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Thanks for everyone’s responses. Very useful and gives a great deal of reassurance. 👍

Great guidance. Showing your confidence is everything. I’m always keen to talk to players, and when I was playing I loved a ref you could have a laugh with, but still respected, but that only really works if the players and coaches I’m now in charge of have a similar mindset to me I guess. Thank...

Thanks Graeme. Good to hear I was on the right lines and great advice in terms of dealing with difficult situations. You’re completely right about engaging in Difficult situationsIf someone doesn’t want to listen just shut them down (firmly but politely) and get on with the game. Thanks again...

Thanks both. That was my thinking. I guess you just need to be confident in your decisions and stand by them. Also had a player kick out as he lost the ball - but because he didn’t make contact With the person he was ‘aiming’ at they tried to tell me it shouldn’t be a foul. It didn’t help they...

At the weekend the GK of Team A got injured in a tackle, but it wasn’t a clear cut foul so I played on. After a few seconds the ball got cleared towards half way line and both teams were battling for possession. The GK was still down so I was concerned that he was badly injured, so I stopped...