Recent content by jez

In the original post I state that the referee has not yet given advantage, and is still assessing the situation to see if an advantage is applicable. If the referee has given advantage (made the conscious decision to play advantage - regardless of whether or not he has had the time to make the...

Hi there, I've been wondering today about advantage and consecutive fouls. In particular, I have been considering the following situation: A player from team A is fouled by a player from team B. The player from team A stumbles, but maintains possession of the ball. The referee keeps a close...

This is correct. However, the act of "entering the field without permission" in itself does not "deny an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player’s goal". It is the players actions after entering the field of play that result in the denial of a goal. However...

FIFA actually commented on the correct procedure for a similar scenario in the 2006 LOTG Q&A: Obviously this differs to the original post in that the substitute does not actually commit DOGSO but I still believe the above is the correct course of action for both scenarios. Interestingly...

Ridiculous. Unless you are fluent in the foreign language being spoken, you could never sanction the speaker (unless you could somehow justify his tone or volume being offensive, insulting, or abusive).

I think that this is probably the best way to deal with the situation, depending on what is actually being said and by whom. If it is a spectator/parent doing the moaning I usually find it more humourous than offensive. Manager/coach on the other hand, i'd ignore it until they were really...

In my experience on Australian fields, the AR typically does use his right hand for offside. If there is a foul (excluding offside), he will wave the flag above his head and then point in the direction of the restart.

Looks like a good game to me! Out of curiosity, which football state (or zone) do you referee for? I just finished my first season for Northern NSW Football.