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So you answered my question with the fact it's not a strike makes it ok for a player to initiate contact with a match official. Where do you then stand on a player knocking or grabbing a card out of the referees hand when they are trying to issue a sanction?

One question to pose to those (not necessarily on here but in the wider world) is "At what point would you deem a player making contact with match official to be unacceptable?"

This is where I'd like IFAB to add in a specific send off offence for something like 'deliberate contact with a match official' Would completely nail on a send off for players knocking cards out of the refs hand, grabbing them to demonstrate a hold or this type of thing in the clip here. I...

Jan for me is: 2 Supply League Middles 2 Contrib Lines 1 FA Vase 4th Official 1 Local Senior Cup Middle 1 Womens Regional Middle One of my supply league middles is at the furthest ground from where I live, a 2 hour each way round d trip. Not been there before so actually quite looking forward...

Yep and much will depend on how much I've worked with the other officials before. I'm finding that I'm out on the line as part of the same team of 3 on a regular basis at Contrib level, so the pre match I get from the referee is far more relaxed than it was when I first was out with him, or...

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Yeah that was the issue last time round, especially at Steps 3-6. Even with cross through the gate, without all the bar and hospitality, it's just not viable for most clubs to play the fixtures. I suspect that with weather disruption and Covid that football will be thin on the ground come the...

I cant see any issue with the second caution. As others have said it's all on the player, not on the referee. Kudos to JM for doing it and not trying to manage his way round it to keep a player on the pitch.

Good job and welcome to the forum!

I think he did as well

They should have employed this guy. This is one of my favourite clips - the analysis of how the steward shows him the outside route, then takes him out when he tries to go inside towards the players.

First ever red card I gave was for VC, stamp on a player whilst he was on the ground. Fumbled the red out of my pocket as I was very nervous and dropped it at the players feet. Had to bend down to pick it up before sending him off. Lesson learnt and from then on I always take a spare set of...

Yeah the Billy Sharp incident after his son Louie passed away and he scored and took his shirt off to show a T-shirt with his name on it was another one of those situations. He'd announced in advance that if he scored he was going to do it and duly did so. Ref chose to 'not see' the incident!

The transition of mindset from "what would I want as a player?" to "As a referee, what do I need to do?" is one of the biggest steps that a former player going into refereeing needs to make. It's fine using your experience to have understanding and empathy, however it's an easy trap to fall...

If you give a defensive foul the likelihood is that after the game no one will even mention it (maybe other than the attacker). If you don't give it and the attacking team scores, then you can guess the rest....

Feels like a 'promising attack' so could easily sell a caution. But it's a strange scenario and one of those where you take it as a learning point and move on!

To fair he is doing a double jump 7-5 IIRC - so a Sunday afternoon prime time Man U v Liverpool middle is not entirely out of the question, surely! 😉

winner of the referee award is Lionel Messi….

At U18 - Cat 1 Academies (U18 Premier League) are done with L3’s in the middle and L4’s on the line. The Cat 2 academies (Youth Alliance Leagues) are appointed on MOAS with L4’s in the middle and the lines are appointed by county - those are L5-7’s. AFC Bournemouth play in this league, even...