Sentence examples for a referee before from inspiring English sources

Time-wasting is a common issue in soccer, but goalkeepers are almost always warned by a referee before being penalized.

Yet Filatov himself, who trained to be a chess coach and a referee before the Soviet Union collapsed and who is now a part owner of a shipping company, said he considered chess to be more of a sport.

Though the Liverpool manager, who received a warning earlier this season about his repeated comments about the way officials were handling Suarez, acknowledged that he must tread carefully, praising a referee before a match is an offence.

I have heard from a referee before when appealing for a free-kick or penalty: "No Matt, you know what he's like, always looking for free-kicks".

The Portuguese has not been fined or banned after being found guilty of breaching rules 68 and 69 which dictate that no club official can make comments about a referee before a match.

The hosts went ahead when Kevin Locke's kick-through was grounded by Sa'u - a decision scrutinised by the video referee before Josh Griffin kicked the extras.

"Everybody makes mistakes," said Stephen Hunt. "I've seen him referee before and he's done well, but he had a bad day at the office and he'll probably be sitting at home next weekend".

"I've never actually seen a referee that tall before," said Brendan Haywood, the Washington Wizards' 7-foot center, who was one of the few players who stood taller than Cutler in a game last month at the Verizon Center.

However, the ugly side of the match has not been forgotten by the media: "Touchline bust-ups mar semi-final" (Marca) With all the focus on the controversial appointment of a Turkish referee before the game, a night free from incident seemed unlikely.

The Sharks twice managed to get over the line, through Andrew Fifita and Townsend, but were denied by the video referees before they finally converted their weight of possession into points via a James Maloney penalty goal in the 17th minute.

His record in this competition reads one loss in 2005 – hotly disputed, when Liverpool were on the end of some poor decisions by a Mexican referee before going down to Sao Paulo – and one win, two years ago with Inter Milan against the Africans TP Mazembe.