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Having just retaken the course after 22 years of non reffing, I do remember being taught to explain what the caution was for, hence the comment ' well you are'. He got a second yellow from me on the day anyway and everyone was nice after that. Nowadays I'd just state dissent and we probably...

I find it slightly odd that the FA instruct the ref to 'coach' a player with a second throw in should the first be a foul throw, as we're not qualified coaches at u9-11 football. But it is ridiculous to hear a coach who is reffing to call his defence to step up to get an offside. That ref/coach...

How would people deal with a player who said 'you're a bloody joke ref' and when you explained why you were cautioning him (25 years ago) for saying you're a bloody joke ref, he replied, 'well you are'. Would you give a second yellow?

I do enjoy your comments CM. I was playing devils advocate a bit because that was the suggestion made by a FL AR for a similar incident at a recent RA meeting. The assessor noted red though which I was pleased to hear.

How about, he pulled out of the challenge, didn't go with his studs, just a bit reckless.

This annoys me as it is a fundamental health and safety issue in that your concentration and focus can't be 100% on the refereeing of the game if you are also telling players what to do and where to go (which they shouldn't be doing anyway). The FA also says not to coach whilst reffing even in a...

Having previously qualified 26 years ago and gone back to playing, I’ve just been through the local referee course to re-qualify and have now been let loose (the course is very quick these days). I find offside a very poorly explained law. While the course covered the basics, it didn’t cover...

Thanks for all the previous answers. Just to get my thinking right, it makes sense to me for the AR to actually flag from the 2nd last defender because that is where the AR should be spending most of his time, but it also makes sense for the AR to then run towards the place where the offside...

But this is happening in every televised game.

LOTG clearly state the offside offence occurs when the player in the offside position plays/touches the ball etc. Therefore the IFK is taken from where the offence occurs, including potentially the offender's own half. The FA website even includes a question that confirms their own half. Why...