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Made me chuckle after overhearing a 13 year old call me s*** after full time. The same 13 year old who couldn't comprehend getting booked for PI after 2 warnings for going off his feet in a careless manner. I actually tried my best to not have to book him with two very clear warnings but he...

Surprised there wasn't a thread on this already, but seemingly another poor night for PGMOL and Jarred Gillett. Free kick given to Foden after he appeared to slip over, from which Man City scored (I tried to find this in the highlights, which Sky have conveniently redacted it, despite...

Refchat forum members running to start this post -- Well Well Well... The PGMOL might have some questions to answer this week. Grealish's wasn't enough for a handball but Aaron Wan-Bissaka's was? Either both are handballs or neither. All football fans want to see is consistency and PGMOL...

Had a scan through previous posts but nothing conclusive with some who have bought the watch and others who haven’t. One post suggests it’s just an expensive stopwatch so curious as to whether it will add to my armoury or is it just a bit of a gimmick. For context I use an Apple Watch with...

Not sure if this has been covered on here before, but as someone who has completed the refereeing course I wanted to ask whether others felt grossly unprepared going into their first games? IMHO the course is simply too short, whilst I am not expecting the course to cover every minutae of...

Admittedly, it's not SE Dons who are at fault for once, but just why? Absolutely abhorrent behaviour. Part 1 Part 2 My issue with YouTube teams like SE Dons, is their behaviour, the crowd they draw and the fact there is a camera present brings out the worst in Sunday league...

I play mid week 5 a side on a step 2 club's 3G/4G pitch. Tonight I was really surprised to see that the pitch has some ridges/tears on the pitch, assuming from overuse or badly installed. I have also seen at a local school's facility where the penalty spot has been kicked away, leaving a bare...

I noticed there had been a wave of new officials in the Premier League over the last few weeks, my thoughts were confirmed to see there had been 6 "new" (non select group referees) appointments this season. Is this normal to see so many new appointments? Is it a reflection of the current...

There have been a few of this same situation over the last few weeks (Trippier, Buonanotte) but Fernandes seems to be a serial offender (amongst many things). I would love for the FA to ban him for 5 games, this kind of behaviour would stop in an instance. Whilst the referee hasn't been...

Seems to be a hot debate from yesterday. Match of the day panel were even split, some saying Gilmour's wasn't a red 😲 For me, both are stonewall red cards as they tick this criteria exceeds the necessary use of force and endangers the safety of an opponent and must be sent off Add to the...

I appreciate this has probably been done to death on this forum, so please humour me. I was doing a referesher on the LOTG in advance of attending the refereeing course, I am seeking advice from the wisened heads on here of what you would do from your experience based on the examples below from...

Hello 👋 Long time lurker of this forum, finallly decided to sign up. Have been desperate to complete the refereeing course to get back into the game after "retiring" from playing. Currently living in Hertfordshire, so fall under that association, who seem to only run a course once in a blue...