DERMOT GALLAGHER discusses incidents from last weekend’s matches
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11607279/ref-watch-should-paul-pogba-have-been-sent-off-against-tottenham

PREMIER LEAGUE appointments for Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th January 2019
https://www.premierleague.com/news/975364

VAR : Five alterations which could improve the use of VAR
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6563227/What-one-minute-time-limit-make-VAR-better.html

IGNORE VAR COMPLAINTS
https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/10/ignore-complaints-var-will-bring-certainty-to-football-8329323/

LA LIGA : Referees pleased with VAR implementation so far
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-spain-var/la-liga-referees-pleased-with-var-implementation-so-far-idUKKCN1P91S9?rpc=401&

PAUL REJER : Discusses ‘Offside – referees’ responsibility’
http://proreferees.com/2017/03/15/play-of-the-week-2017-week-2/

UEFA : Champions League VARs appointed
http://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/2019/01/vars-selected-for-uefa-champions-league.html?

MLS : MARK GEIGER named as Director of Senior Match Officials
http://proreferees.com/2019/01/09/mark-geiger-named-director-of-senior-match-officials/

UMBRO FUTSAL AWARDS 2018
http://awards.futsalplanet.com/voting/awards/nominees?award=9&category=9

CONCACAF : Referees of the year 2018 : Cesar Ramos and Lucila Venegas
http://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/2019/01/concacaf-referees-of-year-2018-ramos.html

AFC referees recognised for world class achievement
http://refereeingworld.blogspot.com/2019/01/afc-referees-recognized-for-world-class.html?

ROY McDONOUGH excellent in the physical battles of 1980s in which he was sent off 22 times
https://digitaledition.telegraph.co.uk/editions/edition_Xo4aL_2019-01-10/data/600175/index.html?share=1&WT.mc_id=tmgapp_inar_share&utm_source=tmgapp&utm_medium=inar&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=tmgapp_inar_share&Expires=1549497600&Signature=hHBbYgkH0TaLNzMAdHOjQgTqiPhLcX4vfM42itbGVQKW3hfb7eixGmcBQHhvVDzFg-El2dbGQ21BKA2xzl-dzlA~qaDpKuGg~1hzv-lQVTji0xpkuMMTfgu4~5WS9iOSSOFS1cZrJlYQWdq9JqHfA~IZaX-m2Qi5PlUaLxaaY04~2cPyakzhvHav~vIIoImsWZKVm4JAeGH-jNCh-ZT5pmIXFb0cFpHUMqJIUT7dNNnZOlJwf2BI8vLYAGgJVFdARQSSx2C5lgKhNfow7egIfkvc-UER3h~fjRveakGkBPo5GppmyWmHpqCfgdIpXOzRt46too4GheMoOnpA4i0USg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLCEPDGCTPVKXNOA

YELLOW CARD : Was this worthy of a yellow card?! VIDEO
https://twitter.com/FootbalILaughs/status/1085590131191545856?s=05

AUSTRALIA : Plan designed to stamp out abuse of referees
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/capital-football-reveal-referee-review-outcomes-20190111-p50qsl.html

NIGERIA : We need to protect the lives of the referees
https://footballlive.ng/we-cannot-continue-in-this-manner-beating-up-referees-in-a-match-venue-is-absurd-alhaji-tade-azeez/

SCOTLAND : Reset button needed for under-fire men in black
https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/17354281.graeme-macpherson-reset-button-needed-for-under-fire-men-in-black/

SCOTLAND : Referees demand criticism must stop
https://videocelts.com/2019/01/blogs/latest-news/sfa-meet-up-with-under-fire-refs-who-demand-that-criticism-must-stop/

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