Recent content by CraigRef

Our League website tracks amount of games, cautions and reds for each referee. maybe ill stick to what has served me well

I would have to invest in an updated watch too so might cost me a bit. Paper and Pen has worked for me and never fails.

is Refsix worth investing in? at the moment I use a sharpie and laminated score cards and use alcohol wipes to clean them

Some clubs have been wearing certain colours for 50 years. It would be difficult to tell them to change their club colours even if they were black. It works for us in our league anyway

We asked for kit for years and they supplied us for the first time. We dont get kit every year. We buy our own usually but a lot of teams are starting to wear black so we had to buy 2/3 kits for years until this season

In Ireland, We have all different colours incase of kit clashes. Madness to think thats not the case in England. The league supplied us with a Black, Blue and Green kit for the season.

if you think its close then i would usually blow. its worked for me for years and you get less hassle from the attacking team

Wouldve given them a whistle and then walked over to the huddle and told them if they dont move you are starting the game now. Theyll soon move

Sorry I should have said I referee in Ireland at Grassroots level

Referee should check teamsheets before the game. If the team has the wrong name beside a number than that player gets punished. Written in our league rules that the team is responsible to make sure the match card is filled out correctly. Takes the responsibilty away from the referee

Madness if u ask me. I take the player aside take his number and explain to him why he is being booked. Rarely ever flash cards as it can look messy at times

Dont understand the taking of names. Just take number offence and time. Then after the game crosscheck with the teamsheet. Whats the reasoning for taking the players name? Not knocking it just dont see the reasoning

In Ireland we do ball in and out of play by the club assistants and I will do offsides myself. works for us here

Player is onside as he was onside when the ball was played by his own team mate in the first instance

It works differently in Ireland. The more u say no to games, the lower the standard u get. Even though I'm a category 1 referee which is the top below professional you can still be doing lower standard games.