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Similar, but worse! When I counted before the start of the second half once. Counted two times, came to 10. The captain of the team saw my confusion, and reminded me "you sent one of ours off in the first half, ref".

During a game on saturday, one particular player kept making remarks on my refereeing, complaining he didn't get the freekicks he claimed he was due. Gradually, his remarks got to the point where I gave him a talking to. It helped somewhat, especially as I could follow it up with a booking (the...

I know exactly what you mean. It is the constant nagging that gets to me as well, which sometimes make me raise my voice and lose control. When I finally have had it and book them I go "YOU! GET OVER HERE, NOW. HERE! ALL THE WAY OVER HERE". It just happens, and after the match I hate myself for...

I used my all weather write-on-cards staruday http://www.refsworld.com/cards/write-on-cards/all-weather-match-card-single.html. Worked great with a pencil in the ~0C temperatur.

Spend it on my family. It is the least I can do, as my refereeing takes up a lot of time.

No, he touches the ball, but the majority of the force is applied to the player, much higher. Not through on the feet, through the ball, but on the upper part of his legs/knees. Obviously, TV replays don't help, if someone can still say there is no contact ;-)

No contact, you can't be serious? how come he does a 180 in the air then? He bangs into him. And since when does playing the ball matter? That is a myth kept alive by pundits, but we referees know better, surely?

You are joking, right?

For me, all the criterias for serious foul play is met her. Excessive force and endagers the safety of the player

Just think how people had reacted if this was Suarez or Costa...

Reusable cards? Aren't all cards reusable? Edit: ah, the reusable match cards.

I've done the test spring and fall for 5 years or so now (except in Oslo, we have to do 26 intervals). If you are to take it, I recommend you run through it a couple of times by yourself on beforehand. A lot of people fail it the first time (I did as well), and it is not because it is physically...

Ehmm...I don't know about the Germans, but...ehmm...in Norway we...ehmm.. ;)

Two years ago, in Norway, we were told to get stricter when it comes to "delaying restart". When a freekick is awarded, an oposition player is not supposed to approach the ball in an obvious attempt to delay restart. If he is close to the ball, he should back off in an orderly fashion (he...

One of the first leagues to kick of in Norway are the U19s premier divisions. As a result the first few rounds are often refereed by Norwegian Premier division referees, for them to get som match practise before the top division kicks off. A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to be the...

Actually, they probably don't see their heroes get booked. The problem is that the booking takes place while replays are being shown. And at least 50% of the time, you don't get a confirmation on the graphics that a booking happened. I always check back on the official reports to see if the...

Or, just give the refs more from the TV-revenue. The money is there, the refs are as important as the players. The PGMOL etc could get a tiny percentage of the TV-revenue, the clubs wouldn't even notice and it would be enough to pay a lot of referees.

You see many referees wearing a GoPro?? Is this common in the UK?

One of my assessors in Norway actually said this to me as well. I found it non-sensical, so I asked another assessor about it. He said it was wrong and that he would talk to the other assessor to make sure he got his view corrected. So, while a strange view, it does not appear to be unique.

Ok. In Norway (Oslo) team sheet is a printout from a match admin system where all teams are required to input their team no longer than 1.5 hours before the game. It should remove most of the accidental wrong name issues. As for name and number combination, they sometime fix them with a pen...