Referee revolution; Ref to get new wheels ?

• zocoss

  1 Apr 10, 17:24

  

  ROLL WITH IT ... ref Halsey on Segway

   

   

  SAM ALLARDYCE last night gave the thumbs up to an amazing 'ref-mobile'. The Blackburn boss believes the motorised two-wheeler will keep referees up to speed with the game's fastest players.

  Football authorities have been secretly testing the Segways - and they will be used in the Blue Square Premier next season.

  With players like Theo Walcott, Gabby Agbonlahor and Aaron Lennon capable of incredible speeds, it is hoped this new innovation will help refs keep up.

   

   

   

  

  MAKING TRACKS ... Big Sam approves

  Allardyce said: "Players are athletes and we can't expect refs to keep up with them for a full 90 minutes, so this gives them a real edge.

  "We can no longer say the referee was nowhere near the incident because, with this, he will be. "Finally refs and managers are listening to each other."

  Top referee Mark Halsey said: "Not only does the innovation help referees keep right up with play it will also mean older, more experienced refs will not be lost to the game.

  "It's easy to move it round the pitch. "This could be the biggest move forward in refereeing yet."

  If the experiment works in non-league, the idea will be put forward to UEFA for it to be introduced all over Europe.

  The suggestion came up at a brainstorming meeting between refs and managers at the start of the season.

  Invented in New Jersey in the USA, Segway personal transporters can travel at up to 12.5mph and are easily manoeuvrable with just a slight sway of the body in the direction you want to move in.

  The next meeting of the UEFA Refereeing Congress is a year today.

   

• Poignant

  1 Apr 10, 18:55

  dont lame lar

• F.raon.I.R

  1 Apr 10, 19:09

  more of a obstruction on the pitch

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  1 Apr 10, 19:17

  zzz
  
  
  skeali the referee play too much, bang one player how

• ASKL!

  1 Apr 10, 19:40

  From whichever angle i see it, this is an obstruction.
  
  Referees are suppose to be fit too, that is their job.
  
  Referees, without wheels have sometimes obstructed players from passing the ball well by blocking their sight or path, with this addition, i can forsee even more complains about the.. wheels.

• mrwonderful

  2 Apr 10, 02:38

  use motorbike better

• Rooney9

  2 Apr 10, 02:43

  y not use rollerblading instead

• DailyFreeGames.com

  2 Apr 10, 05:18

  no lah, they should put 11 referrees on the pitch, so dun need to run at all, each person take zonal marking.
• HeiHao

  2 Apr 10, 16:57

  which idiot came up with this crap ?

• omgukilledkenny

  2 Apr 10, 19:14

  omg -_- april fools joke izzit.

• ChoCoChips

  2 Apr 10, 19:20

  knn use video technologies la.

• brokenluv

  2 Apr 10, 19:53

  why not referee ride on roflcopter. wont obstruct =d

• hisoka

  2 Apr 10, 20:43

  wtf. confirm obstruct play. Just use the dam video technology lah.

• Rooney9

  2 Apr 10, 20:45

  Originally posted by mrwonderful:

  use motorbike better

  use bicycle or tricycle better lar