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Well if anything this thread has inspired me to go and check out contact lenses with specsavers :cool: I am prescribed glasses for reading/watching TV, not regular day to day activities. Though I think I'd feel an awful lot more comfortable on the pitch with the aid. At least I can tell the...

Yes it seems to be that one player said to his teammate "he (the ref) needs bigger glasses"

Well I thought the exact same if i'm honest, it was a new one for me too 😂 It had people on the touchlines in stitches I'd add these were 14 yr olds, which added to making the whole thing so funny. If it was an adults game I probably wouldn't have set such a precedent.

So this was all as one incident, previously I noticed he had been moaning at his team mates but not at me, though he stuck out as the loudmouth of the team. The ball was in play and his opposition were on the attack when he began his dissent (he was angry I didn't stop play for an attacker of...

I think we should keep this simple. If someone insults you directly using a foul and abusive word (or simply what we'd call a swear word), for me they are seeing red. If someone is merely having a moan, even using foul language, leave them at it. Unless they are persistent and their moaning is...

Just to clarify I'm not speaking about the actual referee decision in the videos (most cut before we can see what they gave), I'm talking about what the FIFA presentation says should be given for each

Just looking through some of those FIFA clips and can't tell why some are punished and others not punished. For example in one clip a player goes to ground and puts their lower arm out as protection, the ball then hits this arm and it's penalised. In a later clip in the 'arm is in a natural...

You are correct, had the 20/21 laws out! Handballs above the head don't seem to be spoken about specifically in the 21/22 laws. This to me would imply if it looks natural and the player didn't deliberately make a hand movement towards the ball then play on ...

Any handball above the head is to be penalised, it is not deemed a natural position. The only exception to this is if the player is in the process of trying to control the ball, it can be deemed a natural position (unless they deliberately move their hand to touch it).

Chances are everyone thought what a crap decision that was .. and then quickly moved on, leaving you to be the only one dwelling on it and damaging your own performance by doing so. There isn't a referee who has made/not made a call they regretted very shortly after it. Keep in mind our...

The 'friendly' matches are always the most unfriendly ;)

It is bizarre when they do that isn't it? I once gave a red card to an away player and who protested it the most? The home team! Ridiculous carry on that only served to make my job an awful lot more difficult. It is extremely undermining. I have decided if it happens again they are getting...

From a player dissent point of view, it is most definitely easier. With the caveat that the dissent comes from the sidelines instead (but at least they can be ordered away much easier). It also depends on your own age. I'm 26 so refereeing adults the same age and older than me is naturally a lot...

16-18 is a funny age, you have a group of people all at differing stages along their puberty journey and it really is a mixed bag. What is the level? Are they top division teams or bottom of the barrel? My experience of youth football is that it can vary so much, one day's U16s may as well be...

I'd agree with the posters here. Once a foul insult is directly aimed at you for me that crosses into foul and abusive and they are gone. "F*** off", "Ref you're a f***ing idiot" etc and also including things directly calling you an insulting word, like "c***"-> Straight red, till this day the...

I guess on the plus side these 4 games will amount to just shy of 200EU

I shall report back Sunday evening with the result!

U14 + U15 - 35 min halves U17 + U18 - 45 min halves Full size pitches, no ARs. I will not be running and was encouraged not to, that basically for the U14/15 I'm there just so the league can accept the results.

Quite possibly. Unfortunately I have spoken to the allocator who wasn't taking no for an answer.