Recent content by Hazzy

Hello What exactly is the 15/22 interval run and how does one prepare for it? This is for the core trials. Kind regards

If you’re comfortable sharing, could you provide some specific examples of the insults you have been subjected to during games? I think hearing about your personal experiences could really help me, and perhaps others, set our own thresholds and prepare for similar situations. I appreciate your...

Thank you for all your replies. Reading them all one by one and will act accordingly. Can anybody experienced give me examples of their opinion of offinabus vs dissent that they had in real games? Does the home team manager saying to your face “you’re a F***ing idiot” when you don’t give a...

How do you deal with 1) making poor decisions and 2) relentless abuse/dissent? I like your suggestion of starting with younger teams and building up. Perhaps I was naive to do open age so fast (in my 1st and second game)

Yes, I think my RDO must be very busy, I tend to give the benefit of the doubt. I’ll contact local RA. Thank you for your advice

I might take a break for a couple of weeks and see how I feel. I cannot believe that this can affect mental health!

Email and WhatsApp. No email reply, and few WhatsApp texts left on seen. Yeah the howlers unexpectedly affect me, I’m usually pretty tough but being told “you’re a F’ing idiot”, losing team manager saying “I would write you a very poor report but I can’t be bothered with the paper work” etc...

Hello everyone, I just officiated my third game—an open men’s match—and while it generally went well, I faced significant challenges. There were a couple of offsides and a red card decision for serious foul play which, considering the strong reactions from the affected team, I might have judged...

I am now confused about what the ‘correct’ call is here. Do we apply the letter of the law and award a penalty? Do we apply the spirit of the law and ask ourselves “what would football want/expect?” and use common sense that the defender clearly didn’t realise the ball was in live play? There...

Honestly, I have no clue how people get observations or mentor support. I email so many FA people and get no replies. This forum is my mentor.

Excellent - thank you! Very logical.

Noted. Thanks - I’ll follow that principle. If they have time time to ask, they have not taken it quickly. So many learning points today - so grateful.

Thanks all again. One other question which I’d be interested to see your responses: during the game, a DFK around 15 yards outside the penalty area was awarded to the attacking team. The free kick taker asked me “can I take it early” to which I said “yes” and he shot quickly and scored. This...

Thank you all so much for your replies. I am so grateful for this forum. Where do you all get your refereeing feedback from when - by and large - there is often nobody qualified to give you feedback?