Recent content by Graham Carter

Quick question gents: A player wishes (and asks permission!) to swap with his goalkeeper at the next stoppage in play. In law, the goalkeeper must be clearly distinguishable from the rest of the players. Do we therefore have to ask the players to take their shorts/socks off on the field during...

Sorry to hear you're not enjoying it any more. I too had this issue, particularly with Sunday football so I took the decision to give up Sundays and officiate on Saturdays only. Cutting down the number of games certainly helped! The second point I find is a fairly common misconception amongst...

Hi all, Quick question regarding the correct action to take if a player illegally feints during kicks from the penalty mark. The LOTG state that an indirect free kick should be awarded and player cautioned for unsporting. I can't seem to find the correct action during kicks from the penalty...

So how do they ensure you do actually have a general form of fitness? I agree that they're unnecessary perhaps at Sunday league level (as I'm sure we'd lose half of the referees if they had to do a test due to their lack of fitness!) but at level 4+ the pace of the game requires a certain...

Is there any confirmation that the kit definitely won't be changing for next season? A & H have a sale on the current kit, but its labelled '2016 kit'.

Sorry, I missed this thread. Why would it be a direct restart if no physical contact made?

Morning guys, Scenario from a recent game I was watching: A player goes to take a free kick, and an opponent screams something. He kicks it straight out of play, allegedly due to the distraction. Under law 12, a player is guilty of unsporting behaviour if he, "verbally distracts an opponent...

I believe that the county nominated them forward and the FA decided they weren't ready/suitable.

Yes, quite a few. I know around 8/9 missed out from one of the counties alone.

Cheers gents!

Evening all, I wondered whether any of you had any tips/tricks for remembering players that continue to infringe the laws of the game? Its something that I've always struggled with and my main weakness that has to be improved. I've often spoken to my father at half time when he's watching my...

I've often been advised, when the temperature of a game is rising, to 'call both captains over' to have a word. I noticed Anthony Taylor did it this weekend in the Liverpool v Everton game. Question is, what do you actually say to them that will help your match control?

Did anyone see an article doing the rounds a few weeks back regarding the FA instructing non-league officials to be clean shaven 'if they want to get promoted'? As a somewhat concerned bearded man wanting to apply for promotion, can anyone verify if this is correct?:confused...

No, it wasn't clear. The ball would have probably ended up between all three players - whoever was quickest would have got there first.

The offence was clear to me, I was positioned probably around 25 yards from goal.