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I have a senior cup game this afternoon with the rare treat of NARs :O The respect handshake is mandatory, and I am anticipating being asked to hold a minutes silence before the game for the Chapecoense disaster. Which comes first? I'm assuming you'd lead the teams out, do the minutes silence...

Defender commits a careless foul inside his own penalty area, conceding a penalty. The attacker that was fouled (who is also the teams main penalty taker) is injured in the challenge, and requests treatment. After a quick spray from the water bottle, he springs up and requests to take the...

Game on Saturday, white v red. Red are 3-0 up in a well tempered game, with only one caution to white player for delaying the restart. 90+4 with about 10 seconds left to play and red have a corner kick. Ball is lofted into the box and cleared by a defender to the edge of the crowded penalty...

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 couple of weeks ago I did a mid-level (for a level 7 referee) open age game, with an assessor present. Although I hadn't official received confirmation of my promotion to level 6 (which I have since received), he confirmed that he'd been told he was assessing me as a level 6, for promotion to...

Open age fixture this weekend, relatively uneventful game that home side ended winning 8-0, playing in good spirits and mostly in the spirit of the game. First (of 2) cautions came in the 45+1st minute. Attacker runs down the wing chased by defender. As he pulls his leg back to cross the ball...

I'd not had a game for six weeks or so (bloody weather!), and true to form got an email Friday night saying that my Saturday game had been cancelled. Get a phone call Saturday morning 'are you still up for a game this afternoon?' I'm absolutely buzzing for it. It's a premier division game (the...

Hi, I'm Matt. I've actually been a member on here for over a year, just never quite got round to doing this! Played football as a kid, lost interest in it when i was about 15. Got back into it a few years, played a season of Open Age but turned to refereeing as I was getting injured all the...

Red v Yellow. Red are 2-0 up in a fairly heated game. I missed a few alleged 'late' tackles early on in the game, and so am making an effort to watch out for them. Midway through the 2nd half, yellow striker has a shot on target, whilst red defender is on the ground sliding towards him. I keep...