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Surely it is excessive force, because the required amount of force required in terms of pushing a match official, is absolutely none at all?

Similar story to myself - I finished playing, started coaching, ended up refereeing a fair bit at local clubs due to referee shortages. So at the age of 46 I took the course at the start of the season. I was only able to do one or two development games per weekend prior to the new year due to...

Thanks. I would like to think that I learned this lesson at U18. My let it flow instincts have generally served me well in youth football, but Ive certainly had my moments of coming close to losing control in U18/U21 games, especially in poor conditions. I will definitely start OA with a lower...

Cheers for that. I have had to deal with quite a bit at U18/U21 level. I've had a mass con, a sending off, a few dissent sin bins, and an almost abandonment after recieving threats from the sideline (all that in one particular match) . I anticipate that there will be less distractions from the...

I have my first Open Age match next Saturday, having refereed youth games for the past two years. I have only done about half a dozen U18/U21 matches as preparation - would you consider this adequate? Also, any tips on making that step up would be greatly appreciated. For context, I am 47, and...

Thanks. I actually received my average coach mark on the Monday after this incident - it was 91, which gave me a timely confidence boost. I am now firmly back in the saddle and enjoying myself again.

Long term lurker, first time poster. For context; I've been refereeing for about 3 years and started to do u18 and u21 games in January having previously only doing u17 and below. I also coach an u15 team, so I'm know my way around grassroots football. I'm also a late starter to refereeing at...