player interactions

Morning all. I qualified as a referee in October last year and referee exclusively at youth level (trying to balance coaching, taking my kids to their football/hockey/cricket with refereeing). I've been involved in youth football for six years now but it's only since qualifying and taking a...

Blue Number Four scoops up the ball and wipes away the moisture in a makeshift pouch in front of his shirt whilst hastily scouting the pitch for an available and well-positioned teammate. Gallin blows again on his whistle. ‘Red throw. It’s red ball,’ he says with some conviction. The spectators...