Reflection on today:
Firstly, nice to get out on a glorious sunny easter saturday for some football!
Now the actual game incidents:
1. Managed to call most of the offsides myself, including two which were goals that my club assistants missed. The players didn't protest too much, and I could see they were nailed on. I asked the CAR to confirm for the second one as a goal had been scored and I wanted to get it right, he did say it was offside (white takes a shot, bounces around the box and the next touch is from a white player who was offside from the first shot) - pretty pleased with that, as I'm usually at the mercy of my CARs.
2. Halfway through the first half, ball comes out from the defence and I turn to see where it's going when I hear a commotion behind me. Claims of an elbow in the face, but I see two players giving it handbags. Blow for a defensive free kick, have a word with the players - as I couldn't see it, I can't give it. I went in intending to pop both of them in the book for C1AA, but I decide to bring it down to a warning instead. FK is taken, I turn to face play and apparently there's a slap - again, I've not seen it and tell them to play on. In retrospect, that warning clearly didn't work! The manager for the home side speaks to me after the game and is a bit annoyed that I've not seen them, but offers some advice in a perfectly respectful manner, which I'm quite happy to take.
3. DFK for the team ahead 4-2. Just on the edge of the box, two players are tussling for position, when defender spins attacking player who falls to the floor. The ball in is nowhere near them, so I decide to use my discretion and ignore the situation - otherwise I would have HAD to give a penalty that I felt would have been a bit soft. The only player who seriously appealed was the lad who went down.
4. Penalty in the first ten minutes or so - when I blow it I think it's just outside the area, but as I get closer it seems that the foul was just inside the penalty area. I stick with the call and give the penalty, as I'm 85% it was correct, but there's always that little bit. Fortunately the players seemed fairly content with the decision, which makes me think I got it right.
So, on reflection? Not sure I've had a very good game to be honest - two moments that could have been game changing that I missed, and the penalty call I turned down I'm really not sure about. I've been thinking about it for a while now and I can't work out if I did a good job or not - I was getting into the right positions to judge most things and kept up with play well, but I'm going for promotion this season and I can't help feeling I need to do a little bit better. Any thoughts or advice?
Hope you all enjoyed your games today!
Firstly, nice to get out on a glorious sunny easter saturday for some football!
Now the actual game incidents:
1. Managed to call most of the offsides myself, including two which were goals that my club assistants missed. The players didn't protest too much, and I could see they were nailed on. I asked the CAR to confirm for the second one as a goal had been scored and I wanted to get it right, he did say it was offside (white takes a shot, bounces around the box and the next touch is from a white player who was offside from the first shot) - pretty pleased with that, as I'm usually at the mercy of my CARs.
2. Halfway through the first half, ball comes out from the defence and I turn to see where it's going when I hear a commotion behind me. Claims of an elbow in the face, but I see two players giving it handbags. Blow for a defensive free kick, have a word with the players - as I couldn't see it, I can't give it. I went in intending to pop both of them in the book for C1AA, but I decide to bring it down to a warning instead. FK is taken, I turn to face play and apparently there's a slap - again, I've not seen it and tell them to play on. In retrospect, that warning clearly didn't work! The manager for the home side speaks to me after the game and is a bit annoyed that I've not seen them, but offers some advice in a perfectly respectful manner, which I'm quite happy to take.
3. DFK for the team ahead 4-2. Just on the edge of the box, two players are tussling for position, when defender spins attacking player who falls to the floor. The ball in is nowhere near them, so I decide to use my discretion and ignore the situation - otherwise I would have HAD to give a penalty that I felt would have been a bit soft. The only player who seriously appealed was the lad who went down.
4. Penalty in the first ten minutes or so - when I blow it I think it's just outside the area, but as I get closer it seems that the foul was just inside the penalty area. I stick with the call and give the penalty, as I'm 85% it was correct, but there's always that little bit. Fortunately the players seemed fairly content with the decision, which makes me think I got it right.
So, on reflection? Not sure I've had a very good game to be honest - two moments that could have been game changing that I missed, and the penalty call I turned down I'm really not sure about. I've been thinking about it for a while now and I can't work out if I did a good job or not - I was getting into the right positions to judge most things and kept up with play well, but I'm going for promotion this season and I can't help feeling I need to do a little bit better. Any thoughts or advice?
Hope you all enjoyed your games today!