a referee's viewpoint, will deliver a lecture on Saturday morning at PHC Stadium (10.00) on the recent changes in the laws of the game.

St. Lucia-born Emerson Mathurin, who holds a degree in Economics and is employed by the Canadian Government as an economist, arrives in Bermuda today to act as FIFA commissary the second-leg World Cup qualifying tie between Bermuda and Antigua tomorrow night.

Mathurin is a past FIFA referee with quite a few CONCACAF assignments under his belt. He has written books on the game, including In Search of Fair Play , Play On Advantage , which he co-authored, In the Eye of the Whistle Part One, written about refereeing in the 1986 World Cup and In the Eye of the Whistle Part Two, which was written on the 1990 World Cup.

Mathurin is presently the secretary of the Canada Referees Association and was also president of the Ontario Referees Association.

The changes in the laws of the game he will discuss include deliberate hand-ball, the professional foul as it relates to Law 12 (fouls and misconduct) and the soon-to-be outlawed back-pass to the goalkeeper.

After July 25 the goalkeeper will no longer be allowed to handle the ball with his hands from a back-pass, except from a pass made from a team-mate's head or other parts of his body except his feet.

The penalty will be an indirect free kick from the spot where the infringement occurred.

The change is designed to speed up the game and eliminate delay tactics by teams.

As well as giving a demonstration, Mathurin will also show a video. All referees and interested members of the public are urged to attend the lecture.