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Where’s the best place to get kit from now? All of my kits must have shrunk while in storage, so I find myself in need of getting some new kit. Does anyone have any recommendations for a reliable place to get new kit where they aren’t going to try and take my pants down over the price?

IFAB posted the below to their Twitter account recently: And it got me thinking, has anyone ever had this happen in one of their games, seen it happen in a game? (Not the exact situation but where a players gets aired card for DOGSO and the opposition get an IDFK)

I’m finally at the point where I am going to start working on my fitness with the aim to be ready to go for the first game of the 23/24 season. I dislocated my kneecap again at karate last June, which kept me out all of the 22/23 season and severely denying my confidence (I.e. the worry that...

Ive got the above match on the TV (ITV 4 if anyone is interested) and kick off has been delayed as there is a tear in one of the goal nets and they’re waiting for it to be repaired. Now it’s possible that this tear or whatever occurred between the match officials initial pitch inspection and...

I’ve been refereeing for about 6 years give it take with a couple of seasons where I had a break after my son was born and then a dislocated knee which took the best part of the following season to recover from and then lockdowns etc. I had a slow start to this season, but I’m just not enjoying...

I had a game today, a good fair division one battle between two teams who wanted to play football that ended 4-4. i got a text from the home team a little while ago thanking me for refereeing their game, I was appointed by the league so it wasn’t done as a favour or anything like that. It’s...

Had a game this afternoon, which was a fairly heated affair. it started fairly even until about 10-15 minutes into the first half where two players went in for a loose ball. As soon as I saw it I went straight to caution for the away player, which is what I gave. Though in hindsight and...

Had a game today, and went much better than my last outing. The weather was miserable and the away team were getting soundly thrashed, but there players game out with some weird and wonderful stuff. They tried telling me that there was a new “rule” that a player can’t score a rebound from a...

I had my first game back after a 2 season break today. I think I had a bit of a mare. I didn’t lose control of the game, nor did I drop any huge clangers or go insane and do something that was wrong in law etc. I just felt I was always behind play, with positioning being off, and not reading...

A random question that has been rattling around my brain since the start of the season: How do we (can we) decide whether shin pad provide suitable protection? while watching Gillingham vs Lincoln I noticed one of the Lincoln players had teeny tiny shin pads that looked like they covered maybe...

Are there any decent online quiz/training resources, preferably ones which are upto date?

I got an Apple Watch series 6 a few months ago, and as I’m not currently doing long distance/endurance events or training it has taken the place of my Polar Vantage as my regular GPS/Activity tracker, and I’ve been really happy with it. For those of you who use an Apple Watch when refereeing...

How is everyone’s preparations for the 21/22 season going? I need to finish of the last module of the safeguarding re-qual so I can register with the CFA. Im getting rid of all my existing kits, as through injury and lock down they all seem to have shrunk, they will be donated to referees in...

So I managed to dislocate my knee rolling over in bed this morning, and am currently stuck waiting for an ambulance. I know it depends on whether tendons have been damaged or there are any other issues but does anyone know a rough sort of time frame for recovery from this sort of injury?

I currently rock a Polar V800, but it's getting on a bit now, and my work have given me a bonus so I am looking at getting a replacement. Ive been eying up the Polar Vantage series, but I'm not adverse to making the move to Garmin or another company. Can anyone recommend any other makes/models...

@Ross can we have a separate forum for people to cry about VAR? Every week it the same old suspects making the same old posts whinging about VAR instead of discussing incidents etc.

I'm friends with the coach of a local Sunday league team on faceache (used to train with them before I took up the whistle). Earlier to day he was having a whinge about something that he said happened this weekend. Apparently the referee allowed a player to play the full 90 minutes with an...

I had been intending to start my season in October, but have had to take the decision to take a break for the season. Just got too much on, 4 month old baby, full time employment and starting a degree with the OU meant something had to give, and in this case refereeing comes bottom of the pile...

A hypothetical question. As referees our primary concern is the safety of the players, this means that sometimes games will be postponed due to frozen or water logged pitches etc. However, what do we do when it comes to extremes of temperature? Where I live it's possible the temperature could...

So I'm going for my level 5 again this season (third time's the charm) although didn't get any games in before the end of last season due to injury. Does anyone have any links to decent fitness training plans? I can go running, swimming, to the gym etc but my training normally lacks structure...