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A country like England should have a full complement of 10 at all times on the FIFA panel. Part of the problem goes back as far as the time of Graham Poll. Poll was pushed as the number one referee and handled the majority of the big games. As a result there wasn't much opportunity for others...

Really ? What page of the Laws is that on ?

Technically nothing to stop it, if thats what the FA/PL really wanted to do. Alan Kelly from Ireland moved to the USA a few years ago and is now an MLS referee. In 2010 during the Scottish Referee strike officials were flown in from Europe to take charge of some games, Scottish Officials have...

So far this season 23 matches, 48 cautions and 6 sent off, gives an average 2.09 for cautions and 0.26 for sendings off, similar averages for last 5 seasons!

Once you have qualified/transferred you can purchase shirt badges directly from your association treasurer or direct from the referee department at hampden (not the shop). The Hampden shop is the only place to get the official kit, currently selling 2016-18 version as SFA have not yet...

I recently purchased some custom made write on cards from the states (not sure if I am allowed to post link/pics of the cards), cost a wee bit more than usual but well worth it. It came with a white card, home on one side away on the other, with enough spaces for goals to be recorded, subs and...

Swearing in itself is not a card. It is not our job to be the 'nice' police or enforce some ideal or supposed social norm. The world has changed and even if we don't like swearing it has become more socially acceptable than it was even 15-20 years ago. This is one of the reasons that in the...

will blank skins be available any time soon?

Any movement on this idea???? @Ross

An interesting example of how to handle dissent and mass confrontations in 1980s Scottish football. Watch from about 7mins50 seconds until 12 mins Not sure I will be trying that method of isolating offenders!

I didn't like the kit when I saw the early pictures, but having seen it properly I quite like it. Would have preferred the SFA to go for the red version instead of the blue though

You could try double sided tape, much easier to manage than Velcro!

Sounds like a difficult game, we all have them from time to time and sounds like you dealt with it well. However can I ask under what criteria you were going to abandon the game... persistent dissent and players complaining are not valid reasons imo for an abandonment. Abandonment must...

It seems that the SFA have changed their stance and coaching on the matter of head butting and motioning to headbutt. The information below has been taken directly from the SFA extranet site. Apparently an incident like this should now be a yellow where as previously it would have been deemed...

Obviously it should have been a straight red, but I am very surprised by the lack of player reaction

Scotch magic tape

Scotch magic tape, used it a few times and works fine with pencil.

No, the ball doesn't have to be in play to blow for full time

@jofusref Google 'scotch magic tape' Used it a few times but now but didn't really like it. Back to using a book!!!

Unfortunately I wouldn't be interested in something like this as in the majority of the games I am involved in, I am required to submit the goal scorer and time for each goal. I would be interested to hear what other types of things you are working on!