Recent content by black_dog

"I don't think you can give it as a foul"

Personally I would wait the usual long second before blowing the whistle. If an attacker has taken advantage and scored in that time then goal. If they've missed, then pull it back for a penalty. If they are still well positioned but haven't scored or missed in that time, penalty. I don't care...

"Any mistakes I make is because I'm blind. Any mistakes you make are because you're not good enough."

The IDFK is to restart play if the play is stopped to caution the player. If the ball went out then that's not the case. As it transpired the ball did not go out, so IDFK following a caution is the correct restart.

It's definitely a USB caution for verbally distracting an opponent. But presumably the shot went out for a goal kick and play was not stopped to caution the player. So wouldn't it be a goal kick restart?

I am a goalkeeper @paulwfromtheden but it definintely would not be me doing the dragging. And I agree, it's foolish for players to get involved unless they are threatened, but I don't think physical manhandling is in itself excessive. Coincidentally I was at my daughter's referee training last...

Against another player or referee: excessive and brutal, VC. Against a pitch invader? Dragging off field is exactly what the security would do because it is perfect for the situation.

I remember those criticisms in the papers, it's not all about the referee blah blah, backed up by idiot pundits.It's really short sighted though. One month of sendings off and manager whinging and it would be problem fixed. Lack of bottle from the FA and PGMOL.

I can't see any grounds for USB. The Blue forward didn't need to retreat - the GK is not controlling with hands and the forward can challenge for the ball.

I don't think that the force used was excessive or brutal for that situation. Throwing to the floor, punching in the head might be excessive, but dragging off the field seems a perfectly weighed action.

This is why it is a crappy tactic that should be stamped out. If the 'ball in play' is not clear to the defenders then how can the ref be certain it is in play? Certainly not because of some verbal agreement between player and AR.

I thought the second penalty was correct. Richardson to the ball first, pushed over.

In last night's Villa - Notts County game, Bunn brought down McLeod with the classic clumsy foul of a keeper who's realised far too late that he's made a terrible error going for the ball, obvious penalty. Kavanagh did not call it DOGSO, presumably because McLeod would have reached the ball near...

This is the FFSA kit.

This Saturday we turned up at my daughter's game, a 45 minute drive from home, at which point she announced that she had forgotten her whistle. Knowing what she's like I have always kept an old $1 whistle at the bottom of my bag. So she had to ref with a tiny whistle with a wooden pea, rather...