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I stand corrected and shall read full OPs in the future :)

Shin pads are a rather different topic involving safety. Corner flags are for our convenience. I’ll go with ifab guidelines on this one. Hope my observers are up to speed on these.

Nobody going for offside based on “gaining an advantage by being in an offside position following a deflection off an opponent” ? (Pg 98) My flag would be up here.

Yes*. *If the game is at grassroots level ifab calls this out in the LOTG good book as an example of spirit of the game.

Interesting - my tracking looks more like @GraemeS. All of my reds last year were S7 except for two that came in the final game (both DOGSO-H...from the same team btw!) Year before it was all S7 except one OFFINABUS and one excess force tackle. I have a lot of guys in that spreadsheet on...

Yeeesh. What a nightmare scenario I had exactly the SPA scenario @JamesL described a few weeks ago. It was on the left wing so I blew for the “SPA” foul and started running over - even reached into my pocket which I often do to signal what’s coming and reduce the noice from the offended team...

Yes but you are cautioning for “Unsporting behaviour” in LOTG and in admin...the secondary codes are for analysis and tracking by the FA. Don’t get me wrong though - if they are going to do these tracking codes they should have super clear/simple descriptions for things we see every week...

On the flip side...had a CAR in a Sunday match last year...he was surprisingly v good. Clear/decisive signals, well up with play, right where he needed to be on a few tight GK/Corner decisions. My brief to CARs is to never get involved in fouls and misconuct/pens/handball etc - he followed the...

Under control and decided o release.

Ah this one - I was picked up for not calling this on my very first assessment. If the ball is spinning excessively it is unlikely to have been thrown with both hands over the head. More likely one hand more than the other to get distance and spin as a result. This is what I was told. For me...

Ya this is the thing - save vs control. Happened in my match today it was a save but it lasted quite long. Definitely not parried to his feet. Then dribbled and picked it up. I gave the IDFK. My judgement was that although it was a save he had it well under control. I don’t have to tell you...

Well done getting stuck in. Hope you enjoyed parts of it. Trust me - we all had this type of story starting out. Don’t worry too much about the headers/jumping/“in the back ref”...it comes with experience. Positioning will help - and that will also come with experience +...

GK saves the ball by catching it in his stomache area, drops it relatively quickly to his feet, dribbles a bit, picks it up and throws it to one of his players. Decision?

It sounds ridiculous the way it’s written but as @Big Cat says check a trade trophy is essentiallly a reserve league cup. It’s borederline a friendly and full of U23 teams. It should not count as time served...but I could actually see logic in letting him play it. Not being able to play and not...

Not to keep score in debate club but you can't write a post questioning actual data and then throw in a theory with no data whatsoever to back it up. It's an interesting point regarding referees potentially avoiding it but if we allow ourselves to consider that possibility we can't dismiss the...

I tried to remain open minded on sin bin despite some concerns about whether it would have any impact at all on dissent never mind the logistical concerns. However I have been through the data from my county trial and as you point out, it's compelling. Dissent is down overall by a lot and there...

Started in early 30s...38 now. Strangely I've always wanted to be a referee even growing up in Canada watching American Football, Baseball, Football etc I always thought the referee role was fascinating. Life, Career etc took over and I only got around to properly getting into it in my 30s. If I...

Excellent guidelines. Thanks.

Law - players are not meant to handle the ball. It's the players responsibility not to handle the ball - if, in the opinion of the referee a handball was deliberate or the player did not move his hand(s) out of the way when he could of reasonably been expected to or was easily capable of doing...