Sport and Exercise Science
Research suggest Referees are less influenced by the home crowd.
Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:28:00 GMT
Please see article relating to research carried out by Professor Nevill with Adam Watts from the University of Wolverhampton and Tom Webb from the University of Portsmouth, titled Improved training of football referees and the decline in home advantage post WWII; Psychology of Sport and Exercise Volume 14, Issue 2, March 2013, Pages 220–227, published by Elsevier.
http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=33552