RED OR YELLOW | THE REFEREEING PODCAST
Welcome to Red or Yellow - The Refereeing Podcast.
Red or Yellow is a podcast all about football refereeing. From grassroots to the professional game, as we say on every episode, we want to help you become the best referee you can be. Not only do we produce podcasts, we also have a #loyallistener WhatsApp community designed to help you connect and learn from other referees from all over the world.
Red or Yellow is ranked as the number one Refereeing Podcast on the internet, by Feedspot, and in each episode we answer your questions, interview guests and have in-depth discussions all about the art of refereeing to help you improve your game as a referee.
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Red or Yellow started when one of the hosts, Adam Humphreys, decided to come out of retirement after 8 years in the UK as a football referee and needed to refresh his knowledge of the Laws of the Game as he took up refereeing again in Australia having emigrated there in 2021. Adam is an auditory learner but couldn’t find a single resource to help referees learn and refresh their knowledge of the Laws of the Game. So Adam asked his long-time friend and fellow referee Ed Connell, to do a podcast with him on the Laws of the Game - and it has grown from there.
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MEET THE HOSTS
ADAM HUMPHREYS
Co-Host of Red Or Yellow and Semi-Professional Football Referee in Queensland, Australia. According to Ed, he spends too much time trying to look good before each recording.
Adam has now been refereeing for over 10 years and has refereed in the UK and Australia. In the UK he became a Level 4 Referee and was officiating on the Essex Senior League, before retiring from football for good. He then emigrated to Australia and took up Refereeing again in 2022, and now referees at a very high level there as well as being a full-time referee coach as well. He has refereed in the FA Cup and the FA Vase, at the Emirates Stadium, Upton Park, Kenilworth Road and was one of the first referees to ever referee at St. Georges Park. He is passionate about helping other referees improve in all areas of the game from grassroots to professional performance.
Ed Connell
Co-Host of Red or Yellow. Level 7 Referee in the UK. According to Adam, he holidays way too much.
Ed is based in London and has been a referee for over 15 years. He first took up refereeing when the team he managed needed someone to pick up the whistle for their matches and hasn’t looked back since. Ed decided against climbing the Referee ladder in the UK and instead put his effort and time on the field into the LGBTQ+ side of the game, has been a strong advocate for affiliation working with the Government and footballing bodies on closer integration in football. He is passionate about helping everyone and anyone improve on their refereeing abilities regardless of background. He has refereed at three European Tournaments in his career and continues to referee on the LUL and GFSN National League whenever he gets the chance.
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JOIN OUR REFEREE COMMUNITY
Red or Yellow - The Refereeing Podcast has a huge community of referees from over 60 countries like Australia, the UK, the USA, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. We try to answer every question that is asked through our #loyallistener WhatsApp community. This is a free place for our community to connect and help each other with how to referee. It is filled with Groups on topics such as Listener Questions, Referee News, Referee Discussions and Referee Fitness. It’s also the best place to go to if you want to submit a question about anything refereeing.
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As a #loyallistener we have arranged with our equipment partner to get you 10% off any Refereeing Equipment from Process Sports.
Process Sports is a company founded by A-League Referee, Joey Lee, and boasts some fantastic equipment for all referees. They stock Spinsto Watches, Spinsto Ref Coms Kits, Fox 40 Whistles and lots of items from B&D.
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HOW TO REFEREE FOOTBALL
Ed and Adam have spent two years of their life curating and recording a podcast all about how to referee a game of football to help beginners learn and seasoned professionals continue to develop their skill, and they do this to answer one question: How To Referee Football.
Every episode they try to make sure that you, the loyal listener comes away with more skill, more knowledge and more confidence to make your game easier doing such a hard job.
Between them they have seen it all on the football fields, they have over 30 years of experience and are very passionate about three things:
Protecting Referees through upskilling them.
Making referees perform with new confidence by bringing new ideas and unique perspectives to the art of refereeing.
Having fun when talking about refereeing.
It would be fantastic to welcome you to our Red or Yellow world, and we can’t thank you enough for being here. We are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon Music and CastBox.
Catch you on the airwaves soon…from the whole team at Red or Yellow - The Refereeing Podcast team.
GUIDELINES AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR FOOTBALL REFEREES
In 2024, Red or Yellow | The Refereeing Podcast, started a mini series taking listeners through the AFC Considerations for a Referee when considering what has occurred on the field of play.
There are 651 considerations a referee must in the forefront of their mind, correlating to every decision a Referee may or may not need to give on the field of play.
In the Football Australia Laws of the Game 2023-2024 there are 361 recorded considerations for a Referee, all based on the AFC Guidelines.
If you would like to view the AFC Refereeing Guidelines for 2020/2021 please click here:
To listen to Red or Yellow | The Refereeing Podcasts Mini Series on the these considerations then start here at Episode #033: