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I’ve had similar in a game where the ball apparently went in the goal, hit the wheel and then came back out again. The wheel was too close to the upright and from my position it looked like it had come back off the post. Because I couldn’t see it go in I couldn’t give the goal. In my case it was...

Yes, sin bins are mandatory if cautioning for showing dissent in grass roots football in England. This is stated on the infographic on the attached website. https://www.englandfootball.com/participate/behaviour/inclusive-football/respect/sin-bins As RefereeX says, some older referees don’t...

No, these are for the teams to fill in, not the referee. The referee may not have this information, but the teams will. It’s up to them if they want to fill these in - some do, others don’t. The teams are supposed to put down names of players who took part in the game but not all teams do this...

If you answer questions after every decision then players will question every decision! Try not to get into discussions about everything, otherwise you’ll make a rod for your own back. Obviously there’s nothing wrong with talking to players but I’d keep it as brief as possible, especially if...

If the infringement is inside the GOAL area (“6 yard box” not the penalty area!) then the free kick is taken from the line of the goal area parallel with the goal line - the 6 yard line. A wall can then line up on the goal line, so 6 yards from the ball, but only between the posts. Any...

Do these leagues find themselves in the unique position of having too many referees? I’m struggling to see why any league would dump a referee without trying to keep him. At least if they do decide to remove him from the list then they should tell him why. Just saying “club marks too low”...

As I recall the Isthmian league used to use green and yellow flags rather than red and yellow. The clubs had to provide them rather than the match officials. (At the time no one used buzzers) I think they stopped this about 2002 when the contributory league boundaries were redrawn and officials...

Is this what you’re after? Level 1 referees (level 1) do EFL leagues 1, 2 and NL Prem (step 1) Level 2 referees do NL North and South (step 2) Level 3 referees do Contributory leagues (step 3 & 4) Level 4 referees do Supply leagues (step 5 & 6)

I think the coach’s comments about the incident are appalling - he seems to think that the player was unlucky to be sent off! “After the tie, head coach Ben Olsen stressed that he hadn't had a chance to review the incident, but that the conduct on the pitch was well below par. 'I have to...

Tbf, I introduced the “no attempt to play the ball” line in my question, which was as follows: “Good evening, I am a referee and have a question about an incident from one of my games, which I hope you can help me with. The incident was as follows: An attacker with the ball ran past the...

I have had this happen, when a player shouted and put off a player about to roll the ball in from right in front of the goal. There was no one in front of him, so a goal was almost certain without the shout. As suggested, I stopped play quickly and sent the offender off, but it caused issues...

As a goalkeeper in the 80s if it went over the goal then the referee would tell us which side to take the kick from, much as we do for corners now.

It did. Up until 1991 Law 16 stated that the ball had to be kicked from the half of the goal area where it went out of play. This was changed to speed the game up, because keepers would faff around placing the ball for the kick only to be told to take it from the other side.

If you put it under the FA one, then enter the team names a drop down list of options should appear, with the team names followed by CFA. Choose the appropriate team and the registered player names should appear as normal.

This was an adult cup semi final, and the defending team were 1-0 up with about half an hour to go (from memory - it was about ten years ago) The ball was played to the near post where the attacker was waiting to pass it into an unguarded goal, with the gk and a defender 3-4 yards away, standing...