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Welcome :) Keep doing what you're doing. It's great to see more females picking up the whistle :)

I had one the night before last. Boring game which was dragging. Not a bad first half but the second half, I kept losing concentration. First incident was striker in opponents penalty area, I saw defender get the ball so I look away and begin to jog away as I'm anticipating a clearance... but...

Padders, I don't disagree with much that you say at all, most of the time you are correct in what you say. I disagree with how you go about it! Two completely different things here. Surely you are a big enough boy to understand that?

Zara, I am not talking about one post, I'm talking about the majority. Look at the first few posts on this thread, constructive advice which actually attempts to educate the referee who asked the question. Not simply state the harsh reality of things. As I said and I reiterate my point, Padders...

It's just allllll the time. never anything constructive which is what many seek when they come on here. Many would expect criticism, but they'd expect it in the right manner from the more experienced referees. There's a way to approach things and there's a way to speak to people and manage...

Have you ever thought about approaching things in a constructive manner?!? Seriously, your pathetic posts are becoming tiring. If you can't say anything decent to help the guys and girls who come on here to ask for advice and feedback, keep it to yourself! Most of the time, you are right in...

They still get reported. The caution still adds up to the players and clubs tallys. The only difference is that there is no £10 admin charge because the players would have already served their sentence, as it were

Only managers and players (past and present) will understand the disadvantage of having a numerical disadvantage. Whilst a large majority of referees haven't played the game, you can see why they think a fine etc is the better disciplinary sanction. I'd take a £10 fine over ten minutes off the...

Basically, if you believe that the defender was making a genuine attempt to play the ball, you do not caution. However, if it was a reckless challenge where you're of the opinion that the defending player wasn't attempting to play the ball, you caution. I think it's down to the fact that you are...

The player is dismissed and doesn't come back on except if his ten minutes elapses inside your injury time or the game goes to penalties.

You have to remember this is a trial. That table is pretty straight forward, you just have to put it into practice. You also have to bare in mind that we were not allowed to practice using this scheme in pre season. It will be messy for the first part of the season. It is massively important...

Standard response from Padders

"Your Mum"

I echo what Alex states. Infringements from the corner mark just don't happen, there's no point looking at the kicker - your assistant, neutral or not will alert you if there is anything that's wrong. For me, I stand just inside of the penalty area on the side of the corner, where I stand...

Just going back to an earlier comment on here... red cards from friendlies can carry over into competitive games. Only last week in a friendly... home player knocks a ball past an away team defender, defender has no chance of catching up... so literally clotheslines the attacker to the deck...

A sad but extremely relevant point

Let's be real though... are they ever going to catch you? Unless you make it pretty obvious who you are. They could catch me, an RNFA referee with the initials B_D... they'd soon work out who I am after a bit of invertendo. But for most, they wouldn't know who you are. The way to be safe...

When someone says "rules" and you are obliged to correct them

Topcat, I have no idea why people are telling you to keep your cards in your pocket. You lost control of this game in some respects because you didn't use them. As soon as a confrontation starts, try to calm it down. Loud blasts on your whistle, separate the two and have a chat with one of...

Good response there :) Those were my thoughts also. Definitely a "YHTBT" scenario :)