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That's only a valid approach if you have something like Darth Vader's theme playing in your head on your walk over there though... ;)

I think the only option he left you was to send him off for the DOGSO unfortunately. I can appreciate feeling sympathy for a goalkeeper losing 8-0 (been that GK many times before!) but the laws are the laws and we can't pick and choose based on sympathy. Another thing is if the game was "a...

I've not seen it, but as I understand it, a reckless challenge is a reckless challenge regardless of whether there's an advantage or not. If it had been an SPA offence, then the advantage would have been sufficient I think, but if the challenge was deemed to be a yellow card offence on merit...

Dissent and OFFINABUS are dissent and OFFINABUS - regardless of how many players a team has. You shouldn't be expected to tolerate players shouting things like that at you (particularly 14/15 year olds), so sanction as usual. The coaches sounded fairly supportive of the fact you couldn't see...

We use CARs where I'm based, and like others have said, they get told to put the flag up if they're 110% sure the player was in an offside position. It's still my decision then whether they were committing an offence or not. I generally find if you make sure they know this in the brief there's...

So if a similar thing happened in a Saturday morning game and an observer asked for an explanation, how would you be expected to answer? SFP? VC? Or either provided the explanation was good enough?

But...but....Gary Neville said it was just embarrassing....

Next step giving it back to them? ;)

The abuse is never nice that's true. But you don't have to go home and explain to people why you're being fined because you got worked up over a 13 year old game of football. You finishing the game with a smile (even if you don't feel it), along with reporting them is the best way to get your...

First thing's first: make sure you're ok mate - don't let the sort of person who'll say such things in an U13 make you give up on something great. Secondly, I don't know how old you are, or how experienced - but is there any chance of having someone from your CFA coming to watch/mentor you...

To be fair to them.... I once had a spectator tell a player to shut up and leave me alone because I'd got a disallowed goal right! And then the player came out second half and had a quiet word to say well done I'd got it right and he apologised for his behaviour too!! (and then I woke up happy 😊)

I'm in a vaguely similar position to you (albeit a little bit older), and I'd say the main thing is don't rush it. Keep doing what you're doing at the moment, if you're enjoying it that is. The step up from U14 to OA is quite big so see if you can move up into doing U15, or U17 (I wouldn't want...

Happens to the best of us!

Yeah pitch inspection can be a part of your warm up as you jog round it - as long as it seems safe to start of course. I just look for sticks from nearby trees and take them off. If you go round the outside of the pitch you'll cover most of it and the nets anyway. Can then check the centre...

Good luck! I'd say 30 minutes before kick off - gives you time to meet coaches, check pitch, and warm up etc. If the players are all gather listening to instructions or so on you could go and check boots whilst that's happening, if that's not possible you should be able to have a look as you...

Quite a nice little video of the MLS All-Stars vs Arsenal from pre-season. Interesting to hear some of the conversations with players and coaches although this is obviously not a full blooded league game