Recent content by Tim Punter

Bit of an odd one as well at the start of the match early in. Ref got in the way of a player and stopped play for a droppd ball, surely this is only for the ref touching the ball, which I couldn't see.

Thought this was a very harsh penalty. Two players accidently clashing heads, really can't see how Kerkez is the guilty party, and at full speed even more puzzling? 2:50 in

That's true.

I had one today, player has his throat caught by an arm, didn’t think there was much in it, but he started, coughing and chocking, so stopped the game for his safety. Just didn’t seem right to send him off for a minute. His team were 2-3 down, so no time wasting involved, and he was fine. So...

Would have been a bit ironic if that was given as a penalty after last week's shirt pull at Anfield. Maybe they were trying to rectify last weeks mistake!

This may have been answered previously, but I had a scenario the other week where a player went off after treatment for a minute, no problem, but wanted to come on when the ball had gone off a few times (a big park, so it took a while to get the ball back). Is the minute an 'in-play' minute...

Learnt a lot from do assistants for more senior refs, and they always signal to step it up in key moments of the game. When I feel my mind wandering, I give myself a little, 'right, lets step this up'

I would politely ask him/her to leave the pitch, and thank them for their usefull advice! Personally, would only give a red if they were abusive, but realise that is not strictly adhering to the LOTG

Good debate on aspects of LOTG, as what this forum should be about. Take the points about AM being lenient on the big decisions, given the importance of the game, but VAR has no excuses. I thought he was very generous in giving Arsenal fouls when they were often defending near their own...

The big talking point from today's game. Seemed a pretty clear penalty. Around 53 seconds in

Good advice, and did say politely that he shouldn't be on the pitch, and he said he was allowed as it was half-time! I was in the centre circle when |I blew for half time. He wasn't agggressive, or striding towards me, so we did have a quick chat before the start of the second half. But glad I...

Yes proven track record! Pardon the pun

Thanks, this was a U16S game over a sports ground with no changing rooms. I like that they don't make it public, and we did have a quick chat before the start of the 2nd half. He was a nice guy, but still attempting to sway my decisions, I think! So I think the advice is here is to be polite...

Good advice, thanks

I failed the sprint tests x3 times, always around 6.2 seconds. If I did it again, I think I will try and book a sprint coach at the local athletics club for advice on technique. Watched a load of videos on youtube, but still think you need somebody to watch how you are sprinting to make...