Recent content by JudgeDreadful

Haha, i take it there was murder ! 😛

I hate it when a fouled player grabs the ball BEFORE the ref has blown the whistle even if it is an obvious foul. I always want the ref to give handball but they never seem to. This is a strange sort of reversal of the situation. Very silly of the defender !

Yes that was my thoughts on how it could be viewed. At the moment the result stands, things have been smoothed out with the opposition but I'm still going to report it.

Hi all. Need some advice on how to deal with this situation. I refereed my sons U11 game at the weekend. A very competitive game, a few little niggles from a couple of players who I spoke to but nothing too serious. My sons team goes 4-2 ahead with only a few minutes remaining, the opposition...

Unbelievable.

I'm just saying it's controversial and bending the rules. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/penalty-taker-rules-stutter-step-run-goalkeeper-line-laws/f2c99ba4371eb4b56c59467a

That you're not allowed to stop/feint at the end of the run up. Obviously his technique is permitted as it's been allowed to happen, I was just pointing out that to me it's like he stops, skips and then kicks the ball.

I suppose it's quite clever what he does, his body is always moving so he gets away with it but there's a definite attempt to trick the goalie into thinking he's about to kick it. My point was that in the game v France it's the feint right at the end that causes the keeper to move off his line.

Ahh OK that makes sense.

He sort of stops, skips a step then kicks the ball. Is that not circumventing the law a bit ?

Assumed it updated automatically like other apps !

Strange that the IFAB app is not up to date !

Hi all, I'm a bit confused on the current rules for penalty kicks. Specifically for encroachment offences. I've always thought the rule was that if a player from either side encroached into the area before the kick was taken, then the kick had to be retaken depending on whether the goal was...

I have the Spintso watch and I like it. Fairly easy to use. It counts down the time and vibrates when the time is up. Lots of good features on it. It has a function to keep track of the score, HT time setting. Lots of other stuff such as BPM / steps / kcal and a sleep setting. I’m sure there’s...

Unusual incident from reffing my sons U10's 7v7 match at the weekend. An attacking player was heading towards goal and just as he got to the penalty area his boot came off when another player came to tackle him. He kept control of the ball to my surprise and play continued. Now he's in the...