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Referee Colour Blindness

Did you know? Colour blindness is one of the world’s most common inherited conditions and affects 1 in 12 (male) 1 in 200 (female)

Did you know? Colour blindness is one of the world’s most common inherited conditions and affects 1 in 12 (male) 1 in 200 (female)

 

“When I first started refereeing, I allowed myself to be persuaded that colour clashes
wouldn’t be an issue. I soon learned that this was impossible because there were arguments
as soon as I gave throw-ins etc. the wrong way. Sometimes you have to get creative. I have
had matches where one of the teams turned their shirts inside out and even had one team
send a player down to the local sports shop to buy some plain white T-shirts, rather than
have the game cancelled. Ultimately, if you as the official cannot distinguish between the
teams then you cannot do the job properly.”


Ian T, grassroots referee

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