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Thanks for the suggestions. A stitch in time saves nine approach mostly staves off any bureaucratic nightmares!

Thanks, I have discovered the only summer workshop within 20 miles of where I live is fully booked, and no other dates have been released. Having accessed the active learning page of the FA website, I see that it isn't offering me a chance to renew via the online accreditation (brought in last...

I am currently re-applying to a Saturday league on which I have refereed for several years, and it asks for the referee's safeguarding children status. I received my last certificate in October 2014 and, as such, this will expire a month into next season. Interestingly, this was accepted on...

I have enjoyed this debate, even if it is a fairly unlikely scenario all things considered. A team of course has a prerogative to refuse an official directive, but that prerogative may not extend to starting the game without the period of silence. I understand your logc here, however, and you...

Ok, the goal nets were a bad comparison, but I think for a match of any significant profile to start with such a lack of accord, not mentioning any spectators who might report you for failing to observe a sanctioned period of silence, would make life difficult for the referee. That's why I leant...

For an officially sanctioned minute's silence such as for Remembrance Sunday, in the event of any team refusing to comply my presumption is that the match would have to be be abandoned pre-kick-off, since on that particular day the minute's silence is as much a part of the prerequisites as goal...

Agreed; it's a good spot by Madley. He must have been hyper-aware after the Griezmann incident earlier in the week. I do have a problem with the current law, though. I was criticised for trying to make a comparison with tennis, and I understand sports are different in countless ways, but for me...

The more interesting aspect of the original post for me was the question of whether, once you've halted play for any reason, it necessarily must resume only on the whistle. I agree that, for the sake of clarity to everyone on the pitch, stopping play again was probably the sensible option, but...

Maybe I am fighting a losing battle here, but I am struggling to believe the laws--even as they were before the amendment which included the phrase 'clearly moves'--cannot accommodate the difference between two clearly differentiated plays of the ball (e.g. Hart) and the technical imperfection...

Thanks, and I realise my point about a deliberate touch was flawed, since there are scenarios where players have tripped accidentally and played the ball a second time. Taking 'deliberate' out of the equation, I think I meant more that the strike still constitutes one action (play). The ball...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/3530893/antoine-griezmanns-penalty-for-atletico-madrid-against-real-madrid-should-not-have-counted-after-he-touches-the-ball-twice/ I am personally giving this analysis short shrift. Surely what Griezmann did cannot be deemed anything more than a single...

Yes, I thought impedance immediately when I saw this post. I have never had an example as blatant as this, of course, and in nearly eight years of youth football I've probably given an IFK for this 1-2 times and seen a couple more where it's borderline. I would be interested to see statistics...

Although he avoids the infamous word, surely this is an insinuation that you are cheating, which is the epitome of offensive language. It is a bit like the 'how much are they paying you?' line. I must say I would probably take into account age, temperature of the match and how it was said, but I...

I've never actually cautioned for PI, but I agree this is something I worry about when more than one player is on a booking; the dreaded mistaken identity and all that. There are often characteristics that leap out at you, but as others have suggested, position on the field is also a very good...

Going back to the point about rebellious players, I know from personal experience that there can be quite a large difference between when you start noticing a player's petulance, worrying about escalation and even feeling intimidated by him and the point at which he must incur a caution. Even if...

To respond to Graeme S, you may have a point. The only difficulty with that interpretation is that the laws expressly permit a deliberate throw against a player (and I presume officials, as they are blades of grass??), provided it does not stray into VC. Deciding what constitutes VC here and...

So much ignorance in the stands, added to the tension of the moment, made this one of the most entertaining bits of an excellent display of the Leicester rearguard (nearly). In the end, I must say Jones didn't err in applying 15.2--C1, IDFK. However, by not taking preventative action (immediate...

Yes, that was annoying. Looked like Sanchez had been pushed well before he became active. After all, Jon Moss awarded Arsenal a penalty against Burnley earlier this season by that logic. Funny also that IFAB decided this season to clarify law 15.2. Mike Jones and his team will at least sleep...

Fair enough, thanks. Something to revise for next season. Didn't realise it was different for throw-ins, but I suppose for direct free-kicks and corners it is a disadvantage to have an indirect free kick instead.

I went to the match this evening and Jones had an interesting decision to make with minutes to go following Arsenal's goal. Not sure he got it entirely right, but I'm seeking confirmation. Fuchs had a throw-in deep into Arsenal territory. Sanchez wouldn't retreat the required two yards (most...