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Therefore in law the goal keeper has committed an offence. If the ball wasn’t quite over the line would you give a goal, I doubt it.

As I’m in the same boat as the majority on here and always have my own flags with me the ref in question is correct by the LOTG as stated in law 5: Compulsory equipment Referees must have the following equipment: • Whistle(s) • Watch(es) • Red and yellow cards •...

Someone obviously didn’t do a kit check the night before.

IMO the second yellow was definitely justified as the first incident was whilst you were half a pitch away. I see no issue with awarding the goal either with the goal coming from the rebound. Just approach the game as you would any other, if the little chap didn’t learn from his last red then...

Don’t forget the Law of Cybernetic Entomology: There is always one more bug

@Jay99 Check out https://bbdfl.org/downloads/331 appendix D specifically. The document is dated for the 18/19 season, and appendix d is dated 16/17 but with no other info on the website it’s all you have as a reference document.

I’m really struggling to see how you think Jesus has thrown himself to the ground. If you watch his legs they carry on in a forward motion whilst he is yanked back by the shoulder, try throwing yourself to the ground in this manner I reckon you’ll find it quite difficult!

In my case the league are fully aware and don’t have an issue with it

If you are appointed by the league referee secretary I see no reason to declare anything to the opposition. I referee my sons games quite frequently and have never seen a reason to tell the opposition my son is playing in the game. Ref the game as you see it and you won’t have an issue.

You can also do the Safeguarding workshop prior to completing the ref course, which is useful as you need to complete this prior to being allowed to referee your first game. There isn’t always a Safeguarding workshop straight after the course so I would advise getting this out of the way if you...

As part of my pre-game chat with CARs I explain that if they flag and I am over ruling their decision I will give an obvious thumbs up to acknowledge that I have seen the flag and this is the signal for them to drop the flag.

Having witnessed the damage a ring can do I never let a player wear one During a game. I’ve had players tell me that they can not get the ring off, but amazingly when I tell them they won’t be taking part in the fixture they always seem to get it removed.

There is a handy free app version of the book available for both apple and android devices. Just search in the App Store or Play Store for IFAB and it should come up. I find the app really handy as I can use it on the go whenever I’ve got a spare five minutes.

That’s correct, all games less than 90 minutes are an 8 minute sin bin

Except for the above offences, it is not usually an offence if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm: directly from the player’s own head or body (including the foot)