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Scotland 2-1 Belarus (2) Northern Ireland 1-3 Germany (4) Wales 1-2 Belgium (3) Ireland 2-1 Armenia (1) Latvia 0-2 England (5) Bonus: 15

Mantaining discipline is the main tone you need to set. Getting to them again will get a harsher calling out or a one on one verbal warning to get the message stated. Anything further after that will come into your own hands to take action.

Villa 0-2 Fulham (5) Lille 2-1 Lyon (3) Livingston 1-1 Rangers (1) AC Milan 2-1 Napoli (4) Newcastle 1-2 (2) Bonus: 15

Lazio 0-1 Roma (2) Bournemouth 0-1 Newcastle (4) Sunderland 0-2 Aston Villa (5) Bristol City 1-0 Oxford United (1) Arsenal 1-2 Man City (3) Bonus: Vancouver Whitecaps

I had a funny experiance related to this. It was a academy cup final with my team a few months back as the grassroots league I reffed was already over. Lightning sirens went off and we had to wait in our cars. Ref called us back 30 min after and we had 5 mins before they went off again. This...

The WSL Merseyside derby game made me rethink my whole theory... Turns out EPL teams don't transfer their Prem winning luck to their WSL team. Southampton 2-1 Portsmouth (1) Burnley 0-3 Liverpool (5) Kilmarnock 1-3 Celtic (4) Man City vs Man Utd (2) Colo Colo 2-1 Universidad de Chile (3) Man...

Brighton 1-3 Aston Villa (WSL) [2] Liverpool 2-1 Everton (WSL) [3] Manchester United (WSL) [4] Tottenham 1-1 West Ham (WSL) [1] Germany 3-0 Northern Ireland

Brighton 0-2 Manchester City (4) Nottingham 3-0 West Ham (5) Liverpool 3-2 Arsenal (2) Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace (1) Lyon 1-1 Marseille (3) BONUS: 6

Take measures to draw the line in the games. As an AR I've seen the Head Refs card the young U12s. Typical challanges and I've seen disent as a trend in games at U-10-14 range as it has grown.

Crystal Palace 2-1 Nott’m Forest (1) Everton 1-2 Brighton (3) Fulham 0-2 Manchester United (2) Juventus 2-0 Parma (5) Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool (4) Bonus: Southend

Ipswich 2-1 Southampton (1) Chelsea 4-2 Crystal Palace (5) Nottingham 2-1 Brentford (2) Manchester U 2-0 Arsenal (4) Espanyol 0-2 Atletico (3) Bonus: 27

I looked on the FA and found that earring are not permitted in games, but I also saw a rule on the Boston Youth Rec League saying that earrings are allowed as long as the player covers them in tape. Local rules for youth competitions make the rules in their games, so in some small leagues you can.

Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic [3] Ajax 3-0 Telstar [4] Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool [2] Leicester 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday [5] Colwyn Bay 0-1 Connah's Quay Nomads [1] Bonus: 4

The tape on the ears could have decived the referee's decision, making it not stand out as much as without concealment of the earrings.