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I don't think this would be correct. The centre half is just heading the ball back to his own keeper, no trickery, not deliberately circumventing the law?

I don't want to derail this amusing thread, but 'just like referees', there are good coaches / managers and there are poor ones. Managers for all Chartered Standard Clubs have to have at least their FA Level 1 coaching badge, which does give them some competency to coach the children...

Thanks all for your replies... and interesting to see that the handball one has ignited some debate. I guess my opinion was based on fairness. The player did deliberately handle the ball, by putting his arms in the path of the ball, but if he hadn't done that, the ball would have hit him in...

2 situations arose from my Under 16s match yesterday, which I was unhappy that I was not sure what I should do. Player handled the ball by putting both arms in front of his face. I did not give a free kick, despite shouts of 'handball' - and I called that he was protecting his face. However...

From a slightly different perspective... a team I used to play for bought a red / black striped kit online, with black shorts and socks. When it arrived, the back of the shirts was completely black (except for the white numbers). The back of the shirts were not shown in any of the online...

Alex - You make a good point, re 'children aged 16-17 who could be playing in 'adult' (open age) football... However we were told at Surrey FA course that only referees who were intending to referee youth football needed to be CRC checked... Q. Do I need a CRC to register as a referee? A...

No - it's not required if you will only referee adult matches...