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Grass-roots referees in England will become the first football officials in the world to wear body cameras in an attempt to tackle a “crisis” of physical and verbal abuse. Almost seven years after Telegraph Sport first revealed widespread support for the idea among officials, the Football...

I agree. I also think there should be a golden rule that only one person speaks with the ref at particular incidents. With meddling ‘influencers’ from the opposition staying away. I know there’s a new rule, but other than the Lemina incident, it appears to me that it’s being largely ignored...

Rugby kids are taught from the earliest age to always respect the officials. Hockey’s similar. Parents know the score, from my experience, they seem a totally different ilk to (some) football parents. It’s a taboo to abuse or challenge the officials. Dissenters don’t return. Rugby players...

It's funny that you say that, as later I recalled the Arsenal lot under Graham then Wenger gathering around refs, with shouting contorted faces. Arsenal and Fergie's Manure on an arm's race in trying to gain every advantage. A Manure player wrote about the gathering around refs, something like...

Rooney at every club literally every match used to tell refs to F@ck Off, did he ever get a red card? . Radio 5 earlier covered the incident where Stam, Neville, Giggs bullied a ref. It wasn't impulsive, it was one of Taggart's incremental gains tactics in games (Dave Brailsford/Matthew Syed...