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I was reffing an under 12s game with club linesman. Blue attacker was 5-6 yards offside (I could clearly see it was offside) when a ball was played over the top. He chased it and the defender chased behind him but I waited for the linesman to give offside. About a yard away from the ball the...

Always wondered when I'm an AR, if a player is offside but the ball goes to the defender a few yards ahead of him, when can the offside attacker attempt to go and tackle the defender if he can at all?

Is it where the ball is picked up or where the pass is from? I gave one the other day and defending team were saying one thing and attacking another. I've always thought it was were the keeper picks it up but am I wrong?

Blues were all appealing for offside and after I'd given it a couple of attackers seemed angry but nothing you wouldn't expect from a disallowed goal like that

I get what you're saying but by not signalling, I would have been saying it was onside, not saying I don't know

I missed it though so I either had to guess offside or guess not offside

I was AR and I'll admit had a bad moment. Blues were attacking and had a free kick 25 yards out. They crossed it in and yellows headed it away (every blue was onside as they headed it out). It fell to a blue on the edge of the box who shot and the keeper saved it but tipped it to a blue who...

So if he was onside when the cross came in but offside when the defender headed it, he can't be offside?

I know it's pretty basic but I usually ref younger games with no offside rule, can you be offside if the ball comes off an opposing defender? For example in the mexico game, they're saying a cross came off a defender last, therefore the striker can't be offside whereas I though if you're in an...

A attacking player was running diagonally in the box and he rounded the defender and could have shot but the defender kicked his back leg. The attacker stumbled but stayed on his feet but the ball had rolled away slightly due to his stumble so when he got back to the ball, it was too tight of...

If you're the assistant ref and you need to flag for a sub: 1) Do you wait until the ball is out of play before you flag? If so do you stop flagging if the ref doesn't see you and the ball comes back into play? 2) Do you go to the halfway line to flag?

I'm 15 and have been asked to ref an under 16s game, can I do it?

1) Can you be offside from a goal kick off the floor? 2) Can you be offside from a goal kick out of the keeper's hands? 3) If a striker is clearly offside but a defender accidently flicks it to him, is he offside? I think I know these but I just need some confirmation

Im reffing an under 10s vs under 11s friendly and I was wondering if I should warn players on their first pass back and penalise their second pass back or penalise the first

I've only been reffing a season and I've bad decisions but never really had a bad game until now. This was under 10s. First I wrote the home side as away and away side as home so I asked the wrong team for the match ball which was a bad start. Then I gave a penalty for handball, the defender's...