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The goal is good (the law is rubbish*) *imho. Perhaps OK for pros to be mindful of this, but Dave, playing for the Dog and Duck isn’t. If you are unlucky enough to have this happen to you on a Sunday morning, your world is going to turn to rat s v. quickly

To add to all the comments above, I wouldn’t even start my “internal” clock until about 5 seconds or more into the GKs possession of the ball - I don’t start thinking about the time the keeper has held the ball until everything has calmed down, attackers cleared the area etc. I could be...

Can a referee be both right and wrong at the same time? I think this video suggests they can. Watch from 2 min. 25 secs if you want to jump straight to the incident. Roth watching with sound on to hear the commentary. I think we’ll all agree the ref was right in law … but would you have done...

Correct. I’ve seen footage (on Twitter I think) from a fan filming from the side which starts before the footage on the BBC site (which is, I think, from the official broadcaster?) A flare lands in the penalty area. Keeper grabs it off the floor and flings it backwards off the pitch and it...

Down here in the sticks, the biggest hazard that the dog of the one man and a dog watching the game, ****s his leg over your bag …

Bit of an aside, but to avoid/prevent this, I always try and put my bag/half time drink well away (ideally on the other side of the pitch) from where the teams have their kit/bench etc. Also quite useful for the end of the game - stay on the pitch for handshakes etc. then go to. Collect my bag...

I’ve been pondering this - the best answer I could come up with was abandon the game as you can’t guarantee player safety.

Thanks for all your thoughts and comments so far (feel free to keep them coming) This incident was about midway through first half. One yellow before this (also to blue) for a reckless tackle (was considering whether it was careless or reckless, but player talked himself further into the hole...

Scenario: Blu v white, blue attacking. ”Soft” foul by white on blue in attacking third, near touch line. Quite a few bodies around the free kick site, so I’m heading over to manage a ceremonial fk (chance for quick fk has passed). White is retreating, with his back to the ball, blue throws...

Sounds like an interesting game … https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/20899252.fa-cup-blackfield-langley-shepton-mallet-unusual-red-card/

Yoga. Once a week I go to a yoga class. For me, its not about the spiritual side, or wellbeing, but for the stretching. For an hour a week I just stretch. My suppleness, balance and flexibility have all improved. Exercise like running (either for training or whilst refereeing) makes our...

The OP sums up what is wrong with the game of football, and it really saddens me to read that someone said that to you. In any other sphere of life, such a comment would be simply unacceptable. It is bullying. I really don’t see why it is socially acceptable for a group (that may be a few...

Watch this: On about 37 seconds you can her bicep wobble, because the ball has hit her at, or just below, the captains armband. I think England have got away with this (but I’ve had to watch this many times to arrive at this conclusion. Remember, on a saturday on the local wreck we get one...

… but unfortunately my waistline did spontaneously expand! ;)

It seems that the extreme heat may have passed, but heat often breaks down with thunder storms. Perhaps something that goes under discussed (although it has been discussed before on here) is if and when we should abandon for lightning Interested to hear thoughts on this. We are not going to...

I’m curious- why can’t you wear flat soled (ie “normal”) trainers on 3G pitches?

Do the 25 games need to be done in one season?

THIS IS A SAFEGUARDING ISSUE Others have already said it, but just wanted to reiterate it, as it is so important You need to speak to your County FA Safeguarding officer

Not sure I’d be going red at 21:11 Yellow for SPA

Burnley currently have 28 points, with six games to go, so they could finish with 46, so Newcastle are still not mathematically safe, but they are safe and will not go down. I’ve never actually crunched the numbers to check this (perhaps I should!) but as a rule of thumb, if you finish with an...