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I never look for handshakes at the end of the game, that way I am not disappointed and I find that I am pleasantly surprised when players shake my hand. Getting used to aerial challenges and the like will come with practice. Well done for the first game.

Blimey, what makes someone think you can tackle like that- definite yellow ;)

Funnily enough, my first ever game ended in a 22 man brawl with spectators, managers etc joining in. I was about abandon, but as it was injury time in the second half, I just ended the game. Never happened since.

Yep, and me. Two Casios, one stop/start, one no stop (just in case I forget to restart my stopwatch which has never happened ;))

Good luck Lucy. I personally think there is mileage in starting in kids football, U14's for example. As long as you know the laws thoroughly and be 'brave' as someone put it, you will be fine.

Paul 'hard-man' Ince bottled it in Euro '96 and left it to some poor sod who had not taken a penalty since school, can't remember his name though...

Agree, the cards came far too late.

That's what summer is for.

But it's not 'chance' is it? It's 'obvious'.

That's a horrible injury and will take ages to sort out if it's a bad one, I did it a few years back playing. Best advice apart from the usual RICE is to see a sports physio who will get rid of all the scar tissue, that speeds up recovery immensely.

I always think this is the 'forgotten' football tragedy. Hillsborough and Heysel live on but somehow Bradford, like Ibrox seems to have faded into the past. It should never be forgotten. I shall never forget the harrowing scenes. RIP all.

Yes, shows how the sense can be completely changed without the correct punctuation...

Wenger thought it was a free-kick to Arsenal. Seriously, the key word is 'obvious' and I dont think this is, yellow.

And me!!

I take it you are a blade then!!!

As I said, it's rare to get support from a captain. The Laws and Sanctions are the way to control the game.

Not in my experience. It's very rare you get support and assistance from a captain. At best you are wasting your time, at worst you are appearing weak. Get the game going and use the laws and sanctions to control the game.

Personally, I don't bother with much of a pre-match brief as:= The captains tend not to take any notice If they do, they don't relay anything to their team-mates anyway What I tend to do, is give a bit of a lecture to the CAR's on their duties in their presence and feel that the captains get...

I agree. Make no reference to the previous game. Just treat it like any other, but perhaps be quicker on the cards than you might normally be.

Even with slow-motion etc., we can't decide. Shows what a difficult job we have every Saturday afternoon!