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I had my first experience of abandoning a match yesterday (open age women's league), unfortunately due to a very nasty injury to a player (horrible arm fracture) that ultimately resulted in extended treatment on the pitch and an air ambulance landing in the centre circle. I was very grateful...

Hello. Question on behalf of my 14yo, who has recently done his course (making two referees in the family now - proud dad moment!). On Saturday he refereed an U11s friendly between two affliated teams (arranged because neither had a league fixture scheduled). Would this match count towards his...

A first for me, but I suspect many of you more experienced refs will have dealt with similar... U14s match this morning - midway into the second half I gave a dissent yellow and sin binned a player (I had gone through the stepped approach and eventually he gave me no choice, I am perfectly happy...

Hello everyone. First post following my first match today. U14s. A decent match, especially considering the weather and a pitch that got increasingly wet. Overall, I felt it went very well and there were only two incidents of note. The first was the away team not arriving until 28 minutes after...