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Without a Referee, There is no Game: The Philosophy Behind the Statement

Without a Referee, There is no Game: The Philosophy Behind the Statement

by Stuart Carrington | Aug 27, 2020 | Blogs, Carringtons Blog

The return of football after lockdown promised a great deal.  There was a sense, and hope, that players and coaches would have missed the game to such an extent they would never take it, or the bodies that enable it to occur, for granted again.  It is often said the...
Goals, Goals, Goals: The Importance of Goal Setting for Match Officials

Goals, Goals, Goals: The Importance of Goal Setting for Match Officials

by Stuart Carrington | Aug 27, 2020 | Blogs, Carringtons Blog

The most exciting part of any football match is the goals.  It’s primarily what spectators pay to see and an integral part of what makes football so appealing.  Scoring more goals than your opponents is what is known in sports philosophy circles as a lusory goal.  In...
Moving the Goal Posts: The Restart, Home Advantage and Referees

Moving the Goal Posts: The Restart, Home Advantage and Referees

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. ...
The Carrington v Webb Ref debate: Controlling yourself before others!

The Carrington v Webb Ref debate: Controlling yourself before others!

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...
Controlling Yourself Before You Can Control Others

Controlling Yourself Before You Can Control Others

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...
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