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If I thought this happened pre game I was probably mistaken, and by the time I've looked in that direction again a few minutes later said player will have gone. No chance I'm pulling anyone up for this as I've had to do it in the past. When you're stuck in a field in the middle of nowhere with...

Essentially the guidance for mini soccer at this age is to educate and have fun. Its not about flashing the cards. Personally I'd be telling the lad first time round to move back and why. If it carried on I'd raise it with the manager. Plus this sort of behaviour shouldnt be encouraged at...

I totally agree with booking the striker, I'd go with @Padfoot disrespecting the game thing. But in that case what is the proper restart. As the ball came into play and the striker chipped it wide should it be an IDFK from where he kicked it. I only ask as had the ball gone in you arent...

@Isaac sounds like you done everything you could. Personally I never really make an effort to check who the manager of the team is. As such I introduce myself and pay each member of the "staff" with the same respect. Its odd no one mentioned it at the time, but also nothing says the manager...

Exactly. The one I missed I had a great view of the attacker in the area, any touch I'd have spotted for a penalty. Just as he hit the ball across goal a defender ran in my line of vision, so missed what happened. By all accounts the defender caught the all with both hands and dropped it...

No way I'm getting between two players squaring up personally. I was always told not to, simply because if you do so and player A decides to whack player B but accidentally hits you instead it puts him in a whole heap of more trouble than if he'd just hit the other player.

I would be fairly lenient due to venue change with kick off time etc. I'd check both teams were happy to go ahead. If the manager turned up late demanding a team talk he would have been told to leave the field and do so at half time. Once the game has started thats it as far as I'm concerned .

If I havent seen it, then I'm not giving it. Yes in the short term it can make you look like a chump. But I've actually found match control is better by admitting you havent seen something, rather than guessing and making decisions. No one likes that. I've had two major incidents of not...

I've never worried about a card I've given. Theres only been a few instances that have played on my mind in the evening and those were on goals I'd given where I knew I wasnt sureif it had crossed the line or not. It was silly decisions made getting caught in the moment and havent done it...

I suppose the blanket abandonment is to take the decision from us. Otherwise it could put some refs in the awkward position of thinking was it or wasnt it bad enough to carry on. I've been lucky enough to only have one incident with cards nearly knocked out my hand. First ever open age red...

@CapnBloodbeard one of the other excuses he gave was "I didnt say it aggressively, directly at the lineo." Yup because shouting at someone half the pitch distance away is fine. I think the most concerning thing was all the excuses from all of them seemed genuine. You know when someone is...

I like the whole biased thing. I once sent a player off after about 5 minutes for calling me a cheat. Obviously I got the usual guff about ruining the game. Then some old boy said to me "I hope you can sleep tonight!" As if I was going to spend the entire evening agonising over it. I just...

Pretty much anyone on the sideline I just ignore. I'd go mad if I bothered listening to them, the players are bad enough!

He claimed as he was saying it aggressively or at the assistant it shouldn't matter. Nah mate just loud enough for half of Essex to hear!

So stripes v reds under 18. 3-2. Dull game. Two soft penalties I gave. But best was from the stripes players I sent off in the 30th minute. At the end he and a couple of players approached me to discuss his red and in fairness to them they didn't ever over step the mark. But I was told the...

Yup when I was chatting to the blue skipper waiting for the other captain to walk over I said I assume you'll want to be shooting towards that goal first half. He said no. I was pretty confused. I've seen it happen before myself. Plus the thing was the wind was so strong at that point the...

Had a good one this weekend, sloping pitch towards one of the goals and a MASSIVE wind blowing towards that goal. So needless to say there were thunderbolts to be had shooting at that goal. Red v blue. Blue wins the toss and change ends so they are shooting up hill and into the wind in the...

So was chatting to a refereeing friend of mine who had a game at the weekend. Fairly nasty and in the end was threatened by one of the players so decided to call it a day. But then said it struck him he didnt really know what the procedure was and said it kinda got a bit chaotic as looked very...

Thats really awful to hear. I hope perhaps with time you change your mind and dont let the idiots ruin your fun. Although thats easy for me to say as I've fortunately never been assaulted while refereeing.

So last minute goal scored. It was squared from the byline, now it was a pretty tricky one to know whether it was in or out. Obviously defending team were sure it was out. I gave the CAR a glance and he didnt flag, so ball was scored and smashed home. A couple of more minutes thenblow for...