Recent content by JimmyT

These sound like exam questions, with huge obvious clues to the answers in both questions!! The first one is still open to some interpretation and you had to be there, but the second is beyond debate... 1. 'deliberately' if he plays it deliberately rather than deflects it, or it just happens to...

my old man once sent a report to our county, informing them he had sent off Michael Mouse. He asked the player twice to confirm/change the name given and he refused, so he went ahead and reported it accordingly. Other players told him his real name after the match, which was also sent to county...

great post Parish. I think you'd have to search long and hard to find a sensible human being who doesnt think the punishment is pathetic, but I echo your thoughts entirely.

tough call at that age but absolutely no doubt at all you were correct. It was SO deliberate that I think you did probably have to act, as the post above says, if any room for common sense and a stern word then great, but when its so obviously a challenge to you, caution the wee scamp.

its absolutely inevitable. Sure it can be improved, but at the end of the day, if as a referee you award a penalty for a clumsy tackle that a player doesnt think was a foul, how on earth can you convince him otherwise? A smart, common sense referee can try their best to calm the situation with...

Its a very interesting subject you bring up. I have played at a reasonable standard and was well know locally for being quite hot tempered. I was a fairly uncompromising full back, not especially brilliant but always fully committed and reliable. Always first to mouth off at refs and run 50...

My two penneth worth... 1. Spot on, end of story. As you describe it you made an excellent call. IS IT NOT AN OFFENCE to be in an offside position, only if you meet the criteria outlined in the LOTG. The fact that the players play to all manner of versions of offside, most of them complete...

As Monkey says, this is a complete no-no for me. Just remember the following when a club assistant tells you that he is "a qualified ref" * 50% of the time, he is lying. He is not qualified, was never qualified and will prove beyond any doubt in the next few minutes that he is not qualified *...

I understand the point; either its OFFINABUS or its not, therefore the middle ground yellow is indeed a bit of a cop out. I think you have to be careful however and take tone, aggression, direction, distance and context into consideration. If a player says "ah f***ing hell ref, I hardly touched...

agree with Monkey; no such offence as obstruction these days, but impeding an opponent can be similar. This incident is the classic 'playing in a dangerous manner', the person in most danger being the fella laying on the ball! Indirect free-kick against him all day for me.

I see where you're coming from, but look at it this way; whilst you might not be paid as much, will spend more time in attendance and having to dress up can seem a bit OTT, IF you have an experienced sympathetic referee in the middle, you will be very thankful for the opportunity. You have the...

This "leave it" issue really annoys me. As kids we were told to put a name on it, and to a large extent that's good advice as its good practice, but I have on a number of occasions seen referees incorrectly penalise shouts of "mine", "leave it" "jacks it" (used a lot round these parts bizarrely...

agree entirely with Reffariiii. Let him wander off, wave him back on, start as per LOTG as usual, whether that be the throw, goal kick, free kick or whatever you asked to hold up for treatment to be issued, or a drop ball if ball was in play when you stopped. If he wants to sit on the halfway...

you do come out with some strange points Ryan. You just wanted to make sure that the fact that there were young kids about didn't impact a decision? WHY? Yes the laws are the laws are the laws are the laws, regardless of location, standard/ability of participants, age of participants, weather...

yeah possibly, Brady's looked far uglier in slow motion to me (not that the ref had that as a tool or frankly has nothing to do with it) as he jumped and looked all set to lunge two footed, however, I take your points about speed and direction, I imagine that's exactly what the referee in...