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Actually, I also do it on direct free kicks near goal. I mark the distance and tell the defenders to check with their keeper. As soon as I do, I move away slowly and ask the keeper is he happy. If I don't get an almost immediate yes, I tell him I'm about to blow the whistle. It doesn't cost any...

In a similar fashion, if I stop the game for a serious/head injury or other reason that results in a break of 60+ seconds and the restart is a dropped ball, when I restart I give a loud shout for everyone to be ready.

I do it and as you're shouting to each keeper, its a good way of letting everyone on the pitch and side know the game is about to start. It gives people an opportunity to ask me to hold up for a few seconds while they tie laces etc.

Obviously hard to say what it would be in the Prem as standards are different (and not in a good way). For me, that happens in any of my games, and I'm showing red.

Would the decision be any different if the Coventry player did not have the ball? If Ryan Woods lunged in on an opposition player who was running to support an attack and took him down the same way. Would that be a red?

Maybe you have a better view from that high horse of yours, but a clue in the still? I don't see i) the referee or ii) the sanction. My point is quite simple - a shirt pull could be deemed excessive force in certain circumstances.

I can see a way a shirt pull could be a red, even from that still. A player gets pulled by the jersey and ends up going down in a heap because of the speed he is moving or an injury to the neck - I'll consider red.

Thanks folks. I get the point about "finding a foul", but I think this is somewhat of a cop out - its basically saying (privately) that one team won a corner but because I messed up the call as a referee but corrected myself, I will unfairly penalise the team who won the corner. Seems very...

Folks - interested in your feedback on this on that happened to me on Saturday. By myself doing an U18 Premier 1st (red) vs 4th (blue) place game. I've ref'ed both before a few times. Red team are all moaners, including the side line and spectators. If the ball goes out on the side line that...

Agree with Justy. In my coaching days, many of the players on my u10 team were actually crying because of the cold and they couldn't feel their fingers. Their health was at risk and the referee continued to play. I was not impressed. An interesting one maybe that's has cropped up recently for...

I really struggled with this idea of deliberately playing the ball for a long time. What my mind kept picturing was the defender deliberately playing the ball to the attacker who was in the offside position. To me, that sounds fair enough. Of course, this is not in the book which states: "A...

I use a Fenix 6x Pro with Refsix App. GPS is not particularly accurate but its solid as anything and typical battery life is 21 days.

Pet peeve of mine - someone shouts "how is he". Often my reply is "he's grand, otherwise i would have blown my whistle".

I guess the tone of the thread is that people can find a reason to issue a yellow, and are using the codes as a way to justify the decision rather than the actual laws of the game. I've no issue with this tbh, but there are folks who say it has to be a yellow, whereas I don't think it is as...

I'm still no wiser as to what law a yellow could be furnished. Possibly USB, shows a lack of respect for the game?

While it could be dissent, I'm not sure how anyone but the player could know whether booting the ball away was an act of protest against a previous decision or one of relief or joy at being on the verge of conceding to that of doubling the lead. Maybe the player made a comment or gave Standard a...

James - just to help those less experienced, can you explain what part of SFP this falls under? BTW: from my view, the contact was with the feet of the attacker rather than the back of the legs. If this is the case, would it change your mind red/yellow?

I admire the referee for issuing the red, but I don't think many referees would do the same. I'm trying to understand how he came to decision using the laws of the game (as opposed to it being something many people just agree with). Deliberate clipping the heels of someone from behind happens...

Agree with Graeme. I actually don't approach anyone after the game as you never know how people feel, win, lose or draw. I sent someone off the weekend (u18) for OFFINABUS directed at another player and the lad came up and apologised after the game. I told him I told him I understood why he done...

Reminds me of a recent game of mine. U18 where Red were hammering Blue and Blue players were going down injured just to get a break. Score was "only" 6-0 at half time but Red were dominating and taking pot shots for a laugh. Then Red GK start doing his FIFA impression - drop the ball and start...