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From memory, Steve, I think it is Women's FA Cup(?) Was discussed on here about 3 seasons back.

The chants from the home supporters are worse than a bunch of childish booing.

Have a look on the Resources tab, search on NAR's.

It will depend to a large degree on the number of available qualifying matches in your area, and the availability of Match Day Coaches to watch you. If you don't fit them in, as @Archer has said, you can carry over.

No, the team of three can concentrate on everything else😁 Great experience for the younger/ newer officials, who are put into teams with senior colleagues.

Yes - teams of three alternating between refereeing and acting as AR throughout the afternoon.

I refereed at a youth league 6-a-side competition when a player collected the ball from the second row of the (nearly empty) grandstand and threw from there. The throw was not the most accurate, and hit the AR on the back of the neck😕 Both teams claimed the restart, of course.

The Rules also include: "What happens if? A player is hit on the hand/arm by the ball from a team-mate’s kick/header? This is not a handball (unless the ball goes directly into the opponents’ goal or the player scores immediately afterwards, in which case a direct free kick is awarded to the...

10 seconds at a substitution of a player going off with a bad leg injury. . . hmm!

2023 . . . point made😁

There is a fuller explanation at https://inside.fifa.com/campaigns/no-discrimination/no-racism, James, and other articles at INSIDE FIFA.

The crossed arms part (only) is the racism allegation signal. "FIFA has introduced a new official signal to be used when there is a racist incident during a match. Just like we have hand signals for VAR reviews, penalties, and throw-ins, this new gesture — crossing the hands — indicates a...

You have low expectations re players knowing the laws . . . disgraceful 🤭

The referee can initiate the ‘only the captain’ guidelines by blowing the whistle and using the following signal: Raising both arms above their head and crossing them at the wrists Uncrossing their arms and moving them in front of their body with their palms open in a forward pushing motion to...

I'm not convinced that would work, as below the PGMOL the player taken off will be expecting to return once play restarts, so it's not much of a sanction.

https://www.thefa.com/inclusion-and-anti-discrimination/reporting-discrimination/grassroots-game gives you the answers at grassroots level; FA site also has guidance at more senior levels.

"But yeah, it's a Manchester City player, nothing given". . . 🤔

Good news🤭! FA guidance: Key details on FA action against simulation: Threshold for Action: The simulation must have led to a penalty kick or a direct red card/second yellow card for an opponent. Process: A panel of three experts reviews footage independently. A charge is only issued if the...

Don't start our conspiracy theorists off again😂

Fair comment, but here one team was in red/white stripes, the other in off-white with green sleeves, so should have been possible to avoid the clash.