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I am going to be a hypocrite now and say honestly of course if i was going for promotion then yes, being assessed I would have to stick completely to the LOTG by the letter or one would be marked accordingly, and rightly so. I wouold like to also point out though that you only get assessed on...

I can 100% agree that the game does need consistantcy and can understand that by me not giving a mandatory yellow every time doesn't provide this, and accept my failings as a refereeat junior/youth level. I will refer this topic back to the age old debate of officiating games at a younger age...

I think that this is an interesting one. In reading the responses so far you have 2 camps. Those that follow the LOTG to the letter and those who referee with a little more context. In all essence Brian is spot on that this should be a caution, after all it says it in the LOTG, and frankly...

Okay, I am going to confess... on the line today,early 2nd half... gave the defender offside... and worse still I didn't realise. .. until he took the free kick. .. ah well no one complained, and wouldn't have made a difference...and lesson learnt. Anyone else want to enter the booth?

Or you've missed 4 horror tackles and a bunch of abuse! Haha. Only joking. I remember someone said that card Are to be resorted to and not the first resort so it may say that you are controlling the game effectively enough to nip things in the bud! Which in my book is part of good match control!

The saying the 1st one is always the worst is very true imo. My 1st oa didn't go great and to be honest several others since haven't. With every game you do though you will gain confidence. I echo the comments above really on the main issues. If you did get pushed that is a defo report to the...

Yep, I'll be reported too! Lifetime bans for us all one imagines!

The beauty of officiating, different angles, different perspective etc. I can see why so many say red, just can also see why it wasn't given. I see there is no retrospective action, so either the ref or the pannel saw it the same.... or non of them are Chelsea fans!

Without seeing I agree with herts that the first one sounds like the caution and peno. 2nd sounds the same. Caution freekick. The way you have described it... No ogso so no DOGSO. But like you say difficult without seeing it. A lot of players demand that every handball is a yellow... Which we...

That was my first thought Alex... But Barnes overruns the ball and is too slow to recover and hence clashes with matic.

Mike -I agree with the majority of what you said - our hands are a valuable and underused tool. My opinion however is that I personally wouldn't tell players at the begginning that arguing/swearing will earn yellow card. Simply as it sets yourself up for loss of match control if you don't...

I have seen the Barnes foul for the first time today, it is a rather strange one for me. Barnes has the ball, over runs slightly, matic comes in, nicks it off him as Barnes is about to play the ball. The slow mo and the still pictures make it look far worse than what it is at full speed. There...

It pays my train fares for uni! Not exciting but it certainly helps. Its just a bonus that i love it too!

Footballers will never know the LOTG no matter which county they are from!

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Ah thats great to know. Thanks for the info! I will get cracking then!

Hi all, sorry to bring this thread uo again, but I recieved my log book recently after joining my RA. It says you need signatures for all your games. Could I fill in all my games this year to date (Obviously without signatures) and still get the points?

Really sorry to hear that you were assaulted David, no matter what decisions you give, good or bad, o one deserves that level of abuse. As a relatively new referee myself it's never nice hearing of these situations but great that you deal with it well and stayed calm. Great to hear also then...

Wow.... well that has been a very interesting read for the past 10 minutes... As a reletively new member on here, I think I perhaps approached with a slightly milder tone, and have found the forum very informative and supportive. To memery i believe I have only had one lad flatly refuse to...

I am fascinated by the Canadian mandatory off in a bus list! Like the idea! I think you did right by both decisions bTw. Reported 1st. Red for 2nd. No need for that language full stop.