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I'm using buzzer/beeper flags as an AR for the first time in ~6 hours. Any good general advice? I've read through this thread and found some good ideas. Just thought I'd ask folks directly here. A fairly comprehensive pre-game here. I know all referees are different but it's a good start...

I attended a clinic for State Final referees last night. Very cool to be invited to! We talked about a whole lot more but these are just a few things that stood out to me. Thought it might be helpful to share. - Taunting was seen a bit more the further the tournament went on so if/when we see...

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What do we think?

Law 12: If a player who is on or off the field of play throws or kicks an object (other than the match ball) at an opposing player, or throws or kicks an object (including a ball) at an opposing substitute, substituted or sent-off player, team official, or a match official or the match ball...

Some notes I took from the DOGSO/SPA clinic I went to last night. Found it helpful so maybe other will too. DOGSO & SPA are related to creating opportunity. They both do the opposite: take away opportunity. DOGSO & SPA are unrelated to careless, reckless or excessive force in a tackle. They are...

This happened yesterday while I was AR2 and this happened on the other half of the field. Game was a decent-level BU13 game. Players were pretty skilled for that age but the temperature of the game never got too high. A player was dribbling into the box and was fouled. At the same time, he...

My question is about the offside call at 4:06. The VAR call is clearly the right one. The left foot of the attacker is offside. IFK for the defending team. My question is more about what the AR can/should do in situations like this when your line of sight is blocked by another player. The...

I know this is a UK-based referee forum. But...I've seen a few folks from the US active here. I thought it might be nice to be able to display our USSF level even if we're not UK-based referees. In the settings, the only way we can select our level is a numerical value. In the UK, I think you...

I think everybody here mostly understands most of the risks of being a referee. Every day there's another story or post about referee abuse, safety issues, etc. While some of this is out of our control, I'm sure there are lots of things we can do post-match to optimize safety. I thought it...

Play should have been restarted with a drop ball for the defending team / defending goalkeeper, right?

Just wanted to hear some opinions about what everybody's thought are on running commentary when you see something outstanding happen while refereeing. This could be a great through ball, a huge save or a fantastic passage of play. You know the moments. When you see them, your brain just says...

Quoting this article: Being a referee is hard enough without blatant cheating by players I guess there are 2 discussion points here... Does it make sense to punish purposefully stopping a goal with your hand a red and purposefully scoring a goal with your hand a yellow? Does the acting after...

Would you allow this?

Just wild scenes here. The game was called off before penalties were over according to Twitter (who really knows...) What needs to be done to try to avoid getting to this flashpoint in the first place?