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Yes, I am comfortable with "the vicinity". Ultimately I do not want to see or hear them but your description does it for me. Where I am confused is what - in law - we do with a Team Official who has been sent off?

After a player is sent off, law 12 is clear that they are required to leave the vicinity. This requirement is not clear for a Team Official after they have been shown a red card. What should be done - dependent on the type of game - if a Team Official has been sent off?

A sending off offence, I agree. My only confusion is why as AR you could do nothing further? You could bring it to the attention of the Referee?

Hi Jake, I did mine nearly 3 years ago. It was very good e.g. sensible positioning at corners etc. DM me and I can get you contact. In South Wales, there is a practical on the 6th November.

Working on the assumption that this should have been a red card, I thought it would go down as Serious Foul Play but Mark Halsey has indicated Violent Conduct. Your thoughts on this incident and, more generally, any useful links to when something is SFP and when it is VC?

Best wishes to you and well done for taking up the whistle. For me: Read up on the laws e.g. download the IFAB app; Ask the League for a copy of their current handbook. Be sure on duration each half? Are rotating substitutions allowed? How many substitutions are allowed? Size ball...

Jake, I did the same course just over 12 months ago. You have passed the course so congratulations. I finished off with the practical at Penybont. A lot of it is guidance e.g. where is the best position for a referee when a corner is being taken. You will also be given guidance for logging...

In the opinion of the referee? :) That is a fair point and added context. In Wales, we do not have Sin Bins (yet) and I had not given their role any consideration when I posted. For me, there have been games when waiting for the ball to go out of play and then issue a caution for dissent has...

Out of interest, does your County FA not encourage you to abandon games when this happens?

No, you have drawn a logical conclusion that does not exist. I do not deny the clarity of the laws on how to restart. That is a different point. There are times when play needs to be stopped and a caution issued immediately. But at other times, I have found the alternative method very effective.

Personally, I would not have stopped play but would have cautioned the goalkeeper when the ball went out of play. This ensures that the law is followed but the innocent team not penalised.

Above everything else, you have done nothing wrong. Secondly, if not already done, you need to report to your County FA that you abandoned a game. Keep your report factual stating why the game was abandoned.

Many thanks for the prompt response. Sticking with the same numbering: 1. Thanks. I could not find the answer in the LOAF; 2. I cannot remember dropping the ball to the goalkeeper. In addition, I cannot find the answer in the LOAF.

This is a very useful thread. I have two questions: 1. "all the other players (of both teams) must be at least 4m (4.5yds) away" - is that until the ball hits the floor or is touched by the player receiving the bounced ball? 2. When the ball is bounced to the keeper in his penalty area, my...

Ok, but you have not confirmed whether my interpretation of what you meant by ATC is correct?