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Here's a scenario; attacker is fouled right in front of the "dugouts" but the ball is travelling forwards the penalty area. I see another attacker rushing towards the ball, should he get there he would be 1-1 with the keeper and in an obvious goal scoring position. I shout play-on advantage...

Gave a penalty today, for me it was a nailed on handball Ball crossed in from the right, defender twists his body and plays the ball with the top of his arm (where the arm meets the shoulder!) For me its a banker of a penalty but the usual "its his shoulder ref" etc If you don't want the ref to...

I suppose it was a had to be there moment but... ball was in flight around head height, striker went to head it defender went to boot it, striker saw defenders boot so "pulled out", both missed the ball, no contact made between players there was no penalty, apologies I got myself confused as...

no not a typo but more a bad attempt at sarcasm. There was absolutely no contact, the striker pulled his head away prior to any contact being made but still dived to the floor holding his head

OA game yesterday, 3 officials and I was appointed as AR. Stripes v Greens, stripes play the ball into the box and green player raises his foot to head height in attempt to clear the ball. Stripes attacker goes to header, both miss the ball and no contact is made by green player, ref blows and...

When I played, I was a goalkeeper who was sent off for handball outside the box. A throw in was taken and I jumped to punch the ball as I knew I was going to land near the edge or outside of the box. I was shown a red card Oddly I was the substitute gk, the starting gk was also sent for...

of course i imply this was the first time the GK had been "out of the area" but for all I know it could have been 2/3 time

I had the pleasure of being AR for a cup semi final this weekend. However, one instruction I am often given is regarding gk kicking from hands and usually consists of "if no one appeals for it have a quiet word and try to manage it". Now I know this is goes against the Laws of the game as...

very competitive orange v yellows ending in a 2-2 draw however one incident sticks in my mind; Oranges were in a period of good play, working the ball into the penalty area. Yellow gk comes out to block and then makes a second block and ends up on his chest, he then reaches out to grab the ball...

sorry if this seems like a daft question but probably like a few referees on here I have a referee wallet which holds my pencil, match cards and both my YC & RC. This the lives in my top pocket Where does everyone else keep their "bits". I ask as if I wanted to use a pen instead of a pencil...

maroon v yellow a decent encounter with both teams being equally matched 1st half, I see a foul and signal advantage. The ball is played forward to the striker who is offside so I pull it back for the free kick as no advantage has accrued 2nd half, home team 2-0 down and another foul occurs...

when I referee I always do the best I can and interpret the laws of the game correctly and appropriately. Sometimes this means I apply sanctions using both my yellow and red cards when required I always send in any discipline and match cards on time and correctly However, I had heard players...

game today red v blue, red plays a long ball from left back forwards into the blue penalty area Red player clearly being held down (imagine someone climbing on another persons back), red player isn't being prevented from winning the ball as it's been over hit so I cut the grass along with a big...

Does anyone ever get the "urge" to go back playing? The standard of football in some games is woeful and makes me consider returning to the other side!

Stopped the game yesterday due to a head injury as ball was in play I restarted with a drop ball It took 4 attempts to get the game restarted Drop 1 - Red volleys ball before it hits the ground Drop 2 - Red volleys ball before it hits the ground Drop 3 - red change player, blue volleys ball...

Forgive me forum for I have sinned. Refereed a match between whites and yellows. Whites 2 divisions higher and their extra quality was obvious throughout and soon raced into a 4-0 lead. 2nd half yellows only come out with 10 as one player had "food poisoning" and they had already used all...

Had a similar issue with in my local league; it was an external cup game which as I understood was standard 3 from 5 subs, ET and Pens. Prior the game starting one of the managers informed me it was roll on/roll off subs, I wasn't convinced but a quick meet between the 2 managers, skippers and...

This is why we always struggle, without paying crazy money, to attract decent managers to the job. The FA want a yes man nothing else, soemone who will play the players they pick from the clubs they decide. Its why we see the same squads with the same players picked under different managers...

I have been sent off twice since the age of 9 when i started playing competitive sport, both times I was hugely disappointed and both times I thought the decision to be wrong but both times I left the field of play without a whisper as I knew that the referee was never going to change his mind...

Saturdays game had me wondering if a 0 tolerance approach should be adopted to dissent. the obvious "you are x ref, or XXXX Off ref" warrant an appropriate card as its direct However the less direct dissent such as questioning of every decision, indirectly making comments about a decision etc...