I was reffing an end-of-the-season, mid-table 'nothing at stake' game the other day. Easy game to manage, low tempo, both teams wanted to play football etc. Attacker carries the ball past the halfway line on the right flank, defender comes sliding in, misses the ball but clips the attacker. It's a foul, but not even worthy of a quiet word. Attacker stumbles a few steps, but retains possession just inside opponents half with a good 30 yards of space in front of him, and the full back overlaps him on the outside. I'm right on top of it, both arms outstretched, loud shout of 'play on! Advantage!' Attacker immediately turns around to face his own goal, and shouts 'We don't want it ref', at which point a defender closes him down. I blew and awarded the FK for the original foul. I managed to sell it because he was closed down quite quickly, but defending team weren't too happy because they felt that i'd pulled it back because the attacker had asked for it. I can understand their point because when the foul was made, there was a very clear advantage to the attacking team. I'm in two minds as to whether pulling it back was the right thing or not. Thoughts?