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As @ChasObserverRefDeveloper has said above, the competition rules sometimes dictate the exact procedure you need to use. On the few occasions I've been in this situation, my usual MO is to keep the appointed AR bench-side for 90 minutes and have each club provide an AR for one half, running the...

The level that the MDC operates at doesn't affect the match you're refereeing in any way, shape or form, so don't worry about it. Key point is exactly the same as for any time you're being watched by a MDC or observer - forget they're there, and don't referee any different to how you usually do...

I've had 5 in 11 games so far this season, whereas I only had 3 in 37 games last season... don't think I'm doing anything differently 🤷‍♂️ Most I've ever had in one season is 8, so I'm on course to top that by Christmas at the moment!

Sounds like you handled it as well as anyone could have - keep us informed what happens with the Blue players/club!

Sounds like a fun one! Don't forget to do an extraordinary report for the GK's red card (and the Blue defender if he repeated the same threatening comments), as they'll be looking at considerably more than the standard two matches for OFFINABUS. I'd also put in an extraordinary report for the...

Then what exactly is the point you're trying to make?

"The Laws cannot deal with every possible situation, so where there is no direct provision in the Laws, The IFAB expects the referee to make a decision within the spirit of the game and the Laws – this often involves asking the question, ‘what would football want/expect?’" As I've pointed out...

The Laws don't actually cover it, as 12.5 only states that for offences outside the FoP committed against a match official or an opposing player, substitute, substituted player or sent-off player, or team official, play is restarted with a free kick on the nearest boundary line (or penalty if...

The restart would be on the whistle, so the referee wouldn't have blown the whistle to restart if they weren't happy with the placement.

Looking through the live reporting on BBC, in the second half there was - ten substitutions over eight separate substitution stoppages (with three Man City players going off injured, which I assume would have taken up more time), one caution (then two during added time), two goals (one a penalty...

Maybe switch it up occasionally, and instead of doing mostly slower speed with a little higher speed, do a session with less distance overall but mostly higher speed intervals with walking in-between. I'd also recommend doing it outside on the road or track, rather than on the treadmill, so that...

I would argue that in normal circumstances, outside the area it would be called a foul because in full speed and without the benefit of replays, it looked like a foul, and it's only because it's inside the area that it's been reviewed at less than full speed and from multiple angles. Had it been...

Can completely see why in real-time JB gives it, but it's not a foul IMO. Defender gets there first and plays the ball, attacker gets there second and then the two players make contact. The direction of the challenge makes a big difference here - had the defender been diving in like that...

What pace and effort level are you doing your 10Ks at? It might be worth swapping one of the 10Ks out for an interval session. It doesn't need to be the exact 75m-25m of the test (although when you eventually get to the point that you've got the test in the diary then you should definitely find...

Tough one to call in real-time. By the letter of the law you could make the argument that both players have challenged recklessly, or that both players have lunged in with excessive force/in a manner which is endangering an opponent's safety. In practice, Blue (just) got there first, and...