Recent content by teltheref

Interested in this thread, I'm an old long in the tooth level 5 looking to back away from refereeing commitments gradually by leaving open age games and taking u 18's and u17's. I find managing dissent more difficult in youth football. Open age I was used to managing it on the hoof by and...

This is good thank you - No I didn't send him away (at the time I thought I did enough), it was on reflection I thought it was worth more. So inline with the my actions at the time, it's best left as it is. However sharing it with the league is excellent advice, I'm adjusting to youth football...

Something similar: I had an under 18's yesterday, the away team used a substitute for CAR in first half. At half time the coach took up the flag and did ok for about 20 minutes. Then we had a falling out, I was cautioning one of his players and the coach was dissenting from about 20 yards...

Thanks for the comments everyone - I asked the question of the league secretary and he went to the County before coming back with the following "Hi the player should only play with the sports goggle type as these are safety ones normal glasses should not be allowed as they may cause injury to...

I feel I know the answer to this one - but its so long since I was last asked pretty sure I got it wrong. I've recently moved the focus of my refereeing from open age to youth. Yesterday I had an under 17's game and a player approached me during my pitch inspection "Ref I normally play in...

Been refereeing longer than I care to remember but cant quite give it up totally. Madness?