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An old chestnut this one, I know, but it's relevant for me at the moment because I'm on the Level 6-5 assessment scheme. Assessors are clear. With club or neutral assistants, the referee should be positioned in the vicinity of the edge of the penalty area with a clear view of the players and the...

A colleague advised me to check out the winning goal for Iceland in the 95th minute against Finland at the weekend. In turn that encouraged me to check the latest laws on IFAB. And I'm really still not clear when a goalkeeper has contorl of the ball. In the game in Iceland, the Finland goalkpeer...

So do I still stand a chance of getting my Level 5?

Two minutes into the game a player hands me something and says, "Don't really want to stand on this." I look down at the bronze coloured metal object. It's a bullet. A live bullet at that. And not any old little bullet either. it's about two inches long. Looks more like a rifle bullet, but I'm...

87th minute on a chilly Sunday. Home team looking for first win of season to get off the bottom of the table is leading 2-1 against 4th placed team. Home goalkeeper catches ball in his area and hits the floor shouting and rolling around claiming to have been punched in the eye by an attacking...

I should know the answer to this but it escaped me halfway through Saturday's game and I'm still not 100% sure of getting it right. I thought the ball had gone out for a red throw but players suddenly began shouting and complaining and the CAR was waving his flag in a confused and annoyed way. I...

I can't work out whether it was deliberate or not but I suspect I was the victim of a fast one recently. This season, after players continually complained about balls being too soft, I finally bought a gauge and pump and checked balls before every game. At least it enables the ref to tell...

http://www.maidstoneunited.co.uk/2015/11/stones-tv-dartford-highlights/ The incident takes place in the 82nd minute. Dartford in white and Maidstone in Amber. Dartford player shoots from edge of area, attacker in an offside position ducks to allow ball into goal. GK approx 3 yards to left of...

I'm only an occasional visitor to this site, but enjoy reading it, as there are clearly a lot of young and new refs posting here. It's refreshing, especially to an old fogey like myself. Just wanted to make one point. It seems that a lot of you young referees posting here are being too modest...