Refereeing Books & More
Promotor and collector of all things referee. My book & magazine collection: libib.com/u/benbalin
Will do research too if you ask nicely 😉
Amateur mushroom photographer
- Connections Puzzle #704 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Well, a true shocker, or my name isn’t McCoy!
- Wordle 1.426 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aargh! Far too keen I was on the third attempt.
- New and previously undiscovered photos have turned up of the first home match the Dutch football team @onsoranje.bsky.social played against Belgium, 120 years ago. Thanks to @jurryt.bsky.social
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- In the background, the #referee is Hardjowasito Sudarso (Indonesia).
- #Kuwait v #NewZealand World Cup qualifier (1981).
- Reposted by Refereeing Books & MoreDe studentensport is gigantisch met zo’n 123.000 beoefenaars. De wortels liggen in WO2 toen universiteiten zich voor de eerste keer verantwoordelijk voelden voor het welzijn van de student. Deel 1 van mijn serie over de geschiedenis van de universiteitssport: sportgeschiedenis.nl/sport-en-pol...
- Connections Puzzle #703 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Another fairly easy one. Nothing to become hyper over, babe. Suck it up!
- Wordle 1.425 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Four. Nothing to be transmitted over the jungle telegraph
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- Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/mo...
- Connections Puzzle #702 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Can’t remember completing one as fast as this one…
- Wordle 1.424 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good, a three. Good word I’m cognisant of, too
- Connections Puzzle #701 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Hadn’t banked my money on this outcome
- Wordle 1.423 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Clearly, my brain muscle wasn’t functioning
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- New arrival this week: A fantastically researched book by Alexandre Joly about #referees and refereeing in France since 1919, with a preface by one of France's most famous referees, Michel Vautrot. Thanks to @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social for pointing this out.
- Obscured by the keeper/captain but recognisable by his hairline, the #referee is Walter Eschweiler (then West Germany).
- In the distance, the #referee is Clive White (England).
- Connections Puzzle #700 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 A good goosing can certainly be delightful. Like a good tickle. Not on Mother’s Day, though.
- Wordle 1.422 6/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Should’ve gone alphabetically. Well, that’s my career settled. I’ll be assembling flatpacks from a certain Swedish furniture store from now on.
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- Having come back out of retirement, German top #referee Felix Brych today will definitely hang up his whistle, after reffing the 359th match of his Bundesliga career.
- The #referee is Bobby Davidson (Scotland).
- The tall #referee is Paolo Casarin.
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- Connections Puzzle #699 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Going through an easy spell. Or am I getting better? At least not wanting. Cheers to that!
- Wordle 1.421 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Back to four. Don’t need proof of an infection. It just is four.
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- Dressed in an immaculate blazer 🤩, the #referee is José Vieira da Costa. In 1954, he was the first Portuguese referee to officiate at a World Cup.
- Connections Puzzle #698 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Colour me blind, but was that remote from difficult or what?
- Wordle 1.420 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew indeed. Went with my guts in the end.
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- That good man is Wilfried Heitmann.
- Connections Puzzle #697 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Another perfect sequence! I feel like writing a film plot based on my Connections solutions. In pencil of course. Nah, let’s chop that idea.
- Wordle 1.419 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 On this pleasant, restorative night, I’m happy with four.
- Reposted by Refereeing Books & More💰 The Dutch East India Company—one of history’s first multinational corporations! Founded in 1602, it dominated global trade with an extensive network across Asia, shaping modern capitalism and finance. Its influence was immense! 🌍 #HistoryOfEconomics #Trade
- Reposted by Refereeing Books & More🐙 Octopussen behoren tot de slimste schepsels in de zee, maar nu dreigt hen marteling: in Spanje willen ze een industriële kwekerij bouwen. Octopussen verdienen de vrijheid, niet een kwekerij. Teken ook en help mee #BanOctopusFarming action.wemove.eu/petition/202...
- The #referee is Michel Kitabdjian (France).
- #LeedsUnited v #CelticFC European Cup semifinals, April 1970. #BillyBremner and #BillyMcNeill @refbooks.bsky.social
