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A very interesting video on young referees, well worth a watch.

What are your thought for this violent conduct red card coming from MLS last night? I'm not too sure if it really is a red card or not. Don't get me wrong, he knows exactly what he's doing and even walks about 10 yards to 'Stamp' on him, but the wording of the law for violent conduct is...

What do we make of this? The referee has come out and apologised for awarding a penalty in the German Cup semi-final. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11890/10251314/referee-sorry-for-giving-bayern-munich-penalty-after-aruro-vidal-dive This is a video of the incident in question:

Apparently Graham Scott has had an absolute shocker in this game, I've not seen the highlights yet but it should be interesting to watch. The 3 main "Mistakes" mentioned on Sky Sports were: 1. The penalty awarded to Swansea, no contact with the attacker. 2. The decision to dismiss Kyle...

I'm not sure whats worse here, the miss or the fact the assistant referee didn't flag him offside. Terrible decision!

So what refereeing related items did Santa bring everyone this year? I unexpectedly got a Valkeen whistle which I'm very happy about! I also got Collinas book and a few other refereeing related books.

I'm extremely happy to announce that my Tottenham Hotspur Facebook/Twitter page (COYS News) are finalists at this years Football Blogging Awards, are in with a chance of winning the 'Best Young Football Blog' of the year award, and I will be attending the awards ceremony at 'Hotel Football' in...

So for the 3rd game running I was assessed last weekend. I've got to say I'm very pleased with this one. If anyone read my last assessment two of the development points were to improve my whistle technique and positioning at set pieces, both of which we're given as positives in this game. I used...

I was again assessed on Saturday. A game between two local teams and was played in good spirit. It was a good assessment, with some good development points. One of the observations the assessor made was in regard to jewellery. I had a bizarre situation where one of the players was late in a...

This happened in the NYRB V Chicago Fire match last night, What do we all make of this?

My first assessment of the season from my first game has come through today. Main points we're about my positioning which I know need improving but I believe this comes with experience, especially when it comes to working with NAR's. Looking back at the game, I am dissapointed with myself for...

Hey, Has anyone ever been to the Helsinki Cup as a referee? There are a few spaces left for the July tournament and I might be interested. It looks like a good tournament with plenty of teams involved. Cheers.

Hey, Just watching the highlights from the Eredivisie last weekend and one of the teams scored late on, cue the subs warming up on the sideline running on the field of play to celebrate, technically would this be a booking for entering the field of play without permission?

Big day for me today, my first open age game and I'm not going to lie im bricking it lol! I was totally shocked when I was given a middle, considering I've only been refereeing for 6 months but I hope to re-pay the faith given in me with a good performance. I have been given two Nuteral AR's too...

I keep recieving emails for every reply in a thread in which I've commented in, ive tried changing my email preferences but to no avail, any ideas? Cheers

Hi, Just seen my fixture list for next month and i've been given my first senior middle, a reserve cup with the home team 5-2 up on aggregate. Friday night under the flood lights too :)! I have also been given two assistants both which are younger then me (I'm 18, one is 17 and the other 16). I...

So i was on the line for a reserve game on friday night. Everything was going great from my point of view until the other AR flagged for a free kick against the home team, cue screaming and moans from the dugout. Referee goes over to calm them down, to which one of them called the ref a "Fuc****...

Hi guys, I received my fixtures for December today and was very surprised to see I was given a middle, bearing in mind this is my first ever season and I've been an assistant since the start of the season. Although I'm quite happy that I've been considered to do a middle I don't personally...

Hi, It's my first ever game on Saturday and i think for the most part 'im pretty well prepared for it. It's only a junior U14 game, but im very excited to start now! My query is what your tolerance level of Foul and Abusive Language and what would you class as Dissent? What would have to be said...