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I may have missed it or misinterpreted in the past but how many people are allowed to stand in the technical area at any given time? I see this extract from Law 1. It says 'only one person at a time is authorised to convey tactical instructions' but does that mean more than one person can be...

Pen given to Netherlands for push in the back. VAR reviews, no pen. Absolutely baffled as to how that wasn't given so here I am hoping to understand why. Cheers.

Thoughts on Sam Kerr's goal this morning. Looked off when the ball was played but then the defender underhit/headed the ball towards her keeper which was then intercepted by Kerr to score. Couple of things. Was Kerr interfering, was the headed ball back a deliberate action thereby negating...

Correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't the DOGSO handball the Kiwi gave away for the penalty at the 2 minute 10 second mark been a red? This was a friendly. (As an aside this was to celebrate the 100th anniversary of our first international.)

Defender decides to square the ball across the box to another defender. GK, who is in between those 2 decides to run forward a couple of metres and picks up the ball. Is this deemed a back pass as the ball wasn't 'deliberately kicked to the goalkeeper by a team-mate'? (My initial thought is...

Started doing more junior games recently and you get all these weird circumstances which never occur in senior football. Ref awards a free kick in the box and the GK quickly places the ball down and passes it to a defender who is standing next to him in the box. There is also an attacker in the...

Player A is in an offside position to start with when ball is played through in front of player A. (Imagine long thorough ball). Player A gets on his skates and is after it. Defender chases Player A. AR doesn't flag because Player A has yet to become 'active'. AR holds flag down and runs down...

Just wondering what would happen if the GK picked the ball up from a through ball (and is now standing still) and then because he thought the striker was getting a bit uppity running so close to him leant over and collected him with his shoulder as he passed by. I'm thinking a solid hit not just...

Interested in the thoughts as to why the shout for a pen wasn't given. Incident is at about the 39 second mark. Just want to understand the rationale if there was one. FWIW there was a VAR review but the ref stuck with his call. Fair play to him for backing himself.

Refereeing whinge. Obviously can't stop progress but because of the cheap availability of video software all of the first grade and reserve grade games in the town I'm in are all now recorded by the clubs. Of course that means all match incidents can now be screenshotted or sent as little video...

The Burnley bloke that missed his pen did a stuttered run up. Had he scored would that have been pulled up for a retake? Link here. May be geoblocked though. https://fb.watch/ctPcB1vTH4/ Thanks

Natural or unnatural? Pen or no pen. Link here for video clip. If geoblocked then here are 3 screen caps that I hope shows what happens including point of contact. Ball came down virtually vertical. Player on left that handballs takes 2 or 3 steps to the right before abruptly stopping and...

This story made me wonder what would happen in football if this was repeated. https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/enjoy-the-game-darwin-footballer-suspended-after-midgame-beer/news-story/32e86ebf12ebadaafb3657bd0115c2cc?fbclid=IwAR2v-q49fIgYbYOmy67jEr0wiFUffEW8h_0NO514eG3PzvKNvF9IH-ezAA8 I do...

(a). 2 penalties. Both taken the same way. To me the player stops enough for this to be given as a yellow and an IFK to the defenders. Both times. ( Edit. not at the end of the run so ok.) (b). (Bonus discussion. Goal is saved, the keeper off the line. What happens then?) Thoughts?

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Sat in what we call a 'Level 2' referees seminar on Saturday here in Australia. The qualification is to enable you to do any level in Australia barring the top rung. IE the A-League. The course is part of an all year assessment with coursework to be completed and match assessments. There were...

Attacker (A1) is running into the box on the right hand side of the 18 heading towards the corner of the 6 yard box preparing to shoot. A defender is running to intercept the attacking player (A1). Another attacker (A2) is trailing the defender. The trailing attacker (A2) holds his line. The...

If this isn't geoblocked could some here offer an opinion on the 2 incidents shown. Ignore Bosnich's self proclaimed 'I'm an expert' carry on. (We're short on good football commentators here.)...

Hopefully I won't get burnt to a crisp for posting this but here goes. Deliberate backpass to GK from a defender. Blew it up and indicated where it was to be taken (on the 6 yard line where the GK picked it up) and that it was an IFK. Whilst the opposition were scrambling and trying to set up...

In my experience at least I've noticed that when asking 'heads or tails' pre-match about 7 or 8 out of 10 captains will call 'heads'. I've no data to back this up just something I've noticed. Anyone else come across this or am I suffering from confirmation bias?