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Absolute nightmare game today. Ball is high in the air definitely a header required whites player jumps up and studs a reds player in midair in the ribs. It was a red card in my opinion but I don't know whether it was violent conduct or serious foul play because the ball was near to the two...

Ladies and gents, tune into the newest derby in world football this afternoon, nailed-on aggro on the pitch and in the stands. Referee is Craig Thomson god help him

Today a colleague of mine recommended the idea of securing a small voice recorder/dictaphone into one of my shirt pockets to get around the problem of not remembering the exact words said to me in dissent/OFFINABUS reports and also for reporting language from club officials. He also said he uses...

Very very nervous. First middle involving any players of open age but to be given it shows confidence I guess. Should be played in good spirits though

Bumping his gums yet again would have thought this prat would know better. Claiming his Palace team could have got a result had their goal to make it 2-1 away to Manchester City stood. He is a total disgrace to football. Despite the match finishing 3-0 and Man City having 73% possession and 3...

Saturday's U13 game involved the Blues coaches taking up a position on one side of the pitch alongside the Blacks with one Blues coach on the other side. Most of my youth games naturally spell one team on each touchline but the normal thing for this particular venue is having both teams on one...

So my league is short of refs for their afternoon games which involve U16s, U17s and U19s ages. I currently do U13s and U14s. Been refereeing since March so I'm not exactly as experienced as the English lads that have been doing it since age 14 and are at open age level at 16. What would you...

So in today's game oranges player is tacked with a fair bit of force due to the comparative size of his opponent but in my mind 100% fairly challenged. The ball trickles out for a goal kick after some shielding and then I see the orange player is on the ground, thumping the turf and clutching...

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: Knows nothing. Makes me angry. That is all.

So I realised I'm having a variety of different options for food and drink before and during my games, really not sure if they're productive to performance at all so was wondering what you guys have for your games. A lot of my games I travel to small locations by train, which involves a train...

Totally hypothetically here. If a player kicks the ball away in frustration but a ballboy, quick on the scene so his hero isn't booked, throws another ball on at the exact same time. Can the player still be booked for "delaying the restart of play"? Or would you recategorise the booking to "lack...

Nothing to see here, move along...

Petty rant incoming. I know its mandatory to keep your arm raised until it touches another player/goes out and it's in the LOTG but why are us refs forced to keep our arm upright for such a ridiculous period of time? There are absolutely no obvious reasons (well, to me) why this is done? It's...

Drabbest game I've ever refereed today, no cards, no goals, no pens, nothing. Sheet rain for the first time this season so far (been a very lucky boy till today I must admit) and had players begging me to blow up early. The cheek! However, there was one moment of absolute genius, incredulity...

Last Saturday's U13s game was going well until midway through 2nd half the Reds coach took offence at me not seeing an elbow on the back of his attacker. Play carried on and inevitably Yellows scored. Reds keeper smacked his head off the post so on comes the coach to treat him however he seems...

Did my course in March, my reflection after 6 months is that refereeing is fast becoming a passion that I'm very proud of. Just discovered this website and it looks like a great resource for new(ish) refs to develop. I live in Scotland where categorisation differs from England & Wales so I'm...