Recent content by gvu_ref

Reffed a fair few hormonal teenagers in my time, and what I learnt was that you will never win an argument with a teenager, but you can end it. Set your bar. doesn’t need to be out of the blue, make it clear. stop the game. Captains in, strategically close to either other players on pitch or...

Keeper might already be over the line but is the ball? It’s a females right to have the final word ;) Just kidding, personally I think you’ve done the right thing there. And i support that you have decided against an additional sin bin. I think when a goal is a little controversial and a team...

for me, at u15. Unless it’s a side footed obvious pass to the keeper I’m waving them away. You’re creating a rod for your own back trying to determine if it was deliberate. If there is ANY element of question that the ball has travelled in an unintended direction it’s not a back pass. Regardless...

Commiserations on the woeful morning. Put it behind ya, they sound like animals. Just make sure however you report them you put at much detail in as possible. And if you felt threatened by their behaviour then write this in because you should not have to deal with that.

I’ve heard a fair few derogatory terms in regards to sexuality in sunday league.. I will warn them if it is said flippantly and explain it’s discriminatory language, and if I hear it twice they can go with a red card. On the other hand, if it’s overtly aggressive and has sparked emotions...

Had this in one of my games a few weeks ago, very similar sequence of play, where I gave a pen. And in the deafening firepit of “REF THE FIRST FOUL BACK THERE REF WHAT THE F*** REF REF REF ITS OUTSIDE THE BOX REF” I couldn’t in my brain verbalise well to the players why I had given a pen. Then...

I’ll answer my own question, you already said, Scotland, and keeper was aggressive. That’s a perfect example of binnable behaviour though.

Just a thought, is “are you f***ing blind ref?” A red card? Or can you manage that better with a sinbin for dissent? (If the league does sin bins of course)

i found when i ref'd the u16 games, you can see the reckless fairly easily, they're at an age where there will be a couple of 'lads' who want to leave a bit on the opposition, or take chunks out of a rival. for example, tackles through the back of the opponent, getting the ball via pushing or...

For clarity, I was not criticising Atwell. I just thought it was a fitting example, and demonstrates it happens to the best.

Stuart Atwell got his decision right in law this afternoon to send off sinisterra for a deliberate trip followed by an act of ****-housery. But his afternoon was visibly unenjoyable. He will probably look back on his game and think “I could of done better there, and been more proactive.” But...

With DOGSO one of the best peices advice I got given was “is it DOGSO right NOW?” Meaning where the foul is. From your drawing, unless the keeper is in absolutely no man’s land, it’s more a promising attack in my opinion due to distance. The green defender may also get back in time. Players...

thank you for this comment. this morning i had a game where i was getting chirped at constantly. nothing nasty, nothing particularly damning just constant, and like you said which i didn't realise how it was affecting me, it was a distraction. for some context it was on a pitch with a running...

think ive only ever gave 1 penalty at u11 age group, and it was a deliberate trip by the defender after he had been megs'd by the attacker. unbelievably blatant, even the parents were tutting at him. i find myself running about the mini pitch just wanting them all to have a nice time, long as...

both of these incidents sound like the skill level of the U11 game may have been a contributing factor. for u11s i try to keep in my mind to apply the laws in the spirit of the game. they're very young. to give an 11 year old a yellow card, for me, they've really got to be misbehaving, or...