Recent content by Homer Ref

I do squirm when I see fellow refs have these self-promoting accounts that try to make themselves be noteworthy. By all means have a personal media account that has your content as a ref, but when it comes from the stands "It is not about you!" I feel these accounts kind of prove the point...

Just short of £200 isn't bad... but quite happy using the Refsix and a smartwatch.

Applauding the advantage more than the goal itself... Was the yellow merited since the advantage led to a goal?

Grabbing and pushing the injured leg of an opposition player knowing it will cause significant suffering cannot be seen as anything but violent conduct.

I know this is a dead thread, but to update since I acquired said boot - they do come in about a half size bigger on my size 10. A full thumb-width of space from toes to end of boot.

That is actually quite infuriating, they change the price for what size you select! I didn't want to be angry on Christmas day but... lol 🤣🤣🤣

Always wanted the Mundial Team Astro trainers, but Sports Direct have never brought them down below £95. Discovered that if you buy their £100 gift card online, you get 20% off the card (£80). So bought the card, and used that to buy the boots and also pay the postage. So yeah, basically £20...

The referee who had already seen and turned it down on the FOP is called to the monitor to look at it again. It isn't as though he has missed the call, he made it. Both VAR decisions were shockers.

Laying hands on you should get the culprit a good length of ban so no other referee has to put up with them. It sounds like you did everything to give the game a chance, but as you state, there is nothing you can do when one side is only interested in playing against your decisions and not the...

I think we are getting into the realms of child psychology here. We are referees, we ref. We are not counsellors, nor are we cold-hearted machines either. What has happened is that someone broke the rules of the game, and that person was dealt with according to the rules of that game. We're...

So we should have an age-specific LOTG then?

A red card means they will sit out some games while their teammates play. The effect on a child who wants to play football but cannot due to their behaviour is something that will have an impact on their behaviour. We are not too far away from the time when we belted children on the premise...

I can see your point... but we are looking at the LOTG here and they were applied correctly. While we call them laws, they are rules and rules are there for one reason... control. You are there to referee the match, and control behaviour through use of the cards. Mitigation is always going to...

For safeguarding the player themselves (or representative) have to let the referee know what the problem they have is. In which case (in Scotland) you note it in your match report. Unless the parents are those of the child then they should have left any concerns to the coach to report (unless...

I think too many coaches are leaving player discipline up to us when they have a huge part to play. From my experience, players at that age regard the coaching staff as a guide more than a referee ever will. Rather than the coach having a go at the OP, they do need to take responsibility for...