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Positive - good credible positions throughout for offside and penalty area offences. Negative - blew too quick for an offside at the end of match. Number of players off but picked up by onsider. Was borderline but should probably have given advantage to attacking team.

I think it's important as well, and this isn't me being patronising I promise, to remember that u-13 will see you, aged 15, a bit differently to for example me the nearly 40 year old, increasingly greying, sarcastic teacher who weighs up on a Saturday or Sunday. In a sense you probably need to...

All depends on the context. I'm going to record you and give it to the league - knock yourself out pal. I'm going to record you and then put it on YouTube, I'll make sure you're sorted etc - that's a bit different.

Was he a spectator or on the bench as such? Just curious whether that would make a difference. If on the bench does that count as threatening behaviour and therefore potentially able to ask him to walk? Then if he continues filming could you abandon because you feel threatened even if he's...

Falsely calling someone a racist is of itself a racist comment. You wouldn't hesitate to send off a player who made one of the obvious statements so this one is no different.

Similar one today. Standing on post after corner, defender hugging the attacker as he moves for the ball. He can't move - I give penalty and it's the decisive cup tie moment. Even worse, defender keeps on mouthing, I blow whistle to call him over and attacker decides to take the penalty (he's...

At this level people have to go to work on Monday. I think good call.

Without an f'ing or something before it it's yellow for me but we all have our own tolerance levels. It can be argued to be offensive and abusive I suppose.

Can't be bothered with the politics, the irrelevance, the nonsense and the ass kissing involved in a NEURA meeting / regional groups etc. Most of the assessors haven't a clue anyway.

3 assessments in NI - who are you bribing? Haven't had one in 3 years.

Would that be the correct restart ....? You could end up replaying from that point on .......

Right, final words on this thread from me. Child abuse thrives on secrecy, whispers and hearsay but nothing being recorded and reported. Many sad occasions from Victoria Climbe through to Saville show us that. This is why child protection through (in UK) policy like the Children's Act and...

Nope, wrong. Once you report it then it's reported and recorded. How they choose to pursue it is up to them. Child protection is black and white, and rightly so.

You cannot informally report a safeguarding issue. Once you've done it, it's done.

I'm talking from a purely legal point of view - Brian, of course it has an affect. I work with dozens of kids on a daily basis on the child protection register. But going down that legal safeguarding route is something else and there's no turning back.

Thus is not a safeguarding issue - please be very careful. Report maybe to league if you have a problem - but safeguarding is about avoiding physical, emotional, sexual, neglect etc. And no, children being shouted at about their performance, especially in front of their parents is not a child...

No, no, no and no again. You are the referee, not their parent. If parents are happy to see their children treated like that then that is for them. Do your job and don't go looking for trouble.

Yeah you're both spot on in reflecting my logic. Conscience clear.

Simple question really - is a shove in the face always a red card? Gave it today - my above the neck policy - but I'm uneasy about I - he did it twice but no real force. There is context but that's a separate report and don't want it posted on open forum.

The referee is the final arbiter / decision maker in a match - for UEFA anyway. 'The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play.... are final...'