Recent content by sunnycrofter

I think an "unnecessary" push on a referee is confrontational. But hey, if the FA don't see it that way, that's up to them, it just makes life much harder for referees further down the pyramid. It also makes The FA's life much harder the next time there's a National Serious Case Panel...

Which then begs the question, why did the match official caution the player?

It's in black and white in the FA handbook under "offences against a match official": 92.2 Physical contact or attempted physical contact: physical actions (or attempted actions) that are unlikely to cause injury to the Match Official but are nevertheless confrontational, examples include but...

Could I hazard a guess that Nyberg uses his right arm instead of his left arm to signal the corner, and thus closes his body off to his AR? It's certainly something my observers have picked me up on this season (especially when signalling for a goalkick). As a side note, I was at Wembley on...

I'm glad you said this, because I also think this may be the case. During my combative playing years, it was quite common/easy to disguise 'leaving one on an opponent' during a jump, tackle or challenge. I also very much agree with @RefereeX - I'm comfortable with the on-field decision of...

Based on what, exactly? As mentioned above, without knowing/hearing all the evidence and aggravating/mitigating circumstances, nobody can say whether the sanction is over the top or not.

When deciding on sanction for an offence that is proven, a disciplinary panel will note the starting point and top end sanction. They will then consider mitigating / aggravating circumstances to help decide upon the appropriate sanction. I would sincerely hope the age/inexperience of the...

But at FA Trophy level wouldn't the players have squad numbers and their names printed on the back of their jersey? So surely the number can't have been correct on the subs card in this instance?

Maybe this one isn't "new", but I haven't really seen it before, and I must admit it slightly flummoxed me; At a corner kick, a goalkeeper forcefully shoves their own defender into an attacking player, in order to get the attacking player away from them. Is that a foul? Is it permitted? I feel...

I've grown to like Centre Circle now after initially finding it a tad confusing. (Although I still think the calendar/opening dates and fixtures functionality isn't logical - but that could just be the way my brain works as I get older!). I'm curious why some county FAs have it and others...

I totally agree that it is a careless foul and the decision to rule it out is correct. I usually don't get so worked up about commentators but they've really irritated me with their thoughts, especially the co-commentator who went as far as saying RJ must have "misspoke when he described it as...

As I said above, I’m conflicted. Tarkowski, in my opinion, deliberately leans into an action to block the ball where his body can’t reach it, but his arm by his side can. So despite his arm being in a natural position, it could be construed as a deliberate act. However I fully admit on a...

I’m conflicted whether it is or isn’t a handball. It’s pretty clear Kavanagh wasn’t sure and relied on input from his assistant - hence the delay in giving the decision. I think whatever decision was given on the field (handball or no handball), VAR was never going to overturn it as replays...

Thanks for the comprehensive reply! 👍🏻

When do counties advertise promotion for the forthcoming season generally? Is there a cut off date for applications (esp for 5-4)?