for tribal belonging and coaches satisfy desires to influence others. Hence self-isolation is...
by Stuart Carrington | Apr 14, 2020 | Blogs, Carringtons Blog
Referees, Confidence and Arrogance To understand more about refereeing I decided to put my money where my mouth was and become a qualified official. I enjoyed every minute of the training and meeting not only my fellow trainees but my assessors too. Their experience...
