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Cheers for the replies. It was the worst puddle, but looking back I was concerned by the mud, which covered the whole pitch, being especially sticky? Not sure if that makes much sense, but it seemed sticky to walk on. The foot didn't submerge much, but I'm not sure why this mud seemed extra sticky.

Hi all. Due to ref a senior's Sunday league match this morning (1st season ref). The pitch we were due to play on: I noticed that one goal area was very muddy and soft underground. I was able to ask the opinion of a more experienced ref, who was due to ref on a neighbouring pitch, who agreed...

Hi Jim. Like yourself, I'm new to refereeing (just done my third match). Also like you, I made some big errors in my first match, lost control, had a nightmare also. The hardest thing I've had to face so far in my short reffing career is putting myself back out there for the second match - but...

That's some great advice, many thanks. I'll take all this on board, and will look to improve performance and consistency going forward. Many thanks :)

Morning all. I reffed my third match yesterday (and my first cup tie too). The match went well, with no cautions at all. I feel that I made improvements upon previous games, in a large part due to the excellent advice given on these forums :) I even got some compliments after the match :) As...

Thanks again for all your advice - thanks CapnBloodBeard too for your advice on communicating my decisions to the players - I'll definitely take this advice into my next match - it's very reassuring to be able to get direct answers to my questions and concerns on this forum - invaluable :)

Wow thank you all for your excellent and informative advice - some wonderful tips which I'll be sure to take into my next match :) Positioning and signalling will be a big focus of improvement for me going forward, taking on board all of your advice. One quick question which popped into my head...

Hi all. I completed my first match in charge this afternoon, and wanted to share my experience and hopefully get some feedback from you :) Overall, it wasn't a complete disaster, but they could certainly see that I was new, and making some basic rookie errors. The immediate issues that arose...