Recent content by Viridis1886

The white line is definitely worth zooming in and following off into the distance! 🤣

At the levels where sin bins operate, it would be the ref that times it. 10 mins plus stoppage. If you are fortunate enough to have Neutral ARs then they will often keep an eye out too. My personal way of doing it is to add 11 mins and then write on the back of my hand with a sharpie the time...

I have a fairly high tolerance to being asked question, but you are right and after a while it gets wearing. I refer to it as "drive by dissent". The players jog past with little comments with the sole purpose to sow seeds in your head. When my tolerance of this starts to wear out I tend to...

I just don't think I know what handball is any more.

I feel inspired. Does anyone want to join me for the London Marathon next year? We'll do it properly - watch the full coverage. I was thinking leisurely start. I'll do croissant and coffee for anyone that want them. Cooked brekkie if you want to go whole hog. Then settle down in the lounge...

Ummm.... how late? Asking for a friend.

Well I don't mind admitting it confused the hell out of me!

Game at the weekend where a player went sliding in to tackle and totally missed the ball and player. The player had to leap to get out of the way of the player which allowed the opposition to gain possession. Other than having to leap over the tackle, the player was otherwise unimpeded. I gave...

It was pretty much the only time he had to blow his whistle all game!

I reckon so. I assume north of the border so caution for dissent rather than a sin bin? I do think with some players "foul throw" is a form of tourettes.

In my son's first ever game as a ref he had to penalise his sister for handball about 10 seconds after she'd come on. 😂

It's not easy this refereeing lark is it! All this mental juggling either in 2 seconds before you blow the whistle or the few seconds after when you need to explain it to the players. I reckon on balance we all do a pretty good job.

I actually pretty much had this offence last season. Player standing to shield the ball and went down under absolutely minimal contact. I decided nowhere near enough for a foul as he was clearly looking for it. He assumed he was going to get the free kick so grabbed the ball and was getting...

Actually... I take it back. I get it now. 2 offences, 1 caution. I was missthinking 2 offences as 2 cautions.

I can't work out from this if it should be 2 cautions or 1 at the discretion of the referee.