Pretty well all in all. I've recently returned to reffing after a few years away, so am a little rusty in some areas. I'm actually reffing in Australia now, so it's also a bit of a different system, albeit mainly with players from the UK.
It's very helpful and thanks for your input.
Can I ask if anyone else warns players "one more..."? I find that it usually puts a stop to them putting it about a bit, but you are right that it puts me in a corner.
I think you make good points. From my game management point of view, I had told him "that's a few now, next one goes in the book", 30 seconds or so prior. Maybe I need to be more specific with that.
Thanks all. I think there is definitely merit in a decision to give another chance to the player, however, it was 30 seconds before the offence and was still at the forefront of my mind.
If he had explained that then I wouldn't have got annoyed, but his explanation of the 'double jeopardy '...
Hi all. I'm a long time reader of these forums. What a great resource!
Reffed a match today in which I gave a late penalty - a trip from behind (no dogso). Having spoken to the offender 30 seconds before as his fouls were totting up, I booked him for persistent fouling.
After the game, the...
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