Recent content by refsteve98

I too, was very impressed with Mr Oliver's performance last night and I also loved to hear the commentators compliment the referee for a change. He kept himself very composed - you could see that he wasn't very happy with Di Maria but he kept his cool :)

With the first sending off, Anthony Taylor has seen the WBA player jump in and the AV player writhing around on the floor and connected those dots. Could you argue that the tackle from Yacob should be given as playing in a dangerous manner instead of for making the contact with the other player?

Hello Gary, Every player has a right to their position on the field of play. From what I've read it sounds like a foul on the red player but I think you have to be there to call it accurately :)

I didn't Keith that well, I met him on occasions. You didn't need to know him well though to be able to tell that he was a very nice man Like all, extremely shocked to hear that he had died. RIP

If the Police should be called in a certain situation, who does it? Do you get one of the managers/coaches to do it or do you quickly pop back to your changing room and call them yourself?

He did it again with a later incident too - "He was the last man as well". Both times I was thinking that this guy is a complete idiot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_refereeing_in_England Part 2 on this page has a table on what level does what. I use that as an estimate :)

I'll probably have something the complete opposite in my next game :)

I refereed my 2nd OA game today, only big decision was whether or not to give a penalty, and I decided to give it. Final score was 5-1 to the home team. After the game there was lots of positive feedback from both managers and players. They said I had "a cracking game" and made some good...

Have got my first open age job as an assistant in the Weston Super Mare and District league this weekend. I'll let you know what the players are like in that if you want :D Unless I have misunderstood and the death wish is what your partner will say :D

In one of the England friendlies in America leading up to the world cup the referee made an appearance on TV to explain his decision to postpone the match due to a lightning storm. None of the presenters would have a go at them so the referees would be given a good opportunity to explain why...

Oh my goodness, it just gets worse! Her husband grabbed the referee by the throat :mad: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/parents-oksana-karaliova-lazaro-garcia-7062611

That woman must be bad on the insides :(

I was out watching Bristol City vs Bradford last night and I noticed a few times that the referee was gesturing to his Junior assistant on what the decision was being made when down the far end of the field of play. The assistant would then flag afterwards. Would this just be to make it look...

Just before I started my course last year I received a book called You Are The Ref. A big book with lots of scenarios that could potentially happen (some of them are very unlikely) Overall, very good and correct way to deal with the scenarios is given upside-down next to them.