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Hi All, I have recently completed the residential part of the FA Leadership Academy (FALA) 23, which begins the journey of a 1 year project to improve the football community, with my project aiming to increase young referee retention. I am beginning my FALA project with a research study into...

In my game today, had a player ask me, as a joke, if he managed to catch the ball in-between his shirt and body without using his hands, would it be a foul. I just laughed with him and walked away, and luckily he didn't try it in the game!, but what law would it actually be breaking?

Hi All, In my game today a CAR questioned one of my fouls. It was just a question - no dissent - and said "fair enough" as soon as I explained it. I was wondering what you would do if there was dissent. He was an assistant coach, so can you give them a caution? And if you did, would they still...

Hi All Had my first open age match yesterday, and was on the line. It was a pre-season match with 2 step 5 teams and the ref who was meant to do it unfortunately got injured in the morning before the game, so we had a L6 in the middle as no replacement L4 could be found. His match control wasn't...