REFSIX - The Referee Podcast
by REFSIX
A show about the people who are involved in the world's biggest sport but don't often get seen, unless they make a mistake. Join host Hassan Rajwani as he sits down with football (soccer) referees at all levels of the game to discuss their journey, key refereeing topics in the game (such as VAR) and everything else refereeing! You'll also hear him quiz professional players on the laws of the game.
Episodes
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Corners, Defending dark arts and how to deal with them as a referee
🚩 CORNERS. The dark arts. And the refs trying to stop them.New episode just dropped we're diving deep into every trick, shove, shirt-tug, and sneaky run at set pieces. What are players ACTUALLY getting away with? And what can referees actually DO about it?If you've ever stood at a corner and...
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Dealing with problem managers and parents as a Referee - REFSIX Podcast
Download REFSIX today: https://bit.ly/44rnMeoIn this week’s REFSIX Podcast, we dive into one of the toughest parts of refereeing dealing with tricky managers and problem parents. ⚽From managing emotions on the touchline to communicating with confidence under pressure, we share real-world advice,...
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Whistles Across the Pond - USA vs UK: The Refereeing Divide
Join REFSIX’s own Jon (UK) and Elliot (USA) as they blow the whistle on the fascinating differences between refereeing on opposite sides of the Atlantic. From contrasting laws interpretations to unique matchday cultures, they share stories from the pitch, compare training and officiating styles,...
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What do pro referees get up to in the offseason?
Welcome back to the REFSIX Podcast! 🎙⚽️Jon and @WhistleStopFooty are back for another podcast In this episode, we dive into what preseason looks like for referees on both sides of the Atlantic. From the UK's grassroots and pro levels to the USA's structured camps and fitness testing, we compare...
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REFSIX PODCAST - New law changes, Club world cup and What kit can you wear as a referee?
The REFSIX Podcast is back! Jon & Eliot dive into:⚖️ 2025/26 law changes📊 Did last year's changes work?🎥 Body cams at the Club World Cup👕 The new Puma referee kit
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The preason pod
On this week's pod, we discuss pre-season prep, including: -How to pass the fitness test -Refereeing at a higher level -Finding pre-season games Let us know in the comments how you have prepared for the new season
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Off season podcast
You asked, We answered! The Podcast is back! Jon and Dan are back on the mic talking about what referees do during the off-season, Do they keep on refereeing? Do they train? Do they get an off-season? The boys answer all these questions and more on this week's pod
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The referee that dissallowed Ishowspeeds goal interview
In the week's podcast Hassan, Jon and Dan talk to the assistant referee who famously disallowed the famous Youtuber Ishowspeeds goal. They also discuss how social media can affect their match day as well as their mental health Don't forget to , SUBSCRIBE and hit the notification bell so you never...
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Top 5 reason to referee!
WE ARE BACK! Jon and Hassan are back with a new co-host Dan. In this episode discussed your reasons (and our own reasons) for getting into, as well as continuing, refereeing. We also spoke about each of our England starting XI’s for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which is only a few short weeks away!…
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What makes a good referee?
On this Special podcast we are joined By Dr Joe Machnik and Esse Baharmast as we take a deep dive in what traits make a good referee! These incredible guests share an insite to how they made it too the top of their game and what you should do when wanting to become a top referee. Thanks for...
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Dealing with DOGSO - REFSIX Weekly
This week Jon and Rimon take you through the main incidences of this week and there seamed to be a common theme - DOGSO, they talk about what you should be looking for when sending someone off for DOGSO.
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Should Manchester United have had 3 red cards? - REFSIX Weekly Podcast
This week we review the key incidents from this weekends Premier League matches including: - Pogba's Red Card - Should Ronaldo and Fernandes have seen red for their challenges on Curtis Jones? - Leeds and Arsenal's Penalty - Crystal Palace's Disallowed Goal - Should Man City's first goal have…
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REFSIX Weekly - Missed pens? and a kick out?
This week we cover the major incidents from Matchday 5 of the Premier League. Did west ham deserve a penalty? Should Man U have had 2 penalties? what do you do when a goalkeeper kicks the penalty mark? as well as the main talking point was between Luton town and swansea!
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REFSIX Weekly - Tanganga, Struijk, Taylor and Tarkowski
This week we cover the major incidents from Matchday 4 of the Premier League and Matchday 1 from the Champions League including: Was the red card correct for Struijk for his leg breaking challenge on Harvey Elliot? Should Tarkowski's challenge on Richarlyson be a foul? Anthony Taylor showing a...
