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Dowd was nowhere near the play during any incident and was dreadful in most of his decisions today. Even as a Liverpool fan I would never have sent the second guy off, it wasn't a red card at all. Obviously none of us know what Shola said to Phil to get sent off but I imagine it was probably...

I've seen a referee walk over to abusive parents (a few years ago, when I was a tiddlywink myself) and try to hand them the whistle and watch, got him some brownie points & he didn't have no crap for the rest of the match. Was brilliant.

But you're bolloxed if one of the teams plays in yellow and blue...

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By law - no, it's not a mandatory yellow card. But, I would be cautioning for entering a spectator area. Although the stadium was clearly near-empty, by allowing players to enter a spectator area when celebrating you're just opening yourself up for all kinds of trouble.

You must prove it. :D Welcome to the site mate

Yep, has to be first try... first try of today... I'm getting good at this :)

I got "the referees a ****er" chant from a bunch of kids who thought they were funny (didn't recognize any of them) after walking into a shop once after a game with my FA referee tracksuit top on. :D

First try - on fire!

Very good appointment. Hope you've put that incident through as Violent Conduct against a match official as that's what it is and the player will get a hefty ban for it. PS: Why are you smiling?! Referees aren't allowed to enjoy themselves!!! ;)

Sorry but I don't think I'm able to seriously answer the question, still crying with laughter at the thought of this. If I had a player say this to me I might just have to abandon, don't think I'd be in a fit state to continue. :D

In our neck of the woods if you cautioned for this it would be plain and simple "showing dissent by word or action".

They lost confidence in him after this: How can you retain confidence in a referee who claims to be a Police officer who witnesses a GBH assault on the pitch and lets it go?

Hope you reported it to your CFA welfare officer.

You're spot on. For me, although I don't think it was a penalty, I don't know how that's not DOGSO if it's considered to be a foul and should have been sent off.

Not a penalty. There's not enough contact there for Welbeck to go down, he's already off balance before he's touched - although not a dive as he's clearly making an effort to still get the ball. But not a penalty, for me. Minimal contact.

Since I live in Dover I'd love to see them go up to the Conference Premier :)

Can't read your post, paragraphs is a good option sometimes

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