Recent content by cZulu

Slight difficulty with a few of these at the weekend. Scenario: RED player attempts to tackle BLUE player via slide tackle. BLUE player avoids the challenge via a quick shuffle and slight 'jump' - RED player innocuously slides past. BLUE player looses possession in the next phase of play -...

You may not believe me but a Women's Open Age match yesterday, there was 1 foul (trip) in the entire match. In the 2nd half especially I only blew my whistle for a few offsides. Other than that nada, nout, nil... Very few challenges and those that did occur were well timed. I found myself...

As the title suggests I sometimes find it difficult to identify the offending player after a foul has occurred. I.e. the players may have their backs towards you, your mind is occupied in making the correct decision in the immediate aftermath, other players may join in the melee after the...

It seems a question that is never asked, and I know its to be avoided in the first place, but what do other refs do in an attempt to regain control of a match once its lost? Specific scenario: I give a penalty decision in the first 10 mins - thinking back I now admit it was a poor decision and...

1. Blue player fouls Red Player. Blue player complaints are worthy of a dissent YC in my opinion . I start ushering the blue player to issue the YC and he shouts "That was never an f*****g foul ref....you f*****g pr***k!" at which point I change to a RC for abusive language. As there was very...

Situation: I'm AR2 standing in the opposite half to a free kick being set up - probably about 45 yards away but on my near-side. When ref's back turned, defending player clearly and cynically boots the ball into row Z without too many people other than me noticing. Quite a lot of background...

A selection of comments received during a match yesterday: “Whatever you’re getting paid for this match it’s too much” “You’ve lost this game, ref” “Poor performance ref, your observer won’t be happy. No more games for you this season” “Will you get one right soon, ref?” “You’re making this...

Red and Blue player running towards the ball, the ball is not in playing distance and one player uses their strength to 'shoulder' the opponent player off their running line. Always a foul for charging/pushing? Or is your decision influenced by factors such as playing distance from the ball...

Defending player misses ball during a challenge and kicks attacker across both ankles. Clear foul, right? But this was in the penalty area, the player didn’t go to ground and the attacking team did not appeal. I (almost) instinctually blew and awarded the penalty. Cue an almighty amount of...

Had my first real difficulties with a manager today. U15s match - a couple of the boys had a few minor "everything is against us, ref!" type comments but I felt that I brought this under my control with a chat or two - and in the main the players were fine for the rest of the game. However...

Hello all, I am now only 7 games into my referee career and I think it is going well with reflection leading to noticeable step by step improvements each game. Game 7; had a satisfactory game for 88 mins, felt in control and nothing untoward. But then I disallowed a goal for offside (correctly...

Hi all, Pretty much brand new ref here, 4 games in, all at U12 and U13 so far. Feel like I am improving game by game but always trying to reflect back. This morning, U12 end of the season game, there were two incidents I could use some experienced advice: 1. Notice two players having hand...

Hi all, I have just last week completed my initial referee training with my county FA and now I must complete 5 qualifying games in 4 calendar months. So I want to get started ASAP but when I log into WholeGameSystem there is no mention of my role as a referee, ref registration numbers or any...