Semi-automated offside VAR to be trialled in FA Cup fifth round

found 2025 › Feb › 12 (Wed) @ 20:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

PGMOL happy with improvements to delayed technology
Seven of eight FA Cup ties are at Premier League grounds

Semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) is set to be trialled in the FA Cup fifth round nex…

'I'm happy it was like that' - so was FA Cup better without VAR?

found 2025 › Feb › 09 (Sun) @ 10:16 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

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The debate over the use of technology in football is nothing new - but in the FA Cup fourth round its absence has provided a frequent talking point.

'Not Fergie time, offside time' - Leicester rue lack of VAR as Man Utd progress

found 2025 › Feb › 08 (Sat) @ 07:25 UTC

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Ruud van Nistelrooy says his Leicester side were beaten not in "Fergie time, but offside time" as Harry Maguire's controversial late winner sends Manchester United into the FA Cup fifth round.

13 VAR mistakes in Premier League so far this season

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 06:33 UTC

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There have been a total of 13 video assistant referee (VAR) mistakes in the Premier League so far this season, say league bosses.

Football Daily | Lewis-Skelly and an FA decision so obvious it wasn’t worth waking up for

found 2025 › Jan › 29 (Wed) @ 20:45 UTC

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Whether you’re in the camp who believe there is some sort of sinister agenda being orchestrated by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited aga…

Norway on verge of abolishing VAR from domestic leagues after club vote

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

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Top 32 clubs vote in favour of ending use of VAR
Norway may join Sweden in resisting use of technology

Norway is on the verge of abolishing VAR from its domestic league after clubs in the country’s top…

'I was waiting for VAR' - Swiatek controversy reignites video debate

found 2025 › Jan › 22 (Wed) @ 12:58 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

A clear double bounce in the Australian Open quarter-final between Iga Swiatek and Emma Navarro restarts the debate over tennis' use of video technology.

Former referee Mark Clattenburg blasts 'LAZY' standards of Premier League officials - and claims they are being saved by 'the luxury of VAR'

found 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 07:44 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Referees' bosses have been told to improve their 'lazy' standards after Anthony Taylor fell for a dive during Nottingham Forest's 3-2 win over Southampton on Sunday.

Revealed: VAR's strange 'three-word message' to referee which sparked FIRST-EVER rejection of a red card review, infuriating Chelsea after David Brooks pulled Marc Cucurella back by his hair

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 11:56 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

While commentators likened the gesture to a wrestling clothesline action, Jones did not originally punish the incident, but was advised to consult the pitchside monitor by the VAR team.

'Really, really poor' - SFA referees chief on Rangers v Celtic penalty decision

found 2024 › Dec › 19 (Thu) @ 16:14 UTC

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SFA head of referee operations Willie Collum says VAR made a ''really, really poor'' and "unacceptable" decision not to award Rangers a penalty against Celtic in Sunday's Scottish League Cup final.