Recent content by Jacob M

Hypothetical situation: Team A has possession, a Team B player goes down off the ball, the ref stops play so he can receive treatment. Normally, I would restart by requesting a Team B player pass the ball back to Team A. In the updated Law 8, it states that the referee may not manufacture the...

By the sounds of it you were well within your rights to caution in all cases, although if someone is swearing at you 5 times I would question why they were not sent off, regardless of age. No matter what age/competition/level, from my limited experience it seems idiots are universal. Don't let...

I had a Men's Sunday League game yesterday, between 2 bottom teams of bottom division, (Orange v Yellow (who only had 10 men), 3-0 to Orange after 87 minutes with no previous incidents. Yellow corner, Orange CB holding Yellow player by the arm with both hands, preventing him from jumping for...

I was there as a Maidstone fan, so obviously from the other end of the stadium I could tell it was a penalty. Joking aside, I thought it was a penalty at the time but I was surprised as to how stonewall it actually was when I saw the highlights. However, we all make mistakes and overall I...

A tight game in the National League South, with a few controversial decisions (see highlights below) An unsuccessful penalty appeal at 1:10, as well as an incident at 5:24 which led to the manager being sent off for his reaction to the referee pulling the play back after an advantage . I...

Thanks for all your advice, as it turns out he got back to me later that day

I have just moved to a new area and my county FA recommended a local sunday league to me. I emailed the referee's secretary asking if he needed any referees and didn't get a response for almost two weeks, so I sent him a WhatsApp message using the contact number on the league website. I got a...