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The answer to any player who complains is "if he taken the man, he would have got a Red Card. So, just accept the free-kick for the tackle, as his tackles needs to be eliminated from the game".

@Matthew Looking back on my life, I only have one real regret which was quitting refereeing in the mid-90's. Wasn't enjoying, but then became involved in a club and lost the enthusiasm for local football. Now, I wished I had taken a few months off and then gone again. Think about it over the...

Well done, it has been abandon due to the fault of the Home team have failing floodlights, so you are entitled to your full fee. Depending on the league, they could be fined for an abandoned match and forced to replay. Or the match result may be awarded, if the match has not effect on...

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As I have said on here, I have refereed a player called "Michael Mouse" - it was his real name. He always told the referee before the game, so there was no issues

@Lucarelli99 - One thing I found help when the game was getting away was to "Strangle the game"... By that I blew for everything, no advantage; blade of grass accurate for free-kicks; and generally made it an unpleasant game of football to play in. If the teams moaned at me, i simply said "when...

This is one area of refereeing where the safeguarding has "run ahead" of the referee development. Yes, it is vital that the CWO looks out for their players (which at a few ckubs doesn't happen); but we as referees need to be mindful of this. I think your response should have been to ask her...

Since when have IFAB and UEFA understood the "actual rules of football" rather than writing the LOTG? Examples of their stupidity - - colour of undershorts at grassroots level - should be kit colour or black (like in Rugby League) - caution at grassroots level for removing short - why...

What TV wants TV gets.... For Halifax, this would have been good money

The above is from Law 12 - it makes no mention as to whether there is a likelihood of a goal being scored to decide whether it is a DOGSO or not. You have to decide whether it is obvious that the goalkeeper will save the ball (and hold it, because a rebound would be a GSO), to judge whether it...

Did you make any sort of disciplinary report about this to the CFA? As others have said, this should have been a clear RC for OFFINBUS. The CFA should just ignore his complaint (you won't here anything), but the RDO may come back to you and enquire "why haven't you reported this?"

The normal practice at grassroots is that you will be award a memento in place of your match fee. Yes, under the normal cup rules to claim your expenses, not not a match fee.

Did one training session in the 1990's (yes, I am that old :old: ) where nothing happened for 60ish minutes then a mass con from nowhere, but on the other side of the field from the trainee observers. Every pen and notebook going like mad, then every checking that they had all seen the same...

North Riding tend to appoint observers to the semi-finals, as it usually the only matches some 5-4 have with assistants in York.

As this now exists in the public domain, the FA should be taking over the report, as it is a enhanced discrimination matter. That means the YC is ignored and an extra penalty imposed - fine and/or ban.

Two possible answers, I think: 1. If within the NLS structure, then you have to go and play the extra 5 mins; then turn around and play the 2nd half. 2. At grassroots, either do above or play 40 mins 2nd hlf.

Then we will get complaints that he took 8.3 seconds, so it must be corruption not to award the free-kick. With all this timing, they will need more game clocks than the NFL to referee the game. One for the game, some for sin-bins, one for the GK holding the ball.....

I think there is a typo here - should it be "wouldn't start the game".

And also clarifying the potential liability issue for micro shin pads and injuries - "it's your own stupid fault for being a dick and buying them!"

Sounds like sensible amendments (for a change). I do like the cooling off idea to separate teams after a mass con, which will give the referee thinking time