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Hello, I am registered with my home county FA in the South East but spend much time with work but in Warwickshire. Including weeks at a time, sometime it makes little sense to travel home just for a game. Is there anyway I can pick up games with Birmingham FA (or ideally games close to...

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First yellow in a youth game today. Firstly, defending player marking attacking player at a throw in, ball comes into play going nowhere near the pair and defending player kicks attacking player deliberately. I think he thought I wouldn't see it as the ball was going a completely different...

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Is that official advice to interpret that way then? Should I be doing this? My first thought was if it's a pen it's a red.

Can someone please help me understand why we got a yellow when the China penalty kick was awarded.

Thanks both, good advice as ever

It's been rather cold around our way, I've U12s tomorrow. Is it my job to turn up and check if it's all soft enough to play, or should I expect home team to get in touch and let me know? Any advice on this for such a low level game?

so messi's 2nd goal vs france should've have counted as subs were on the pitch ?

Excellent advice folks, thank you! Really excellent advice folks, thank you!

Done 2 seasons in the park at kids levels. Just been offered an academy game at the local EFL club to cover a lino that dropped out. Will be revising tonight but wanted to consult the refchat members on what should I make sure I don't forget? Any top tips from experience linesman? Do I watch...

it was that game that made me seek out this thread. There's that penalty given, later in the match argentine attacker tries to chip the ball over the keep and made to fall after contact with the keeper. More contact in the second one - but in this instance keeper did in fact graze the ball, so....

what's the case if a keeper makes a save wipes the man out too? He will have got the ball, but also the man?

Totally understand that pov, and it'd be a non-story for me if we'd heard nothing previously about how important it was for england to show solidarity with the lgbtq community. But we now see them as totally transparent words. I'm not saying the plan to wear them, or the potential bookings are...