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At the time, it made me wonder... "AAR or VAR?!" It was right on top of the AAR, yet no call. A _quick_ referral to a VAR and all would have been sorted. So on the basis that VAR is looking likely to get the go-ahead, are we going to see AAR's dropped?

For all those saying it was a valid penalty kick, consider: the goalkeeper dived at the feint, and all the defenders AND attackers ran in to the penalty box (hence the debate about encroachment). Surely, if it had been a valid PK, the keeper wouldn't have gone so early and we wouldn't have seen...

And when you do inevitably get it wrong, as we all do, don't cross the flag over your body to correct it. Flag down, pass to the other hand with your hands at waist height (depending upon the length of your arms!), and then crisply back up for the right direction. And never, ever hold the flag...

U11 and up - normal LotG, but competition rules will probably dictate 9x9 rather than 11x11, on an appropriately sized pitch with the correct size of goals. Enjoy!

You're right - and it's a shame - as we all know there are three teams out on the FOP during a game of football. Sometimes that team is comprised of one lonely sole, sometimes that team is up to seven (? 1 x Ref, 2 x NAR, 1 x 4th official, then depending upon competition 2 x AAR,1 x VAR).

Players at that age, in my experience, mouth off for one of two reasons (ignoring the trigger event. e.g. foul etc) - they are either hormonal and are just explosive, or they know exactly what they are doing (never underestimate how sneaky even the youngest of players can be). A word in...

As referees we need to make sure that we are communicating our decisions effectively. If AT thought it was yellow at first, then a NAR gives him a shout over the comms that it was red, that's great. So stand still, say to surrounding players and physically demonstrate to those players that you...

I really like the combined speech/chat bubble with the whistle. Great thinking @Ross ! I would prefer it without the Ref Chat text as part of that at all. The "Whistle Blower" becomes the logo, representing the brand. Then a separate text not directly linked to the graphic for "RefChat". It...

I wonder whether the VAR is using the 4K video feed, on a 4K display... on something this close that could be the difference between right and wrong.

Almost every youth club in my area holds a tournament, from U7s up to U18s. If you only do OA, use Full Time to find a local youth league, and then for each club in the league that might be of interest, Google their website and/or contact details. Often a polite email to...

Next? Next we'll be renaming it to something other than football...

I'm reckoning that @boulderdomb only ends up with 5 minutes each way after he's finished his pre-match chat :D

So, no slide tackles. Then there's the call for no headers. Perhaps we shouldn't allow shielding of the ball, or shoulder to shoulder easing a player off the ball. Perhaps we should require additional safety equipment - full body armour? It's football. It's played globally by people from as...

Trust you have the script scheduled that auto-renews the cert. LetsEncrypt certs only last for, IIRTC, three months?

And I would edit out your email address as well - the bots will scoop that up soon enough.

But Willian cannot have been a clear and obvious mistake, otherwise the VAR would have been involved...? Graham Scott made the call seeing it once, in real time - and the post-match arguments for it being incorrect for me don't outweigh the arguments for it being the right decision, and that's...

Personally, thought both decisions were correct. The fact that the "pundits" couldn't agree on the second (i.e. dive/no dive), demonstrates how hard it is, even with a VAR. Interested to know what words were said to get the yellow upgraded to a red...

To bring this thread back on topic for the site... surely the reason that any team gets relegated will have been the fault of one or more referees during the season?

Something like this...?

What's the current ruling on this? As "minors" can play for open age teams, don't we still have to be DBS checked, even if you don't do youth football?