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SHOULD POGBA HAVE RECEIVED A RED CARD?- REFSIX WEEKLY
Hassan, Jon and Rimon are back with a new Episode of the REFSIX Weekly. This week they discuss the Reece Jame red card that has sparked a big discussion in the football word, as well as the pogba challenge on Ruben Neve. The boys also give out tips on how they deal with identifying serious foul...
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Wrestling? Going back 15 years? The changes in refereeing so far this season.
Hassan, Jon and Rimon are back with a new season of the REFSIX Weekly. As always they will be discussing the main incidents from the Premier League as well as some interesting incidents in Ligue 1 and La Liga. Handballs, DOGSOs, Penalties, VAR and Red Cards all on this weeks show.
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Announcing Matchday Vlogs on YouTube
Just a quick note to say we’ve launched a new series on YouTube where Hassan and Jon will be Vlogging their matchday experiences as match officials. Head over to YouTube.com/REFSIX to watch! See you soon.
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Final round up with special guest Phil Sharp
Euro 2020 Final and Tournament Review It didn’t come home, it’s going to Rome. This week on the final REFSIX Euro Special, Hassan, Jon and former FIFA Assistant referee, Phil Sharp, discuss the key moments from the Euro 2020 Final including the pull back on Saka and the Jorginho challenge on...
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Euro 2020 Semi Final Review with special guest Phil Sharp
England are in the first final for 55 years! Hassan and Phil discuss the key decisions from the Euro 2020 Semi-Finals including the much discussed penalty for Sterling. 🦁🦁🦁
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Euro 2020 Quarter Final Review with special guest Phil Sharp
This week, while Jon's away on holiday, Hassan and Phil discuss the key incidents from the Quarter Finals of Euro 2020 including, Michael Oliver's red card in the Switzerland vs Spain match, Immobile's play acting in Italy vs Belgium and Felix Brych blowing the whistle at 90 minutes.
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Round of 16 Review with special guest Phil Sharp
8 games, 29 goals, 3 red cards. The round of 16 was everything we hoped for. We're joined once again by former FIFA Assistant Referee Phil Sharp to analyse the key decisions in the round focusing on the 3 red cards - and were England lucky not to get one themselves? Find out on this weeks pod....
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Group stage round up with special guest Phil Sharp
REFSIX EUROS Mini-Series Match Day 2 & 3 Review Hassan and Jon review key incidents from match day 2 & 3 in Euro 2020 with special guest Phil Sharp. Phil was an assistant referee on both Euro 2000 and 2004 so has some great insights in to the behind the scenes of a Euros tournament. This week we...
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Euro 2020 Match Day 1 review with special guest Phil Sharp
REFSIX EUROS Mini-Series Match Day 1 Review Hassan and Jon review key incidents from match day 1 in Euro 2020 with special guest Phil Sharp. Phil was an assistant referee on both Euro 2000 and 2004 so has some great insights in to the behind the scenes of a Euros tournament. This week we discuss…
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Lahoz Masterclass, Play Offs and new referees in the Premier League
This week we discuss incidents from the Champions League and Play Off Finals, we share the five referee names reportedly in consideration to be promoted to the Premier League and our tips for Pre-Season training.
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Wrapping up the Premier League Season
This week we talk about the incidents from the last round of Premier League matches, announce the PlayOff final officials and share our officiating highlights of the season.
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Mass Con, Offsides and Backpasses
This week we discuss a variety of incidents from the Premier League including the back pass from Jorginho that lead to Arsenals goal, Cavani’s stunner but should it have counted and how to deal with mass confrontations like we saw at the end of Chelsea vs Leicester.
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Cup Final Tips, Maupay, Dunk and Watkins
This week we cover all of the big incidents from the Premier League as well as one from the Europa League match between Villareal and Arsenal. With the many cup finals about to be played we also cover our tips for referees who've been lucky enough to pick up a final appointment.
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PSG meltdown, How to adapt your pre match and a Q&A
This week we catch up on all the ref news that has happened over the last 7 days, as well as the big games in the Champions league and the Premier league. Finally we answer some of the questions that you have sent into us.
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West Ham red? New Champions League format, and Ramadan in sport
Today we discuss whether Fabián Balbuena should have had a red card, how the new champions league format and how that will affect referees, as well as how you as a referee can help support players during Ramadan.
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The super league implodes? Who would referee in the superleague?
