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Having been on the end of many games like this as a coach for my U7 team, the only thing you can really do is keep encouraging - praise good play when you see it, 'unlucky player,' 'good strike player', 'good save' and so on, just to do your little bit to help keep the kids going. Unfortunately...

Having coached a team of disabled footballers, I'd ask referees to behave exactly the same way they usually do. We had one young lad on our team - probably eighteen or so at the time - who had a tendency to fly into a rage when provoked. I'm not properly trained in the subject so I can't offer...

This explains why the team on Sunday was moaning at me, screaming 'you can't say 'Leave it!' I was completely baffled, and told them I hadn't said anything! It never even crossed my mind that they meant the other team. I imagine they wanted the game to be played in silence?

It's neatly covered here... Worth a watch of the whole thing!

Is anyone in or near east northants available for a bit of informal observation on a Sunday? I've tried and tried with my local FA but they just don't have the availability. I'm learning as I go but the only qualified advice I can get is running the line on Saturday. I'm happy to pay petrol plus...

Like it says on the tin, how do you manage to see everything you need to during a game? Last sunday morning I had a bit of a mare - one foul tackle that in retrospect should have been a yellow card for reckless play that I totally failed to call for (completely misjudged it - my own mistake) but...