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Just discovered this on Sky tonight, it’s an interesting concept, not sure how much of a fan I am though of it. In terms of match officials, does anyone know, are they FA referees? Are they all at a particular level ? Or would this come into the bounds of unregistered football so they could...

I am selling Macron UEFA 2024 base layer with short sleeves, size XL It has the pockets on the sleeves and back for comms kits etc. It’s still in original packaging with tags, I ordered a few to get the correct size and then missed the returns window on sending back the one I didn’t want to keep!

It’s one of those things we are always told not to do, probably many of us are guilty of it from time to time, here’s what happens when it goes wrong. Don’t turn your back

Simon Hooper uses a wallet that is made of yellow plastic instead of the usual black. They were fairly common about 20 years ago and were sold by A&H. I don’t think the new A&H sell them. Simon Hooper must have bought a few of them before the company closed!

I started refereeing in 1997 and had a very similar notebook to this (mine didn’t have the Swedish logo on the front). I got mine from a ref I knew well who was retiring who had used it for a few years before. No idea where it came from and I have never seen anything like it for sale since...

@RonnieM Going by your profile pic I am assuming that you are refereeing in Scotland… if the match is 11 aside then the expectation would be that cards were issued in accordance with the Laws of the Game. In the situation you have described at the start of this topic if you didn’t send off...

Has he given it for handball? On the wide angle as the ball comes down it looks like it brushes the arm of the defender. (Very debatable if it would count as a punishable handball offence) After he signals for the penalty he raises his right arm as if he is signalling for handball.

They are quite clearly just making things up now. On their X replies they are trying to claim that there is an IDFK offence “any other offence not mentioned in the Laws” They seem to be confusing this for the actual IDFK bullet point “ commits any other offence not mentioned, when play is...

Which of the refs run around with the whistle in their mouth? I certainly haven’t noticed it at all. As an aside, whistle in mouth (and on a lanyard around the neck) used to be fairly common until the mid 90s. If I recall there was a ref at France 98 who did, I haven’t seen it in a top level...

The second caution certainly can be supported, but is very harsh. I’m not sure that the referee realised it was his second. He showed the yellow put it away as he was walking away from the player and then turned back around and pulled the red out. This is probably the first game of the...

That will be like every England match at every tournament then?

Collina did the exact same, very Italian style signalling. He won’t be changing anytime soon. Again, a very European way of signalling. The emphasis outside of the UK seems to be on getting the decisions correct and not the manner of giving a signal.

There you go again with your pounds per hour. Referees are not paid per hour they are paid for a match. In your case £45 for 90 minutes work. Travelling time and anything else is completely irrelevant.

This is going around in circles 😂 The main issue here is that you are trying to equate refereeing with a ‘normal’ job which it is absolutely not. Referees apart from those in Select Group are not employed in the traditional sense of the word. The vast majority of referees would be classes as...

You don’t need to go as far as USA, just come north of the border. The vast majority of grassroots football from u13 upwards is now a minimum £50. We were getting £25 for youth games 20 years ago!