The Refs In Specs: Recent Episodes
Ewan and Theo Lury
Hello! It's Ewan here from The Refs in Specs!
This is the podcast - and probably the only place in the world - that tries to explain football decisions from the ref's point of view and even occasionally cuts them some slack!
Theo and I have over 15 years reffing experience between us so fair to say we've had our fair share of insults, big calls and drama.
Here we aim to give some insight into the biggest calls of the weekend and answer the age old question: "What was the ref thinking there!?"
Thanks to @CallumLury for the excellent theme and Tim Bano for producing the Pod!
This week, with Ewan on holiday, Theo is joined by writer of the podcast's excellent jingle, Callum Lury!
The boys discuss Mac Allister's controversial red card vs Bournemouth, Romero's not-given handball vs Man United and the four red cards given across the weekend's game.
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Hello and welcome back to The Refs in Specs! With this season's Premier League promising to be one of the closest ever, we are back to bring you insight into the biggest decisions of the weekend with some excellent guests!
This week we are joined by Streamer, YouTuber and Musician Kirbz as he gives us his worst refereeing decision of all time!
We also discuss two big incidents from the weekend:
Rice vs Forest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGcIEeFDxNE
Jackson vs Liverpool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL57eUREtXE
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After a few months away... Welcome back to The Refs in Specs!
This week we have something slightly different as The Refs return ahead of the new season, with Ewan interviewing legendary FIFA referee Esse Baharmast in the 25th anniversary of his infamous decision in the Brazil vs Norway match that nearly got him sacked!
Clips of the match: youtube.com/watch?v=EU8jrdD0T1Y
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Welcome back to The Refs in Specs!
This week we are joined by Tom Clark who brings us his worst refereeing decision of all time. We also discuss the Carabao Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool and Rodri's controversial handball vs Everton.
Carabao Cup Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-xh3JQphic
Rodri Handball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2crX3I8G8c
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Hello and Welcome to The Refs in Specs!
This week, we have a short episode where the Refs chat about Leeds vs Man United as well as who has benefitted most from VAR this season!
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Hello and welcome to The Refs in Specs!
This week the refs welcome former FA Premier League referee Mark Halsey and learn about his excellent career, best moments and some advice for the future generation of referees!
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Hello and welcome to the Refs In Specs: AFCON edition!
With special guests Sam Ogun, Yoseph Kiflie and returning special guest Jay Harris, we go through the biggest refereeing moments of AFCONso far!
Check out all the decisions below:
Janny Sikazwe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_8jlHXaiMQ&t=73s
Ghana vs Gabon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF4qqr9NLd0
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Welcome back to The Refs In Specs!
This week, with special guest Jessy Parker Humphreys, we talk about everything in the world of women's refereeing, from female refs to the lack of VAR in the WSL.
Make sure to leave us a 5* review wherever your listening!
Georgia Stanway hair pull on Tobin Heath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BYZ3dRsVk
Follow us on Twitter @TheRefsInSpecs and thanks to @CallumLury for music and Tim Bano for producing the podcast!
Hello and welcome back to The Refs In Specs as we return from our Christmas Break!
This week we are joined by The Athletic's Brentford correspondent Jay Harris as we tackle the biggest decisions of the weekend.
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Mane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y4IXH-thHU
Arsenal: https://youtu.be/KKsoOSaQZmg
Trezeguet: https://twitter.com/Grov_esy/status/1477670906667446277?s=20
Welcome back to The Refs In Specs! This week, Ewan, being in charge of hiring guests, has managed to bring on Nick Verlaney of the London is Blue Podcast meaning he can get away with talking about his beloved Chelsea for most of the episode!
Come and listen to some interesting debates around the weekend's VAR controversy, as well as Nick's take on the future of VAR!
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Kante: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NilNQzkHsY
Kane and Robertson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndmHjv9r6NQ
Hello and welcome to Episode 5 of The Refs In Specs and this week we have the wonderful Nick Miller, Staff Writer at The Atheltic and Editor of the Totally Football Show Year Book!
As per, here are the links to the all the clips discussed today:
Dawson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1fB__OAD-E&t
Ghoddos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX8GnHu4jII
Moutinho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJyCY1hzklw&t
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Hello and welcome back to Episode 4 of The Refs in Specs!
This week we talk all things Der Klassiker as we look at both controversial penalty decisions as well as Jude Bellingham's controversial post-match press conference!
Joel Beya also joins us on the pod to bring is his worst decision of all time... But where will he rank on our leaderboard!
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Producer: Tim Bano
Theme: Callum Lury
Hello and welcome to the third episode of The Refs in Specs!
Each week we seem to add one member to our team, and this week we've gained a wonderful producer, Mr Tim Bano!
With no guest this week, The Refs disagree on two big decisions from the weekend before having a harrowing discussion about young referees. There's no story this week from one of the refs, but instead Ewan tells a story he read on Twitter over the weekend about a young ref.
Listen, like and share. But most importantly. #RespectTheRef
Douglas Luiz Overturned Red Card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nf4AIAxk3k
Callum Wilson Penalty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0DsjAoqbMg
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Hello and welcome to the second episode of The Refs in Specs, now with a theme song created by the wonderful @CallumLury!
This week, alongside our excellent special guest Paul McParlan (The Forgotten Champions: Everton's Last Title), the Refs take a look at Ojo's controversial red card for Aberdeen, Hull's dubious opener against Birmingham and Sterling's attempted simulation against Paul's beloved Everton, before Paul recounts his worst (or best) refereeing decision ever!
Will it make it to the top of our leaderboard?
Listen and follow to find out!
Ojo Red Card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDKJbseVpg Hull's
Opening Goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggPKf_8VTU
Sterling's Simulation: https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1462431163428052996
We hope you enjoy it and follow us on Twitter @TheRefsInSpecs
Hello and welcome to the Pilot Episode of The Refs In Specs! We are so excited to share what we hope will be your new favourite weekly podcast!
As promised in the episode, if you can't quite picture the moments despite Theo's wonderful detailed descriptions, here are the links to each of the three discussed:
Pepe vs Ireland: https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/1458910544078028803
Alisson vs West Ham (First goal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8veO-sclnYU
Nani vs Spurs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1nIcDslWGk
We hope you enjoy it and follow us on twitter @TheRefsInSpecs