Mick.
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Bit of a grumpy match with lots of questioning of my decisions by one red player. Stepped approach with quiet word, public word and finally public word with captain involved before he finally shut up. Most of his problems seemed to be that he was seeing handball everytime the ball touched someone whereas I was satisfied that each time there was no deliberate touching.
However the point of this thread which caused a bit of a problem was a foul inside the box. Blues were attacking and a blue player is fouled just outside the box. He stays on his feet and keeps the ball at his feet. My arms are just coming up as I get as far as being about to shout "Play on" when the player passes over the Penalty Area and is fouled again, this time going to ground. I blow and give a penalty. As far as I am concerned, the first foul was being given advantage and the second foul stopped the game. Had there not been a second foul advantage would have continued to whatever conclusion. Unbelievably, red start appealing that if I thought that the first one was a foul, I should have given that (outside the box) rather than the second. Was I right to give it, even though I hadn't actually called for the advantage, or should I have gone back to the original foul as there was no real advantage in the end?
However the point of this thread which caused a bit of a problem was a foul inside the box. Blues were attacking and a blue player is fouled just outside the box. He stays on his feet and keeps the ball at his feet. My arms are just coming up as I get as far as being about to shout "Play on" when the player passes over the Penalty Area and is fouled again, this time going to ground. I blow and give a penalty. As far as I am concerned, the first foul was being given advantage and the second foul stopped the game. Had there not been a second foul advantage would have continued to whatever conclusion. Unbelievably, red start appealing that if I thought that the first one was a foul, I should have given that (outside the box) rather than the second. Was I right to give it, even though I hadn't actually called for the advantage, or should I have gone back to the original foul as there was no real advantage in the end?