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I had one just today. Gotta love the adult leagues..... Unbelievably whiny lot. Griping about nearly every call despite being the best team in the league. Mr. Referee decides it is a good idea to tell me "you not doing it right" and then provide a commentary on how he thinks the game should...

You won't go wrong sticking to the LOTG. There is some areas where opinions may vary on fouls and misconduct (was it careless or reckless? Was it SPA? etc.) and the CR's opinion carries the day. I don't recommend altering the application of the LOTG based upon score, time of the match, age...

Persistently questioning the referee's decisions is a form of dissent. I may explain one or two afterward but typically won't during the game. Engaging them at any length leads to bigger issues/feelings of entitlement or need for their approval. If they are polite and just didnt see the play...

I went 5/5 on test #20. The dangerous play one was very difficult. In real time from the angles the CR and AR would have had, very difficult to see no contact. Hard to pick one as the defender dropped his head AND the attacker had a very high boot. I agree with the kick going to the...

and ..... case in point as to why I wear two. My 20 month old Gshock tough solar has now stopped taking a charge (last one of these watches I had lasted about 8-9 years). I am down to just the Garmin. Time to buy another cheap watch. It didn't die during a match but easily could have.

Unless the player was off the field for injury/equipment and re-entered without permission. If so then they play down a man

Wow! That is a rotten draw for a first match. Keep your chin up and stick with it. Great call abandoning the match. I've yet to have one go that way but I am sure it will happen someday. Looking on the bright side.... the odds of you having another one like that are slim :) I'd recommend...

Thus far my experience over the last five years has been that referees who are players and managers who played at a high level can be some of the worst. The high level players turned managers typically are convinced that they know more than you do and they tend to be arrogant primadonnas who...

Covered 32.5 miles refereeing over the last 5 days. Day of recovering and watching my son play (U18)

I'm in the states. I wear a gshock on my left wrist - straight up stop watch. I wear a garmin 410 on my right in training mode which is a running timer plus GPS. As I check my watches during stoppages especially late in the half, I cant remember ever having missed the end of the half.

First game of many! Enjoy it! don't know how it is over there but here in the states, we get to the pitch ready to work at least 30 minutes before the kick off. That is just enough time to check the field, nets, players, greet managers, coin toss, stretch and have a pre-game briefing amongst...

Abolutely agree. Avoid boxing yourself in with anything like "I will call this, I won't call that, I will card for this, etc." when you don't do what you say for the rest of the game in all situations you will really hurt your credibility and game control. Make it obvious that you are...

Agree with the above. It must be addressed or other players will start in and the severity of it will increase raising the temperature of the mature. Fouls and severity of fouls will result. That being said.... if it wasn't public personal or provocative, I might try to redirect/share the...

When you see many of the same teams? Yep. 4 red cards in three OA games including a mass confrontation. Some of these guys don't move on very well. I wouldn't put it past some of these guys to "accidentally" lose their balance or something else. Oh and on the games today. I was AR1 when we...

I always let it hit the ground BUT.... NEVER pick it up until the players have walked away. Often one of the players picks it up and hands it to me. Nothing in the LOTG saying you should catch it. Putting your face low by the players' boots and not being able to see is a good way to get a...

This is what is getting to be wrong with this forum. I'll type more on this after I've slept and I'm not pissed off

Based upon real speed tv angle/distance. I didn't see it. Watching it again and slowing it down. Defender on right pushed the attacker in the back. It is a "soft" PK but CR was much closer than the TV and had a good angle. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to the CR. It's a push. Not an...

Agree with One. He sounds like a complete arse. Good call on the verbal distractions. You had given him fair warning. That was a pretty public display of dissent. Totally good if you'd given him a 2nd YC/RC. One of those YHTBT things where if you felt a stern word would correct the...

Gotta say... brilliant decoy letting the ball go. It sure looks like the keeper reacted immediately in the proper direction which would indicate against having his field of vision on the shot itself blocked. This one should be a fun debate as there is a possibility that his own teammates were...

http://ourmatch.net/videos/11-08-2018-norwich-city-vs-west-bromwich-albion/ The video is at about 2:30 into the clip