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Hopefully clubs like Arsenal and all those from the top of the pyramid to the bottom will now quickly realise if they haven’t before that they often shoot themselves in the foot by deliberate time wasting - I have seen it so many times, and includes knocking the ball around to each other within...

Yes, I see that now.

Though stopping the watch for every throw-in, corner kick & goal kick is not what should be happening, as included within the Guidance to Match Officials at the end of the Laws of the Game - “Many stoppages in play are entirely natural (e.g. throw-ins, goal kicks). An allowance is made only when...

Yes, heard about his story last year when he came to our RA meeting.

Reuben’s rise from the time he started to where he is now is remarkable, but as the old saying goes, if you’re good enough you’re old enough!

Wealdstone v Hartlepool was postponed the night before to save Hartlepool from travelling yet I don’t think there was any rain & the pitch must have improved to a certain degree during the day up to what would have been kick off time. Probably the difference between the two was at the morning...

And not only in UEFA competitions, but many European leagues.

The Referee concerned has been suspended in the past but for a completely different incident. It could be that he could have a weekend off!! (the last time was much longer).

Truth be known I have experienced this myself on the very odd occasion (since 1988), but not been at his level.

Not for us perhaps, but Bristol City spectators going bonkers on social media - not surprising since to them offside is offside, period. lol

Being discussed on another thread. General view is didn’t gain possession/no impact with defender or goalkeeper, though AR should have continued to align himself with the 2nd rear most defender.

Agree with all of that.

Nothing to apologise for - what you have said is what I meant, but I just didn’t spend sufficient time writing it. I understand what you are saying, but does the player in an offside position have an impact on the goalkeeper. Also, wouldn’t it have been good practice for the AR to have kept on...

Was Wrexham’s 2nd goal offside - certainly in an offside position when the ball was played within the penalty area with the AR having stopped to presumably signal, but didn’t raise his flag before the ball entered the net. The offending player didn’t gain/take possession of the ball, but...

He i used to like Mike Halsey as a Referee but my estimation has gone down with him seeking for Howard W to step down. One thing GS has over KH & MH is relevance with him only coming off the PL in 2025.

I would go along with that. Whilst IFAB attempted to learn things from rugby, they were the wrong things. Moving play forward 10 yards following dissent by the offending team was always going to have difficulties outside of the penalty area etc, though the one I thing they could have introduced...

It’s a blue sky idea & may be helpful for there to be a few trails, but I can not see a time when this would ever be introduced with the general shortage of Referees in the game. Presumably, you are not thinking of having difference systems in place for different levels of football?

Much smaller dimensions & admittedly from limited knowledge of the game/laws/rules, less subjectivity required.

Graham Scott comes across very well in everything I have read from him, unlike a certain KH who has torn into Chris K and his colleagues and almost advocating for Howard W to go. He is most unsupporting of PL officials, which does frustrate me because you only have to watch Big Match Revisited...

And those so called spectators calling for European officials to replace English ones need to be careful what they wish for!!