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As a first season L4 I'm pleased they've offered the earlier opportunity to specialise. I have been thinking for a while about going SAR because I feel it is where I perform most consistently well, and gives the better opportunity for progression as an AR with operating on the dugout side more...

You probably have a right to access it under GDPR as it is personal information about you. If the individual marks have been kept then you may have a right to those too.

Nationality is part of the 'race' protected characteristics (though this would also come under ethnicity and national origin). Insulting, offensive or abusive language is a red card so probably should be the result as it is a potentially aggravated offence, and the anti discrimination protocol...

I hope PGMO keeps up its stringent approach to this, I'm confident that those few players still tempted to pull hair will soon get the message and this may then give the authorities some food for thought about how to address the more prevalent problem behaviours affecting our game.

It's there in 12.3.

Better clip here skip to 3:14 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/c62j0yqzn8vo Martinez goes for it twice so it's definitely intentional and it is not negligible force.

I already asked IFAB. Their answer was it was redundant text so taken out. So we can take from that there is no practical change to how these situations should be refereed.

Yes the attitude of the players was very different but that case serves to highlight how the authorities assess deliberate contact on a match official by a participant. @RustyRef the FA could charge him, the regulations state 'The Association may issue a Charge against a Player in relation to...

In the Mitrovic case the commission stated "'excessive force' in the context of a match official falls to be considered from the admitted starting point, namely that it is unacceptable to use any force or put hands on a Match Official." Furthermore the commission agreed with the FA's application...

It is Nike for next season though I don't know when it runs to. I assume it is the Referee III range as what else would it be?

There is no change to sending off offences, although it could result in fewer second cautions. The DOGSO change means a player will no longer be cautioned following a goal scored after advantage. i.e. it will now be DOGSO offence, no advantage, free kick awarded = sending off DOGSO deliberate...

Law 4: How practically are referees supposed to know if an 'accessory' is dangerous if a player has covered it? Are we expected to ask all players to show us their 'accessories' before they cover them? Why no restrictions on the colour of coverings when we have restrictions on the colour of...

Each to their own. Trainee referees might be encouraged to avoid social media, because it can cause headaches for County FAs if misused. But there is no blanket ban. I've followed Eric Edge's YouTube channel 'Behind the Whistle' since it started. It hasn't done him any harm yet as a L5 and it is...

In the last 12 months I have officiated on 55 matches, 41 of those being in the middle.

In Law I'd say this can be justified as a foul for holding as the defender is held down by the attacker. I doubt it would meet PGMO's punishment threshold for clear material impact or extreme non-footballing action.