Recent content by Rubadub

I do this too, much to players' and coaches' confusion and/or amusement. The amount of times some smart ass has pointed out that I hadn't correctly answered the question as I was actually asked how long was left to play :rolleyes: Then there are those who really struggle with the maths of...

It's likely just the skill level of the teams you're refereeing. It's been similar for me this season, only had the one goal all season from an advantage, after which the scorer came back and shook my hand for letting play continue! I took that as a sign that they really weren't actually...

I'm solely registered with the Royal Navy FA but regularly referee'd this season on two civilian leagues back home at weekends. I've also now registered as an AR for midweek games on a Step 5 league in the part of the country where I'm based; so no you don't HAVE to register with different...

How did it go @PinnerPaul ? Was the match as eventful as the build-up?

Thanks for all your thoughts and the onsuing discussion, guys. I guess even if we were all there to witness it, there would be some of us thinking back pass and others not. As some of you have said I should have just stuck to my initial reaction, particularly after verbalising it. Lessons...

Spot on DB, and as it so happened both my games this weekend contained strong performances from myself to round off the promotion season. Onwards and upwards!

Had a match this afternoon - Blues v Maroons. A maroon player inside the blues half is under pressure and can only really play the ball backwards towards his deep defence. He does so but hits it hard enough for the ball to go all the way back to the keeper. Maroon central defender is asking if...

The language was clearly directed at you so there really should have been no surprises when you showed the red.

Observer has a point, why weren't you out refereeing bucket-ball on a flight deck in the middle of the Med?! ;):D

Had similar to this myself back in December in a cup match which Oranges won 2-0 AET against Blues. Oranges had been causing me issues all game and had picked up a number of yellow cards and a red along the way. Last minute or so of extra-time, a foul by Orange right back (which warranted...

Thanks DB, I'm not sure we've met in person yet; I don't recall working alongside anyone with your initials at RN fixtures, assuming DB is your initials and doesn't refer to something referee-esque like.. Drop Ball... or worse!

Evening all, A long overdue introduction from me. I'm a (hopefully) soon to be level 6 with the RNFA, currently active in a couple of Surrey leagues. A big fan of these pages, in the months I've been lurking I've taken some great tips from here to improve my game so thanks to all contributors...