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I stumbled across this youtube video today and saw the referee had a chat with the players of each team before the game. Is this common? I've not seen this before in the games where I have been AR so I wonder if it was due to the nature of the cup game? I've started the link at the beginning of...

For youth football there is a requirement for at least 2 coaches to be present due to safeguarding requirements.

Just out of curiosity, what do you say to a player when you are sending them off for a tackle like this?

Thanks everyone. Sounds like I got the first one correct and some room for improvement on the second incident which I’ll work on next time it happens.

A couple of incidents from today which I’d love to hear your thoughts on. The first incident happened from a corner. The ball gets sent in to the penalty area and the attacker drops his head slightly for a header (it was brave but I wonder if he’d do that again) and the defender kicks him in...

Devil's advocate - what happens if the disagreement between the coach and the player delays the penalty being taken? Perhaps a yellow for delaying the restart of play?

Would it not be fair to say that the decision whether to prosecute is taken AFTER the police interviews and therefore AFTER he has been arrested? It seems like he hasn't been arrested so it's not even got so far as the CPS deciding whether they could prosecute him.

People seem outraged by the ban being 10 years. That's a long time. If he doesn't play, although I'm sure there is a good chance he will under a different name or an unregulated event, then he has missed playing competitive football during the prime years of his life. That's a lot of time to...

Interested to hear the thoughts of other members as to whether this is DOGSO? Note that this is a friendly. In my opinion it's a clear DOGSO as there is no attempt to play the ball. However, I'd also be interested to hear how this situation should be handled/managed specifically in a...

I think you handled it correctly then, good work.

Sounds like you got it spot on. A couple of questions I can think of: 1) How close was the striker to the keeper? Did the manager have a case to say he was close enough to suddenly be in a position where he was interferring? 2) Would it have been better to acknowledge the offside by a thumbs up...

Does anyone know if any of the academies have restarted following COVID-19? Many grass roots teams are now playing but I suspect the academy setups are a bit more difficult to maintain social distancing. The local lower division academies around me in Essex haven't yet restarted (not that I...

This could put a lot of people in an incredibly difficult position. Imagine being the only person on the pitch not taking a knee. I referee for fun and would rather stay away from politics. I’d like to think I treat everyone with respect regardless of their skin colour or beliefs or region. I’d...

Interesting and makes perfect sense. Perhaps the ref genuinely didn’t know how to proceed and the story ran away from Itself. I hope it doesn’t compromise justice being served.

Why do you think that just out of interest? I’m not having a dig at you but it seems based on your opinion the ref either keeps it quiet and the player gets banned/prosecuted OR it gets publicised so more people become aware of it in the mainstream media but not both. In fairness to the ref it...

Here is the incident: https://streamable.com/q8679n

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the comments. Obviously it was a bit of a shock seeing that this player had a nasty injury which will keep him out for some time. The pictures weren't very pleasant and the team felt aggrieved that such an injury didn't warrant at least a caution hence why they...

This morning I saw a familiar face appear on twitter and clicked through to their profile. Long story short, there was a comment about a serious injury happening during a game from a couple of months back and I realised that I refereed the game. The comment wasn't offensive, it was purely...

The camera angle is poor but given how the ref reacts (straight for the red) and the green number 8, I'd be inclined to believe their reaction suggests the red is correct.

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