JBeil
Active Member
(I had a busy morning!)
1. Protection for the goalkeeper - how far do you go? I had four separate occasions today in which a goalkeeper and a player were competing for a ball, and each time I assessed that the keeper had control of the football with both hands before the outfield player arrived, but of course the other team disagreed - so much that I had two players screaming at me at the top of their voices. They quietened down a bit after one of them got a sin bin.
2. Language. I was quite pleased in the second half after #8 expressed his displeasure at me, I got him and the captain in together, calmly explained the decision, and asked the player in question to calm down, and it worked! Definitely one to repeat. Later on as the away side made a bit of a comeback and the game got chippier, #10 called me a ***** underneath his breath - I doubt anyone else heard it. Should he have taken a short sit-down? It would certainly have been correct in law, potentially even OFFINABUS, but the game wouldn't have expected it. Away bench were chirping throughout the second half, and I was waiting for a restart to allow me to show away manager a card when a big tackle occurred requiring treatment for both sides, during that treatment away coach entered the pitch without permission to shout at someone for some reason, and that was an easy yellow. The remarks themselves don't bother me, but their behaviour was influencing their players on the pitch and making everyone's lives harder.
Later on I also heard someone from the bench calling me a nonce, but was unable to positively identify them - again, a question about what the game expects versus the law book. If it had been directed to me by a player on the pitch I'd have had no issue removing them from play.
3. Handball, and the natural position - this came up in the Luton game a few weeks ago, when a player making a challenge used their hand as a counterbalance. On two occasions, similar situations occurred in the penalty area today, and both times I waved it away as the players' movement, rather than a deliberate action or expanding their silhouette, had caused the contact between ball and hand. At the time I was very sure, as in both cases it was at very short distance, but re-reading the Law and guidance I'm less sure now.
Later on, I had a player standing too close to the restart on a free-kick taken quickly, who clearly and obviously attempted a hand-ball offence. I saw a contact so gave the yellow for a deliberate hand ball offence, but is there still a sanction for attempting to hand-ball?
For those wondering, 3-3 in the end, really good game of football - both captains were very helpful, and I shall aim going forward to make more use of captains in the future. I'm done for the month now as I'm focusing on a martial arts exam at the end of october, but lots to chew over from today!
1. Protection for the goalkeeper - how far do you go? I had four separate occasions today in which a goalkeeper and a player were competing for a ball, and each time I assessed that the keeper had control of the football with both hands before the outfield player arrived, but of course the other team disagreed - so much that I had two players screaming at me at the top of their voices. They quietened down a bit after one of them got a sin bin.
2. Language. I was quite pleased in the second half after #8 expressed his displeasure at me, I got him and the captain in together, calmly explained the decision, and asked the player in question to calm down, and it worked! Definitely one to repeat. Later on as the away side made a bit of a comeback and the game got chippier, #10 called me a ***** underneath his breath - I doubt anyone else heard it. Should he have taken a short sit-down? It would certainly have been correct in law, potentially even OFFINABUS, but the game wouldn't have expected it. Away bench were chirping throughout the second half, and I was waiting for a restart to allow me to show away manager a card when a big tackle occurred requiring treatment for both sides, during that treatment away coach entered the pitch without permission to shout at someone for some reason, and that was an easy yellow. The remarks themselves don't bother me, but their behaviour was influencing their players on the pitch and making everyone's lives harder.
Later on I also heard someone from the bench calling me a nonce, but was unable to positively identify them - again, a question about what the game expects versus the law book. If it had been directed to me by a player on the pitch I'd have had no issue removing them from play.
3. Handball, and the natural position - this came up in the Luton game a few weeks ago, when a player making a challenge used their hand as a counterbalance. On two occasions, similar situations occurred in the penalty area today, and both times I waved it away as the players' movement, rather than a deliberate action or expanding their silhouette, had caused the contact between ball and hand. At the time I was very sure, as in both cases it was at very short distance, but re-reading the Law and guidance I'm less sure now.
Later on, I had a player standing too close to the restart on a free-kick taken quickly, who clearly and obviously attempted a hand-ball offence. I saw a contact so gave the yellow for a deliberate hand ball offence, but is there still a sanction for attempting to hand-ball?
For those wondering, 3-3 in the end, really good game of football - both captains were very helpful, and I shall aim going forward to make more use of captains in the future. I'm done for the month now as I'm focusing on a martial arts exam at the end of october, but lots to chew over from today!