Recent content by Chris Smith

Exactly how I do it and the away team is calling, I feel that doing it this way you get more interaction and they feel more involved from both players.

Hold up, so you're now calling me a scumbag?

sorry I should have said earlier. It was an army game, we have what called army compensation scheme so he will be going for compo not to sue me.

I had loads of people try to run on the pitch and all the players coming to see what's going on. I threatened dismissals for club officials if they didn't get of the FOP I also ordered all the players to the other side of the field or I would be cautioning them. All I had there was the skipper...

It was a 4G pitch clear day, the pitch was perfect to play on. What happened was it was a one on one situation with the GK and attacker, the goal keeper dived on the floor to get the ball but the attacker chipped the ball over the keeper and as the follow threw they both collided, it wasn't...

Yes it was sanctioned, I would not referee a game that was not. it was a semi final.

Ladies and gents may I just remind you how important it is to make sure you're correctly appointed to a game or if you're refereeing a charity game and you must make sure your bum is covered because today I had a game and it ended up with having a player rushed to hospital with a snapped arm, he...

I made that mistake the amount of times I got my flags back with the top missing is a joke. I now give them cheap ones and use my touch line ones when I have offical AR's

Get some work done you lol. ;0)

I have not read all of this, but I had a game ages ago as I called for a foul a player from the other team started screaming at me as he was walking behind me, as I turned around I pulled my yellow card out and when I was face to face I showed it him, he soon stopped. I would have gone for a...

Today's game was brilliant, A challenge went in and was a good one so it went a bit like this. Ball goes out of play, Player, Ref why did you no blow the whistle? Me, because it was a fair challenge. Player, I am a qualified football referee and I know all the rules. Me, o really? so what...

I have no problem at all in the middle

No matter how many games I have done as an assistant, its half time that catches me out sometimes, few times I have crossed sords with the ref few mins later I am ok. Good advice from YorkshireReferee thats how I do it to start off with then I am ok after 5 mins

I was always told not to kick it on my basic course, if you miss kick it then you’re giving the rest of the referees a bad name and then the future referees that will be officiating in their next game will think I bet this guy can't kick a ball as well also thinking that all referees are jobs...

If this happens again, go to the skipper after about 10 mines and have a quick chat while the ball is out or a joke and then ask him what is number 4s name? 9 times out of 10 he will tell you without thinking.