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I suppose my question is, ultimately - is everything there correct in law.

Situation today. Keeper from team A collects ball in hands, player from team B and keeper come together and the following happens: Player Team B runs past keeper and gives him a little nudge there’s contact but not a huge amount - keeper from team A then kicks out slightly (more of a trip)...

Be interesting to know what prompted the VAR intervention. Did any of the onfield officials see it and ask the question? Without VAR it appears that no one would have batted an eyelid and just played on, seems unnecessary for me. One of those as a referee you wish you had never been sent to...

As Rusty said, this would be something for the league to decide/ sort out. I am unsure as I have never been on a league committee. I would imagine you would have to prove, in law, that the referee made decisions that effected the outcome of the game, that is going to be very difficult unless...

Completely agree this seems very bad practice to me and entirely avoidable from what you have described.

As a vice - chairman of a club, I used to referee my team’s fixtures - albeit - development football, simply because there was such a shortage of referees that finding anyone to do it was a godsend. Not saying that this applies in this case - however - we have to remember we are talking about...

I know this has been discussed multiple times but to save brining up an old thread.. Just got a Valkeen. Previously used a Tornado 2000. I am finding the Valkeen a little bit odd sounding but when I listen to videos of how it sounds from a far it sounds great. Does anyone else think this...

I usually ask the managers if they have any questions first. Makes a chance from the same old stuff they get every match - I then say something like keep the benches tidy, subs let me know, and if you need to speak to me about anything give me 15 minutes after the game I’m more than happy to...

See I am questioning now if the kick out was just petulant as it could be argued that it wasn’t excessive force. However, in my mind, if a goalkeeper holding the ball kicks at a strikers legs, he only really has one intention, to try and cause harm, therefore VC. I understand that if it’s a...

We also should consider the victims here as well. If I watched my child be a victim of violent conduct on a football pitch I would expect an appropriate sanction. Likewise if I saw my child witness some foul language towards a referee I would like my child to witness the sanctions applied to...

I see no harm in explaining to an under 10 that that sort of behaviour means that you would recieve a red card in a game of football and therefore face the following sanctions.. including not playing in the game and potentially future ones etc. you do not necessarily need to physically show a...

I do think times have changed now. Children are a lot more clued up, social media has fuelled this etc.. I do feel, as a teacher myself, if a child decided to tell another person to **** off on a football pitch then a red card is the only viable sanction. How you manage this is up to you based...

Useful advice thank you.

My point also being that if he kicked him in this way I assume that the reckless / excessive force doesn’t come into play with VC?

No ball to be won. Ball was in control of the keeper (in his hands ready to be released into play) I agree, the first kick which I gave the penalty for was VC on its own, before I got to make that decision he had done it a second time!

Hi all Thoughts on how I handled the below please. Ball runs through to goalkeeper, goalkeeper collects in hands, striker runs across him, keeper decides to kick the legs of the striker, I would say in a reckless way. I give penalty. Striker runs up to goalkeeper again to get the ball out of...

Promotion to what though in terms of AR? Specialist route?

Hi Do AR match observer reports mean anything at all? I got a 73.5 which I am assuming is decent. Just wondering if they are used at all in anything bar further appointments etc..

I always say to my ARs and I try and do this when I am an AR .. you’re there to assist me so do just that. Listen to the referee and ask questions if unsure. How do you do that? Focus on the basics and get those right, try to look at me when making a decisions and try to read what I am doing...

Top 5% of referees in our county get the finals and they hold a relatively good cup finals evening, inclusive meal and a good premier league referee guest speaker plus goody bag. No match fee though. It is done on nominations from the leagues that you ref in. I do still find the appointments...