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If the team are choosing to take the throw in further back from where it went out of play then I'm not getting involved. In terms of foul throws, it really has to be obvious and outrageous for me to give it. Throw in's are about getting the game restarted, don't go looking for trouble/make the...

Unfortunately our long time forum member Jofusref has passed away. He was always a keen contributor to this forum. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/tributes-paid-ayr-united-stalwart-26742418?fbclid=IwAR1EA3kDvwFRZ4R5pqcpTWQPkpOTEkp042zB_WfTu6470TEy66tRDwrOvbQ

I was never a fan of the masking tape, used it when it was popular years ago, always found it too narrow to write what I needed to.

I’ve seen these advertised quite a lot on social media recently. https://refereesdirect.com/collections/accessories/products/write-on-card-stickers Has anyone used these yet?? They look a bit like the refs world skins, I’d be interested to know if these are substantially better as I was never...

Agree with pretty much everything that has been mentioned. I really dislike their outlook as the self appointed spokesperson for all referees. They have never asked my opinion on anything. I also think their pushing of bodycams to be over the top, I for one would never wear them. Also their...

Not in Scotland, I'm guessing that us where Anubis is based. For every match at every level in Scotland, team lines are required and these must match the numbers worn. In 20+ years I have never refereed a match without teamlines so it makes issuing cards so much easier. However those not in...

That’s the first time we’ve ever had the full set of what’s available from Adidas, before that we’ve only ever had 3 of the available colours at any one t in 2018 we got black, red and yellow. The year later they brought out the blue and the green versions when they realised that there would...

We will end up with Black Yellow and Red at least for the first year, green might appear the year after. I’d wager we definitely won’t see the Purple. Or then again we might not see any. Macron rumours still circulating and have been for the last few years. This is possibly the last year of...

Random question, during the tournament has any referee worn black shirts? I don’t remember seeing it in any game. Will we see black in the final?

It was a bit stranger because he was writing on his yellow card that he was pulling out the wallet. Bjorn Kuipers also uses a wallet, mostly pulls a separate yellow from a side pocket, however reds usually always come from the wallet. On the game just now Orsato is also using a wallet to...

just be careful, most associations still advise that you should still get both name and number as you can’t always rely on team sheets to be correct.

It was definitely a call by AR or 4th. Willie originally starts going to his right shorts pocket for yellow right after the initial whistle then stops. I watched the full game live, after the red is issued a couple of players complain and as he is explaining the decision he points towards he...

Are you Glasgow or Renfrewshire association? Get in touch with the person who organises Club Academy games, they usually will know of other game, non academy games that need covered. Get yourself to fitness training when it’s on, great opportunity to meet other refs and who might be able to...

Easiest way is to get registered with the leagues you want to referee on. Teams need a permit from the league to play friendlies so league sec will usually tell them which refs are available for games. Also find out who appoints the pro youth games for your Association and let them know you...

Really not required. SPL refs wear black socks in all games no matter what colour sock the team is wearing, if it’s good enough for them it’s good enough for us. Towards the end of the Diadora sponsorship we all had various coloured socks, for a few seasons, there have been no adverse effects...

Match control is an interesting concept in this one. Pub football/ Low amateur level 2nd caution for this aids match control, send the message to obey and respect the authority of the referee. At a higher level a 2nd caution for this is going to have the complete opposite effect on match...

To be honest it’s not a situation that occurs very often, I can only think of a few occasions in 20+ years where I’ve had anything like this. When I started in the 90s it was common to move 10-15 yards away from the player, summon them and then expect them to dutifully follow you over like a...

Once you find a method that works, then stick to it. You don’t want to be in a situation where you need a card quickly and can’t find it. my set up is: 2 watches Casio 2006 World Cup, main watch left wrist, two stopwatches on screen one can be stopped for injuries other continues counting...

I've recently purchased a Garmin Vivoactive mainly for running but will use for refereeing when we eventually return to games. Does the refwatch app track running data as well, or can it run alongside the run programme ?

The same rumours were about this time last year and we stayed with Adidas, expecting it to stay the same next season.