{"id":778828,"date":"2020-01-08T21:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T21:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/08\/expect-no-favours-referees-association-chairman-warns-clubs\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T21:03:11","slug":"expect-no-favours-referees-association-chairman-warns-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/08\/expect-no-favours-referees-association-chairman-warns-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Expect no favours &#8211; Referees Association Chairman warns clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPrint<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-date\">Wednesday 8th January, 2020<\/h4>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/referees-association-of-ghana.png\" alt=\"the Referees Association of Ghana\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:none\" itemprop=\"description\">news, story, article<\/span><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>By Simon Asare, GNA<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Accra, Jan. 8, GNA \u2013 Retired Referee Joe<br \/>\nDebrah, Chairman of the Referees Association of Ghana (RAG), has said there<br \/>\nwill be no such thing as \u201chome advantage\u201d as referees are poised in delivering<br \/>\nfirm and fair officiating in this year\u2019s Ghana Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">According to the Retired Referee Debrah, he<br \/>\nremains hopeful of improved officiating that would ignite the passion of<br \/>\nfootball among fans having gone through turbulence over past months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cI am very confident my referees would do<br \/>\nvery well this season but regardless of my confidence in them, they are humans<br \/>\nand are prone to mistakes but with the training they have received over the<br \/>\npast months I believe they will do a good job,\u2019\u2019 he told GNA Sports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He lauded the efforts and commitment made by<br \/>\nthe new Ghana Football Association administration in settling the outstanding<br \/>\ndebt owed the referees and believes it would boost the morale of referees in<br \/>\nthe ongoing season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He refuted media reports which suggested any<br \/>\nreferees have been handed any bans this season saying he\u2019s not aware of any<br \/>\nsuch cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He urged clubs to comport themselves and<br \/>\nfollow the FA\u2019s laid down regulations in seeking redress in case of<br \/>\ndissatisfaction with officiating rather than resorting to violence which<br \/>\naccording to him would be dealt with through the necessary enforcement authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span 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