Recent content by 2touch

Ha - would definitely give the FA panel something to think about!

I know usually bad form to resurrect old threads, but update: Player was banned for a year by the FA!

Yes - RDO contacted me and all good. Will just assume the CFA deals with it appropriately then!

Update on this one - spoke to my RDO but have still heard nothing about a charge for the player and no discipline department has been in touch with me? Is this normal?

I once saw on holiday a barber price list that was 10 Euros for a shove but I think that was a typo!

Thanks for your response. Yes I’m fine thanks. Was able to continue the game with no problems - it’s a shame what happened and his teammates were telling me he wouldn’t be playing for their club again etc… Yes I did submit a separate report. Will contact my RDO tomorrow as you suggest. It...

I’m about 20 games into my refereeing journey (mainly OA football) and haven’t had any issues until this Saturday just gone. Booked a player in the first half - late challenge, clear yellow. About 10 mins before the end of the game this player gets involved in a bit of a tussle with an...

We definitely don’t have temperature rules here, but having been involved in youth football here for many years I’ve seen clubs call games off when temps are below 0c for the youngest (below 9/10) age groups only. Other than that it’s always about the conditions of the pitch and whether that...

Thanks - will try the key method. Wouldn’t get a key in many pitches in the summer either but we seem to accept in football that frozen hard and summer dry hard are different levels of dangerous which I have always found hard to understand!

As a referee going into my first winter I notice that freezing weather is predicted from this weekend onwards. Any practical advice from some more experienced referees on how to decide whether a pitch is unsafe in such conditions? Thanks in advance!

Thanks all for sharing your experience/advice!

Questions for the more experienced refs on here: how do you record cautions and goals etc…? I’ve heard some people talking about writing on cards? What do you use for that? If you write on cards is that just for bookings? Do you write goals or any other events in the book? Final question...

Someone from the Southern Amateur League turned up to our course to introduce himself and the RDO was happy to introduce any of us to him by email afterwards and it’s been easy getting games with them ever since. I would suggest emailing the AFA or perhaps even the Southern Amateur League...

I did my course with the AFA in March this year and was able to referee matches straight after the conclusion of the course. Course was enjoyable, you can book with confidence.