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I have had one of the most bizarre games in my entire career today. Division 1 U12 game, home side wear royal blue (shirt, shorts, and socks), and the away team appear with a dark purple kit (well, the socks were white). I could only realise this some 40 minutes before KO, and dealing with this...

oh sorry, I'm a bit clumsy with humour at this time of the day I took it at face value and my first reaction was 'but.... WHAT!?' Now I laugh at my own stupidity...

Wel, with comms, typically, play will be well away from the AR who's supposed to say the number. That means that very few players should be within earshot (typically, the left back, perhaps one of the centre backs). And it wouldn't be a shout, just 'number 8' in a normal tone. With good comms...

Please, no! If the defenders pass the ball to each other more than five times in their own half, then the other side should learn some basics about pressure. This is not basketball!

do you mean, shouting in the comms scenario or in the ol' school scenario?

Nice advice above. I'd say there are two ways to work this out... With communicators, everything's easy. Ideally, my assistants get very involved in the game, and the one on the opposite half of the field where play is will pay a lot of attention to what goes on. He watches my back, he keeps...

I see my younger self reflected in your post. If I may give you some advice, here it is: call what you think it is, judging the action, not the consequences. An innocent tackle may result in no foul and send the recipient to the drydock for a month, and a serious foul play action can end up...

Honestly, there are some good ideas, some interesting ideas, and some bad ideas (in my opinion). But it's quite remarkable that the IFAB have stepped out and told the world 'hey, we know you're annoyed by these things, let's see how we sort them out'. To be fair, I'm quite delighted with their...

I think Brych has had a superb game. Only disagree on some minor fouls that nobody recall once the game’s over. He perfectly booked Verratti in the early stages of the game (if the player wants that yellow card not shown, he must think twice before stopping recklessly a promising attack), and...

You’re most welcome!

Oh, in order to bring disability changes to the laws you don’t need to go that far. On page 23 of the laws, it clearly says that some disability changes may be made by national FAs, and these FAs may also make further changes (not necessarily on a basis of disability) provided they are granted...

Congratulations! Hope this is the first of many ;)

In principle, I don't like the idea. It looks that wasting tame during stoppage time would become a better idea, as no more time would be allowed. Besides, I understand that time must be over at some point, no matter whether a team are able to keep possession endlessly or not. Just my two pence!

Well, statutes of the IFAB say that only their members may propose amendments to the lotg. Recall that the members are FAs from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and FIFA. If you are British, the easiest way seems convincing your FA to raise your points there. If you're not, then you...

Football's fate for the World Cup and the upcoming season is sealed, yet we don't know what the precise wording of the new laws will be. However, to whet our appetites, we have a couple of things from the IFAB's press release: VAR is to be enshrined into law, to the surprise of no one, and an...

You're right. Maybe I've over-emphasised the importance of appearing to be making the right decision, but I see you get me. Obviously, I want to get things right ^^

Well, theory says that if the ball is on the goal line, that's the offside line, and that's where you're supposed to be. But this may turn out to be quite hard to achieve in real life, as the ball goes faster than all of us, so why not trying some of this tips that worked for me? As usual, I...

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Here it is: http://www.refereeland.com/es/8-tarjetas They’re the cards with ‘CTA’ on the description. They can even put your name (the expensive one of the two options with ‘CTA’). Let me know how it goes...

I write number, name, and reason (I use shortenings, actually). Unfortunately, there are no cards given to us with the emblem on them - I use Refsworld’s with card skins. However, some retailers sell their own version. Let me know if you want me to facilitate you a link.