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Second caution for Cole Palmer right at the end of the game for the tackle? I imagine if it was 10 minutes earlier it would have been a stonewall yellow given...

Think I'd take 2 red cards in the first half at the moment as a Derby fan, to justify the 3-0, our first half was painful but that's just because we're rubbish.

Having watched it, looks like a coming together to me. Though I could potentially understand it being given at low levels on one view of it at the time. But with all the evidence available, I'm leaning towards no foul.

Ime, you will generally find even on a Sunday morning league OA game that if you use the stepped approach effectively as you did, and on the caution you tell the player that another foul is potentially a second yellow (careless can likely be managed with a final warning), if you also mention it...

I imagine it was the same meeting as me as well, when you've got 4 different associations coming together, there's always going to be a lot of people!

Consideration of a red? Lunge UEF potentially

The easy way to put this into wording with managers and captains is "if it's played like a 'friendly', it's reffed like one, if anyone starts being silly with mouth or tackles, cards will come out". Seems to work ime. Can't say you didn't warn them...

It's 60 minutes in my local one but most referees want us there 90 before where possible.

I got a 3Q 4O appointment as a 4 which made me very happy, being at the ground at 115 for a 3pm didn't 😂 (I actually didn't mind as I know it's expected that far up the pyramid). Iirc correctly the ground was probably an hour and quarter away as well. Earliest I've ever had to get to a game!

BBC website is asking for thumbs up or down on the last red card, it's a pretty even split at the moment. So looks like it really isn't clear cut, and either could be supported.

First one, correct. Second, correct, at the lower levels it would probably baffle players but by the LOTG, I would say it's correct. Third one, also correct but could support a caution as well. I'm leaning more towards red though.

I can't imagine that going down well with at least one team in a Professional fixture, depending on the circumstances.

Seen it before, probably falls under spirit of the game. You could argue the referee wouldn't be in a position to make a decision if something happened and they're on the floor or in a tangle with a player. Just got to be careful of the overall picture/situation.

I'm in the camp of sin bins work, I pretty much only referee parks games (and line at step 5/6) and find when I use a sin bin it generally tends to do the job. Case in point, moany team on Sunday morning adult mens, used the step approach to a degree, and it was low level moaning. Eventually...

I sent a player off at Sunday morning OA earlier this season for calling the opposition CAR a cheat. Took people by surprise, but I'd do it again. As far as I'm concerned, a CAR is part of my team for the purposes of the fixture, and unless I have reason to believe they have actually cheated...