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A week early for a Cup Final last season. I’d hit bad traffic due to roadworks on the way down too so was running late for the agreed meet up time - or it would’ve been if I’d been 7 days later. For the actual game with the previous journey in mind I allowed extra travel time and sailed through...

The other thing to note in that case is that County FA borders don’t always reflect the administrative counties, with some teams falling under a different FA. BBFA cups includes teams in Shrivenham for example and that’s in Oxfordshire!

Presumably you’re on or close to the border anyway? It’s fine to do so. Up here in the northern reaches of BBFA we’ve got referees working the Bedfordshire leagues too so you wouldn’t be an outlier in that regard. Contacting the Hants league officer is the way to go to get them. The only...

Am I serious? Yes. Did I immediately think red when I first saw it? No. And that’s the clincher - there’s still doubt for me and I have to be absolute to go red. Maybe my definition of high differs, or maybe I’m a little more detached emotionally from it. For me, ball, boot, and low...

Was thinking similar myself. As for the Ugarte incident, don’t recall a caution other than for dissent? Even went through BBC text commentary and can’t find a mention of it either.

Not seeing it myself. For all Lee Dixon banging on about that being red in the Premier League, I very much doubt it. I know we do t take pundits into account but there’d be a few going on about how harsh it is etc. And had that been an England player, and he’d been sent off, we’d never hear...

Likewise here.

Controlled it very well, and stopped it from boiling over. I might’ve gone a different colour card for Kepa’s foul second half - a good case for DOGSO, but in that sense it balanced out as he created the first goal.

Very good review for the red card. It’s more than a tactical foul - high, fast and not an attempt to play the ball. I needed a replay to see it as I thought it was just a spoiler foul on first look, but clearly not.

As soon as the ball goes in Sam Barrott is running in for that melee exactly as you say you described it. But too many skip over it or wilfully ignore it, because it doesn’t sell. As for the incident with Barnes, he knows what he’s doing. He’s shaped himself to control the ball - there’s a...

Not to be facetious but haven’t defenders being doing this forever? Except we’ve called it nudging, bumping, and jostling?

AR on this near side as the camera looks, is having a nightmare tonight. Glad the goal came from that free kick as it’s a bit of a bail out but that was so poor. First one understandable, second one no way. Needs to focus and put it out of his mind. Cant drop referee in it a third time.

Now seeing the offside goal there is an attacker in his eye line. Camera angle is deceiving - from the elevated view we can see it clearly. Be interesting to see a ground level shot. But we won’t because that doesn’t sell like Alan Shearer ranting.

No issues with the Bizot red card. If you’re thinking DOGSO, fine. 1 defender vs three attackers from the next play of the ball which would’ve been a pass to an attacker who could shoot. Challenge is equally not an attempt to play the ball.

My earlier point now confirmed - nothing to do with losing referees and everything to do with playing.