Today we sit down to discuss the ramifications of the new ESL and what impact that could have on the referees. Who would referee it? What are the laws going to be? As well as seeing what we think should happen to the 'big 12'.
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Dortmund goal? Mane foul? Should referees ask for autographs?
Today we sat down with Rimon to talk over the news about Rebecca Welch, Sunny and Bhupinder Gill and how they are making great strides in the English game. We also discussed this weeks Champions League fixtures and the stories that have come out after the games.
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What do players want from Referees? Ft Dean Hammond
Today we sat down with former Premier league player Dean Hammond to discuss what he thinks makes a good referee. As well as his experiences with officials over the years.
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That Promotion Episode
This week the FA released their decision about how promotions and reclassifications would be handled for English referees. We chat with a number of referees at different levels ranging from 2B to 6 to get their reaction to the news and how it’s impacted them.
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Lamela red? Hot heads and should referees wear bodycams?
This week we're joined by Red Egan Level 5 referee and Harris Rasheed, a regional referee in the US. We talk about the injury to Rui Patricio, Erik Lamela, Lacazette's penalty and the harrowing incident in the Bulgarian fourth tier where a match was abandoned following an assault on a referee.
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Big news, Champions league VAR, and a Danish Referee
We have some big news as our team is expanding and have our new team member joining us this week from Denmark. We talk about our big news and new app beta as well as the VAR calls in the Dortmund vs Seville Champions League match. Learn more about REFSIX: https://refsix.com Follow us on :...
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Lee Mason, Man U penalty? Should we mic up referees?
This week we're joined by Level 4 referee Joseph Larkin (Host of the RA's Cards on the Table podcast) and referee Nathan Sherratt (MD of The Third Team and co-host of the Final Whistle podcast). We discuss the quick free kick incident during the West Brom vs Brighton match, the handball incident...
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Quick Free Kicks, Clapping Refs and the Return of Football
This week we're joined by Level 3 Callum Jones, Level 5 Matt Leary and Level 7 Karl Luckhurst. We discuss the quick free kick and penalty decision in the Leeds vs Southampton match, the Mexican official who got in the way of a goal bound effort, the Give the Ref a Hand campaign and the return of...
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Can eye training help you become a better assistant referee?
This week we’re joined by Lee Waters a performance psychologist currently undertaking his PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology. His research is focused on eye tracking of match officials during offside decisions. We spend this podcast asking him about his research, what his findings are and...
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Officiating the other type of Football
To celebrate the Super Bowl we sit down with Roger Goodgroves the Director of Operations at BAFRA (British American Football Referee’s Association) to talk about the differences of officiating between Football and American Football.
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4 Red Cards in 1 Night and Referee Secretaries
This week we're joined by Daryl Ann a level 5 referee and referee secretary of the Southern Amateur League and level 7 referee Guy Owen. We discuss the 4 red cards in the Premier League for Arsenal and Southampton as well as the role of a referee secretary.
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Paul Markland - Chairman of Hythe Town FC
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…
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Hope Powell Interview - Brighton and Hove Albion Women's First Team Manager - Special REFSIX Weekly
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...
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Weekend Incidents Roundup
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…
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Dissent, Sin-Bins, Concussions and Stephanie Frappart
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.
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Mass Confrontations and that MLS Penalty Shootout
We delve in to the processes we adopt during mass confrontations, discuss some incidents from the weekend including the Orlando MLS Penalty Shootout (Kicks from the Penalty Mark) where the Goalkeeper received a red card! We're joined by Level 3 Jake Woodman and Level 4 Joel Lamping.
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Cup Appointments
This week we're joined by Level 3 referee Conall Bartlett and Level 5 referee Pablo Aguilar. We discuss the excitement of Cup appointments!
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Pre-Match Team Talks, Greg Clarke, Kateryna Monzul, 5 subs and handball again
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.
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Lockdown 2 and Referee Injuries
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...
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The REF6k Challenge, Lucas Digne, how to prepare for matches, pre-match Zoom meetings and instructions for club assistants
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…
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Players touching officials, 2 yellows and no red and can referees swear?
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…
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A show about the people who are involved in the world's biggest sport but don't often get seen, unless they make a mistake. Join host Hassan Rajwani as he sits down with football (soccer) referees at all levels of the game to discuss their journey, key refereeing topics in the game (such as VAR) and everything else refereeing! You'll also hear him quiz professional players on the laws of the game.
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