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I never need leggings, the combination of short legs and too large a waist means there's hardly any gap between my shorts and socks :)

Herrerra's reaction to the first yellow could have warranted a second one.

I don't do it for the money, but I wouldn't do it for free. I referee my son's U12 home games, I did the course earlier this year because it's something I've always wanted to do and my son's team didn't have a regular referee. I charged them £10 a game instead of the usual £14 + travel and...

Generally they are but you can sometimes find a size guide on the website. I'll often email to check sizes when I'm buying clothes and if they don't reply, I wont trust them with my order.

Check if these are supplied as part of your course, but they should have told you already. When I did my course in Sheffield last year we had to get our own so will depend on the CFA. If they aren't supplied as part of the course get a Fox40 or acme thunderer whistle. On the course, if you...

Agree with Xpositer, stay well clear, observing and whistling as loud as possible. Not only is there a danger of you catching a wayward punch, as soon as you touch a player, even when you're just pulling them apart, you risk making yourself a target for their parents, a ref laying a finger on...

Only having one coach there for junior football is potentially a safeguarding issue in itself (if you follow the guidance to the letter and don't apply the common sense rule)

It's overboard, and if I do have to do it, I never tell the ref that I'm qualified. I always put my kit in the car for my lad's away games though, you can almost guarantee you'll end up doing one game a season when the ref doesn't turn up, I've done 2 this season. I always prefer when the ref...

I do a lot of u12 football, and you have to remember that despite their bravado they can still relatively immature so they still start crying sometimes when they're injured. My rule of thumb is if they're crying or scream as they go down, or it's heads, I'm blowing up straight away unless...

That's the message I was getting earlier but got on ok a couple of hours ago

Just tried logging in but I can't, is it just me or is the site down?

I might be alone thinking that isn't a trick, if he'd flicked the ball up and headed it yes it would be, but it's not against the laws to head the ball when on the ground. This is the relevant part of law 12, (the previous line is shows a lack of respect for the game which could also be...

Did the keeper get his hand on the ball for Scunthorpe's first goal?

Cheers, just spoke to my brother who's also a ref and that's what he said. I'll put what was said in an email.

Did a junior game this morning and after the game one of the parents told me that one of their players had been racially abused and was in tears. They didn't give any more detail than that, I just replied that I hadn't seen or heard anything so unfortunately there wasn't much I could do other...

There's no right and wrong way with regards to using cards so it really is your choice at that age group but just be prepared for the kids bursting into tears when the card comes out, my only advice would be to make sure the manager's know in advance that's what you're going to do as in my...

It was just a discussion of experiences so far, a very interesting and useful session, my games have been relatively incident free but always good to hear how others are getting on and how they've dealt with incidents. I'd already sat and passed the exam back in October so I'm now a level 7...

I've done my 6 games and I've got my call back evening tomorrow night, can anyone tell me what happens at this one and if I need to take anything with me? I emailed the RDO last week but haven't had a reply, I'll chase it up tomorrow but thought someone on here might know.

Had a day off from reffing today as went to watch my 11 year old play but picked up some useful tips from the man in the middle 1. Turn up 10 minutes before kick off 2. Wear a blue shirt 3. Check the nets were attached to the posts but totally ignore the big hole in the back of the net the ball...

Only watched the 1st half, I think the 2 red decisions he made were correct in law but because all of the major decisions went Forest's way, 2 pens & red cards, 1 dead cert pen & 1 debatable pen for handball both not given plus a soft disallowed goal), you could understand why the barcodes were...