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So I asked the coaches if they wanted to kick off early which would allow us to do the 2 minutes silence before the second half but they both agreed they would rather stop the game and do it. So at 10:59am I blew the whistle when the ball went out of play and we formed around the centre circle...

I had an email from my league this week... "Evening all Referees Please can we observe a 1 min silence at all games over the course of the weekend, Ideally at the start of the game. Thank you" I must admit, tomorrow's game kicks off at 10:30am and the pitch is in a residential area amongst...

Here you go: HJK disallowed goal Chatter suggests that the referee mistakenly gave a FK and gave a ghost foul to make amends?

I actually thought he signalled for the player to get up, indicating no foul...? Although they only showed it once and I wasn't really paying an awful lot of attention. :D

Certainly in cricket there is much less ambiguity. Their use of technology is perfectly suited to the sport. With rugby there is more grey area especially with the new tackling rules, but with both sports it is obvious to everyone what is going on, unlike VAR which is always veiled in secrecy.

I wonder if we will ever see YC offences carry a 10 min binning (a la rugby) where it can then be upgraded to a RC with less impact on the pace of the game.

Thanks that’s interesting to know.

I wonder if European coaches know the rules better than their English counterparts? At youth grassroots where I officiate it seems a lot of coaches here haven’t got a clue about the LOTG.

I have a metal tunnel in my ear, smallish around 6mm which I always remove (I found out the hard way when I had a bigger one that kept in as a player in a 5aside game once. The goal net decided to pull it right through the much smaller hole) I’ve had the odd comment from younger players ‘You...

So when VAR doesn’t intervene when there is a case of SFP that the referee misses (Guimaraes elbow on Jorginho) is that our fault for expecting such an intervention? Until we have transparency with regards to communication VAR is hamstrung and we know we will never get that because it would...

I'd like to see a team of ex-players / pundits officiate a game. Provided they are mic-d up of course for our entertainment.

I meant elite-level everywhere, not just England, but it's not going to happen. Pandora's VAR shaped box has been opened.

If I was a conspiracy theorist I could quite easily believe VAR was deliberately being badly implemented so that the powers that be have a reason to stop using it. In all seriousness, I don’t think there is an easy way to integrate it into the game without making some major changes to the way...

I thought it was as soon as I saw it.

Hmm bizarre, they strongly discouraged us from engaging with spectators especially so for the younger refs on the course.

For once I actually thought the slow-mo made it look 'better' than it did in real time. No force behind the outstretched leg. YC for me.

This might be the same issue I encountered a few weeks ago. The player and the subsequent offence info (in my case a single sin bin offence) didn't appear until I pressed the +add button to add another player / offence. Then it appeared with a new set of boxes for the next player / offence...

In all seriousness at what point should a referee consider hanging up their whistle if they are actively not following the LOTG? I overheard a conversation between a (supposedly) qualified referee (off duty at the time) and a parent recently where the 'referee' was spouting all sorts of rubbish...

We were advised on my recent cricket first aid course that a player should be replaced at the mere hint of concussion (eg a ball to helmet strike) as concussion may not have any symptoms. Maguire did look like he was showing signs of concussion, but yet again the professional game doesn't deal...

Hard enough to officiate and see everything that happens during the course of a game without having to also monitor acts of positive behaviour! I can see the 'Why didn't I get a white card? You gave him one!' scenarios already!