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Agree with the Red Card Dave 87.........but just think........if you'd played an advantage to the opponents (for the swearing offence) and they'd continued downfield and scored.........and THEN you'd come back and dismissed him...........I reckon that assessor would purr like a Cheshire cat...

Control being the operative word Rich

Just add defending free kicks from anywhere inside the penalty area and goal kicks : Leaves the penalty area INTO the field of play M Marve If it's booted out across the goal line, but BEFORE it leaves thepenalty area, retake mate..........piece of cake being a referee!

If he flicked it up and headered it himself he's attempting to circumvent the law, irrespective of whether the gk handles the ball or not, the offence is what he did, when he did it. Yellow card and an IDF from where he did the trick is the order of the day, subject to the Goal Area clause of...

Oddly enough, there is a passage somewhere that says you can't caution for simulation if ANY contact has been made, even if you think he's made a dogs dinner of it, he has to go down untouched and clearly trying to con you before you can caution him If you see it as a foul, give it, if you see...

'Backpass' doesn't really exist in all fairness, it's an any direction pass to the goal keeper by a team mate with anything below the knee, including a throw in. The player who kneels to nudge it or worse still lay down and head it to circumvent the law is already catered for in L13 One to...

Just as a matter of interest: I'm now a level 5 referee born and living in Oxfordshire, I have been an FA Licenced Referee Instructor for nearly 20 years. Does any county FA or local RA out there offer their referee colleagues specific 'Coaching for Assistants? I'm trying to put together a...

Being an oldie, I still prefer my old ACME thunderers which I've had for donkeys years, metal, with a pea, but I do have Fox 40's also. Fox's just need a wash under a tap, but the Acme (even plastic) takes a bit of care cleaning if they've been in the mud. Lanyards, the loose RA type, are a...

Mirrorings a good idea, if it's done quickly enough without helping either team tactically. I always ask my colleague on the so-called 'dead line' behind me when I'm facing a corner kick to monitor the 85% I'm not directly looking at, and I'll have any mischief spotted off of them, 75 yards...