Our latest issue of the journal is now available to read online with Volume 46, Issue 1 (The first of 2026) now available to read in it's entirety online with the physical issue arriving soon for @bssh.bsky.social members with a physical journal membership
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True, this. Iโve stopped using AI, but when I did, I would quiz ChatGTP on referee-related things. The stuff it came up with was so, so wrong. And attempts to correct would result in even worse output. The next day, the same question turned up entirely different and again wrong results.
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Golden. Sky.
Heb ik ook. Al zijn boeken gelezen in mijn studententijd. Waren toch wel eye-openers.
Wordle 1.767 4/6
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Four. Iโve found a nugget of gold, what with turning out only fours.
Still not gonna change that VAR sucks.
D. Geen verband tussen de twee zinnen. Vibe-writing. Of AI!
Pfff! There's a huge audience out there that accepts models for what they are, not for what they're supposed or deemed to look - by society, by fashion or even by themselves. So please continue modelling if that's what you like.
Daar zijn jullie toch niet ver vandaan? Wees aub voorzichtig! Hopelijk valt de schade (en de tsunami) mee.
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Precies dat.
Die kwam bij mij dus later binnenโฆ
O wacht, zie nu pas je foto. Het heet inderdaad zo.
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The smiling #referee is John Wright Patterson (Scotland).
Adding the teams helped. Had to find a programme to get the name: Peter Baldwin. Not heard of him before, I think.
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Purple Monday, a new thing?
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The #referee is Robert (Bobby) Calder (Scotland).
Black-and-white press photo of the kick-off of a match in the Feyenoord Rotterdam stadium. Referee Leo Horn, holding a white ball, is standing in between two players, Martin Koeman on the left, and Eddy Pieters Graafland on the right.
Acquired a great photo to add to my collection on Leo Horn, the legendary Dutch #referee. An original press photo of him refereeing a match in De Kuip, the stadium of Feyenoord, between Feyenoord and GVAV. Captains are Martin Koeman (GVAV, left) and Eddy Pieters Graafland (Feyenoord, right).
Book cover. Yellow. Oblong format. Book is ringed on the left. Title in green all-caps letters: Hoe train je fysiek voetbalscheidsrechters? Below that a diagram of a training exercise. Below that, the subtitle, again in green lettering: Jaarplan fysieke voetballooplijntrainingen
Magazine cover. Magazine title: Panenka. A Spanish publication. Cover is a b/w headshot of a referee blowing a whistle. Lower left corner has barcode plus central theme of this edition: Yo, รกrbitro.
Two new titles added to the collection (www.libib.com/u/benbalin). One a Dutch Ybook, conveniently ringed, with year-round exercises for training #referees. The other a copy of Spanish football magazine Panenka #19, with a #referee gracing the cover. Main articles inside also on refereeing.
Excellently put. The only consistency you can promise as a #referee is being inconsistent. Another commonly misunderstood thing, but crucial to understanding inconsistency: no two incidents are ever identical. Nor are they viewed the same way every time.
Retired Premier League Referee Graham Scott explains some of the most misunderstood things about being a referee.
Ik zou lekker de trein van Newcastle naar Carlisle nemen en dan het laatste stukje lopen ๐ง
Ik bedoelde de regen, maar dit werkt ook ๐
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Purple US-centric again. But learned a new meaning of arch.
Dat doet het daar in Cumbria en Northumbria ook, dus wen maar vast ๐
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Four. Again. What a position to be in.
De eerste bekerfinale was in 1899 tussen RAP (Amsterdam) en HVV (Den Haag). Pick Hisgen van RAP maakte toen het enige doelpunt, waarop hij in 1947 uitgebreid terugblikte. De foto's van eind 19e eeuw heb ik gerestaureerd.
Het verhaal van Hisgen staat op sportgeschiedenis.nl/sporten/voet...
