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Most on here wouldn't know - teetotallers🥛☕😁

Yup - less than 20 pence a week . . .

"stretching it a tad . . ." 🤔😁

Would it be an error in law? - the LOTG state: The fourth official indicates the minimum additional time decided by the referee at the end of the final minute of each half. The additional time may be increased by the referee but not reduced.

Whilst clubs in most leagues are allowed to use a non-registered referee if there is not a registered referee available, they are not allowed to appoint non-registered officials in advance. As DavidObs has mentioned, there is no insurance cover for any non-registered referees. The inability to...

Welcome! In the first phase there is no offence as player X is not actively involved. In the second phase, player X is not further forward than the ball so is not offside. Whether the ball is played forward or not is totally immaterial. Hope that helps.

Playing Devil's Advocate, would the 4O not display 7 minutes rather than 8? If 8 is displayed the final whistle cannot be blown at 7m30s.

One of the regular issues is that after we deliver a course the attendees should be mentored on one or two of their first five games. Other than Academies, mentor support is at best sketchy and in many areas it is non-existent. Now, if every match official in this forum would be willing to...

Most of that funding is done by The FA rather than CFA's.

Or a mandatory extra drinks/TV advertisement break🍕🍟🌮🍔🍺

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Do you not have staff for that sort of task? 🤔😁

Thanks for the info👍

Has that guidance been released across the board? Many CFA's and Competitions have the signal in their Captains Only instructions.

The 8-second law has been used by every referee I've observed in Steps 3-6, with a remarkably similar view as to the count and the timing. At Steps 5 and 6, the use of Sin Bins was really encouraging at first, but in 2026 has tailed off (sadly) in the games I have observed. There is also an...