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I agree, being able to say you're a qualified referee seems quite a good vocational qualification to put on a CV especially if you're applying for a sports based course of study. I know my local RA (under some external pressure) have even been doing referee classes in schools. There have been...

Lack of referees seems to be a nationwide issue post lockdown. Every year some referees will give up the game for a range of reasons but with 18 months of, at best, stop/start football I expect we will surely have lost more this season. RAs have been running on line courses through lockdown and...

The letter is well written and I'm sure well intentioned but we've heard all these points many times without any appreciable impact.

That sums it up for me. In any kind of organised football, pitch markings should be present. I've seen some poor marking and on more than one occasion asked teams to redo the lines before kick off. No lines/markings at all would be non starter for me.

I would have done the same (have done in the past) and I thought it was a bit unreasonable not to allow the ball to be moved slightly. The scenario was compounded by the penalty being given for a rather dubious (my opinion) hand ball in the first place so the poor referee was getting it from...

Yes, that is what should have happened particularly as from a distance the hollow looked deep enough to have been dangerous.

Clear red card - long time since I've seen a challenge that was as blatantly two footed as that.

I wasn't in a position to see but I'd expect it was just a worn patch like you say.

Prior to my game on Saturday I spent 5 minutes watching a youth match on the adjacent pitch. One of the teams were awarded a penalty and the designated kicker had a moan that the penalty spot was in a hollow but the referee insisted on the ball being placed on the marked spot. Actually from...

I'm more concerned about the artist's palette of a shirt Kane is wearing in the picture on the left.

Having heard and read the reaction before seeing the incident I was surprised when I actually saw it. I'd err slightly on the side of foul while saying it was one of those sometimes you give, sometimes you don't type of decisions depending on exactly how you see it. We make that kind of call...

This thread brings to mind being in a sports shop a few years ago where a parent was buying shin pads for her 12-ish year old son. The sales assistant was trying to up-sell a fancy pair of pads on the basis that the more standard and cheaper options "weren't officially approved for real...

Very likely that the least slack will come from the observer I'd say. My RA is very against doubling up (for several reasons) but acknowledge that they don't have the authority to prevent referees doing so.

What - 3 double headers!!!

Our local leagues are a bit short on referees at the start of the season. There's no pressure to do more than one game but several referees have volunteered to help get games played. Personally I'm not keen on this - in terms of physical fitness I'd be fine but what I find hard would be the...

I always, always ask for team sheets to be completed for any friendlies. I think that puts you at a psychological advantage as the teams then know that you know who's who and, if required, can issue and report sanctions appropriately.

Two abandonments in 17 years both for the same reason - dislocated knee injuries and lengthy delays for ambulance arrival.

Make sure you're prepared in terms of admin - where you have to be and when, who you have to report to, what paperwork is required, permitted substitutions, procedure in event of a draw (if applicable), etc. When the game starts, as I've said before in these forums, concentrate, concentrate...

Generally getting team sheets is not a problem although, admittedly, there is great variation in how efficient or swift teams are with their administration. I've experienced a few issues lately where sheets have to be submitted electronically due to COVID and some team secretaries have been IT...

I though the referee focussed on controlling the situation rather than the almost impossible task of getting all the correct sanctions.