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I thought I'd already asked this question but now I can't find it. My son is likely to be doing the course this year and so I did the new online LOTG modules to see what they were like. I got one question 'wrong'. There was a clip of a defender sliding to block a shot. The ball hits her leg...

I'm asking this in my capacity as a referee secretary rather than as a referee. We have a GK in one of our teams who has Tourette's syndrome and it makes him very sweary. This came to light after a match played while a children's event was happening at the ground. The home club complained and...

What do we think of this challenge on Saka yesterday?

In Law 3 it says that a player who has received attention on the pitch for an injury must leave the FOP. If they refuse, it's a caution for USB. If they still refuse, is it a second caution?

I gave a DFK 25 yards out. I tell the attacker to wait for my whistle. I count out 10 yards for the wall and a defender says "he's moved the ball". So I pace back out from the wall to the ball and the attacker has moved the ball forward 2 yards. Caution for USB? Restart?

How long ago was it that the Law 4 was changed such that you could no longer wear jewellery taped up, it had to come off? Reason I ask is that I'm virtually certain some of the players who pretend not to know they can't tape it up were born after that change.

I know that referees under the age of 16 can only referee age groups 2 years or more below them. Is there a similar limit for being an AR?

I'm on friendly tomorrow involving teams from step 5 which is higher than I would normally do during the season. It's on a 4G surface. It's forecast to be 45mph winds. I have heard a rule of thumb that if the ball will not stay still you shouldn't play. Aside from the very obvious question of...

Two quick questions on LOTG 2023/24: 1. When were they first published? 2. Do they still do a printed edition?

So if a player is cautioned for excessive celebration of a goal and the goal is ruled out, does the caution get recinded?

This happened in my game today. Attacker making progress towards the goal, defender chasing. Just outside the area there's a shoulder into the back which unbalances the attacker. I'm raising my whistle to my mouth, I'm not going to blow immediately in case the attacker rides the challenge and...

A striker shoots. While the ball is still in play the GK commits a foul on him which is SFP. The ball goes into the goal. Can you play advantage, award the goal, and then dismiss the GK?

I'm sure this has been discussed before but I can't find it, and the FA guidance I can find is a bit ambiguous. Apologies for the repetition. A player in the sin bin commits a further act of dissent. What's the procedure?

This happened to me on Saturday. Very wet conditions, a lot of sliding tackles, nothing naughty, and a relaxed match. A sliding tackle goes in, one-footed, studs showing, arrives late, some contact, player stays on his feet. The defender apologises immediately. I issue a caution. No...

A long time ago when I was being observed I awarded an IDFK for "playing in a dangerous manner". It was a classic high foot. There was very light contact with the opponent, but I didn't think it merited being called a kick or trip. My observer told me it can't be indirect if there's contact...

A 9-year-old was killed last year during a training session having been struck by lightening. I can see a fair bit of reasonably consistent advice from elsewhere in the world regarding what to do if there's lightening during football: if there's less then 30 seconds between the lightening and...

I'm guessing most people here won't have seen the game yet, but you'll want to record MOTD. All sorts of officiating questions. Penalty given against Arsenal after a VAR check for handball. (Nailed on HB.) But was an offside missed in the buildup? Does VAR check for offsides in the buildup to a...

What do we think?

The only official documents from the FA that I can find on this seem to be very out of date, I'm looking specifically for - the updated guidance on ball sizes per age group - whether at U9/10 goal kick with a retreat line the ball is live when it moves or when it leaves the PA I've got the...

I've been given a line on (what I assume is) a preliminary round of the FA Vase. Home team plays at Step 5. What's the dress code? Do I need jacket & tie?