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I personally have no issue with VAR being used in one game and not another, like others have said it's the same for both teams. I said as much to a friend last season who pointed out it does affect other teams in the way (using the Swansea v City game above as an example) that one team drew City...

I go with the answer already given "i'll pretend you didn't ask that." luckily, with managers I ref regularly they have no issue and i'd like to think respect the decision. I tend to find it can be a mgr I've not seen before, therefore they're trying their luck

Totally agree with the above, a non-issue for me. Don't advertise the fact, remain impartial and professional as i'm sure you are and there's nothing to see here.

i had one where a player was on the halfway line going the wrong way with 3 players pressing him hard and he complained when i gave the foul. I replied, "you got 3 players on you and you're going the wrong way player" his response to that was "have you not seen how good i am?" that response is...

5/5 for me, nothing controversial there.

Someone's a little delicate flower this morning

you'll find it hard to have a discussion with many refs then, as that was never a clear penalty on Jesus

well done on getting through the game and agree you've been stitched up getting such a tough game 1st up. I know it's not massively important but i wonder how both teams knew you were newly qualified. I never divulged this when i was and if someone did comment "are you knew" i just replied "to...

I remember watching this in Amsterdam on a stag do, must have been 2006, cracking game for the neutral.

How do you know what your club marks are game by game?

Yesterday I had an incident (in an U18's game) where the home forward blew up with 2 mins to go claiming the away cpt had squeezed his cheeks. I did not see said attack on the home player's posterier but luckily managed to calm the incident by giving them both a strong talking to and I'd be...

I've always wondered why ref's aren't allocated to the highest age groups first and filtered down. U18's are going to be a lot more physical and the opportunity for a tackle to cause harm at that age is much greater than U11's etc. Yet, even after stating I prefer to do the older age groups and...

I've done a lot of youth games over the years varying from U8's right through to U18's. What I will say is the younger the age the less force there's going to be in a mistimed tackle and the players can often "ride" the challenge. My advice would be: don't be too quick on the whistle, give...

My 1st thought when reading the OP was "what if someone deliberately runs into the ref to get a dropped ball awarded?" This has since been discussed and you mention not deliberate but accidental. If someone runs into the side or back of me how am I meant to determine if that was deliberate or an...

I've only ever had 1 issue with BACS payments where the away team wouldn't answer any of messages etc. They were 1 team in a big club so I emailed the club secretary and quite bluntly expressed my disappointment in having to chase my match fee, 1st time i've ever had to do it and it gives the...

I agree with what everyone has already added. I came into reffing later (after finishing playing) and still found it hard initially to draw the line. I eventually did show a card in a fiesty U12's game in which the goalkeeper of the home team ended up with a nasty tackle going in on him. The way...

The foot is dangled but the spread eagled dive is awful and makes Moss' mind up for him

I agree this is a legal minefield with storage of data and recording children etc etc and they all need to be resolved, if they can, before this even gets thought about. But the issue around people being attacked for the footage is an urban myth. I worked in retail for years and had to wear...

I had this happen in an academy game not too long ago. Shot was hit hard and straight, to me it appeared to hit the post and fly back out. Defender caught it and rolled it back to the keeper. Luckily, I took a second to process what i'd just seen and in that time everyone retreated to the...

That's a tackle (if you can call it that) made out of utter embarrassment at that touch.