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I thought DOGSO was only red for non footballing challenges such as handball, pulling the jerseys etc and that genuine attempts were only yellow even if DOGSO? Not the best tackle in the world but to me it looks like he timed his interception poorly on a genuine attempt

This exactly. I've got 4 games this Sunday, I have ambition to proceed but this is getting tiring.

What has the referee seen so that he hasn't awarded a PK in that video? I'd like to think I'd give a PK and yellow card at the least. I know it isn't the subject of the thread title but I'd love to know if anyone does. Often times we see something that just hasn't happened but here I have seen...

Reminds me of that time I was refereeing an U11 match a few yrs ago, random throw in and all of a sudden both coaches ran onto the pitch from both touchlines and attacked each other in the middle. They were followed by their assistants, parents and wives/girlfriends all taking lumps out of one...

I see refcoach has decided it is a red for the red player (VC) and yellow for the white (delaying restart)

And if you are going to penalise someone for kicking an opponent across the shins at high speed and with excessive force how is that justified by a sanction for USB rather than SFP or violent conduct? Not being funny, genuinely trying to understand how USB was decided to be the offence...

I'd like to know what exact offence the yellow card to the red player was given for? Surely if it is for the obvious kick the only card can be red I'd say: Red for the red player Yellow for the white player and warning of thin ice for the rest of the game Yellow for the red player's buddy who...

I think we have all had those games where we are just wishing the time away. The bit about stopping talking to players because it promotes more whinging is also true sometimes, been there!

I experience this first hand nearly every match and it couldn't be more true. My threshold for engaging with the managers is very high, unless they have gotten personal, stepped onto the FOP or are yelling so aggressively that it can't go unpunished then I am not talking to them and as Kes says...

Exactly, put it this way, if they'd been angels and were playing football up until say the 80th minute and one person said that, I don't see myself having given a red. Though if a referee told me that was said to them in a quiet game and they gave a red, I couldn't say they reacted incorrectly...

As far as I'm concerned, the law only requires that something be offensive, insulting or abusive. What if I had confidence issues concerning my height and he hit a nerve by saying that? I don't actually, I'm only about 6 ft, but what if I did? I suppose my point is what we interpret as insulting...

Unfortunately it was said as "how was I offside you f***ing lamppost?" .. which earned him a red. Dissent crept into the game during the 2nd half, yellows didn't have the desired effect so the context of it cemented the red decision for me.

I got called a "lamppost" yesterday after denying an offside goal .. it gets more bizarre by the day

Is it possible some of these fans pay to enter to simply abuse the ref and have a rowdy night? I know in most places I referee you get a cohort of spectators every now and again who are not affiliated to any team. They are simply there to yell abuse at you at every opportunity. Then there is the...

I accept asking paying patrons to leave a ground is likely unpractical, hence why I recommended he find out with his league what he can do in such situations. I know for fact in our league we are to sanction coaches for the behavior of the parents of their players, if I write a report detailing...

First of all I will say well done. It sounds to me like you gave your absolute best and in the face of the worst abuse managed to keep your cool and uphold the laws as best as you saw them. Everyone here has had these types of games and as painful as they are, they are the ones we learn the most...

@Justylove Thanks for that. All learning points are noted. A reason I thought to give it was because at the point of contact she was perpendicular to the goal facing the touchline if that makes sense. So at that angle her forearm being raised out from her stomach area exacerbated the situation...

The arm was bending upwards as you'd have a broken arm in a sling, it wasn't pressed tightly on the body, the elbow maybe was touching the body but the rest of the forearm was at an angle to the stomach area. My instant thought was football expects an offense here, I got no complaints from...

An example from my own game recently. A player taking a shot from about 5 yards outside the centre of the penalty area, about 4 defenders lined up in front. One defender jumps as the shot is made and swings around in the air, the ball bounces off their arm. I gave the free kick. What would...

Based on first hand experience I am not so sure I would agree with that assertion. How far away were you? It's possible you didn't hear all of what was said, sometimes players say stuff quietly to us as they pass us by that only we can hear