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Does anyone have the link to view the techincal videos on the FA Community website? Or is it only available for L4's and above?

If they're approaching in a reasonable manner then I'm more than happy to have a reasonable conversation. Had in instance in a game this season where I sent off a coach for entering the FOP during a small confrontation to start shoving and dish out verbals to a player from the opposition. He...

Thoughts on the GK challenge? Should be a red card IMO

Without any shadow of a doubt the single most annoying comment a player/coach makes at you when being an AR Usually happens after R has blown a decision absolutely miles away from me :mad:

Always take the name, always report the name given Check teamsheets after game to ensure player is on there, ultimately the number against them isn't always reliable (check competition rules if it is a requirement that numbers are correct, and if league asks for them to be reported, then do...

Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offender is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g...

I think once you commit to the foul from the defender here you have to also commit to DOGSO - no other defenders anywhere near, dead central and ball well within playing distance. Perhaps lucky it was an academy game, if you make the same decision in an open age game you'll have murder here...

Did you also send off the yellow defender for DOGSO?

Feel a bit of sympathy for you here because of the way they both end up on the floor with one player holding the ball you have to make some kind of decision. Better a soft defensive free kick than a soft penalty

I've seen referees taking a cop out from using the sin bin by cautioning for AA but this is a new one

Ultimately it doesn't really matter, this incident has to happen inside the penalty area of the goalkeepers team, and as such they are highly unlikely to score directly from the resulting free kick (direct or indirect) The section of law you have quoted is under Indirect Free Kick so that...

Ref Stop posted yesterday about the Black/Volt tracksuits & training wear are being ditched by the PGMOL and the black/grey combination will take over from next season as the 'official' colourway

I think common sense applies here - it is not a mandatory caution, but there is enough framework within what's written in the laws of the game to issue a caution if required, likewise there is also enough for you not to issue one. As the referee, you have to judge on the merits of the incident...

If an offence involves contact, it is penalised by a direct free kick. All verbal offences are penalised with an indirect free kick If an offence occurs when the ball is not in play, this does not change how play is restarted.

No because a coin is a coin and not a shinguard.

I base my argument on reading what is written in black and white in the LOTG. Your argument is based on reordering the words written to suit your argument and your personal opinion of what you feel is the 'intended' wording, without knowing what actually is intended as you're not part of IFAB...

It wouldn't - because it would still refer to the material that the shinguards were made out of...

Restart definitely incorrect, contested drop balls are no longer a thing - if you're awarding a dropped ball, it must be uncontested to the team who last had possession of the ball. In practice, I can see how a drop ball is the 'best' outcome here, particularly at lower levels. However...

Whatever has been written previously is irrelevant at this moment in time - we can only apply the laws as they are written in current form. There could be an argument that IFAB deliberately removed the wording of "shall afford a reasonable degree of protection" 1) because it is incredibly...

With regards to the handball decision - at the point of making the call, what could have happened afterwards shouldn't be your consideration (for the time being), focus purely on the handling of the ball. The laws of the game give us 2 points to consider in this instance. - Did the defender...