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Our RDO has recently left too (SG2 AR, recently made his PL debut), and haven't seen or heard anything about them looking for a replacement. Making me wonder if there are plans afoot for county-level refereeing to end up being centralised like discipline has been.

I almost jacked it in completely 3-4 months into my first full season, 15 years ago :old: ended up just running the line on our Step 7 league for the rest of the season, and always going out as a team of three made such a big difference, especially being with a referee and usually an AR who were...

If the ball would have gone in without the keeper's intervention then it would be a save, and therefore offside. If it wasn't going in, then it's down to whether you deemed the goalkeeper to have deliberately played the ball, as per the criteria in the LotG. IMO, if it was an easy catch that...

The failure to respect the required distance is the first offence, and as the throw-in wasn't taken correctly (ball doesn't go behind head) then the restart would be Whites to retake the throw.

Not since 2018.

Well you probably should, seeing as it happened. We also have red cards - very good for negative punishment and decreasing the likelihood of the individual repeating the undesirable behaviour in the future. You can also add some positive punishment with the use of your voice to explain to the...

And by not sending off for it, you're teaching that child that multiple attempts to kick an opponent and giving him two middle fingers will only get him a yellow card next time he chooses to do it.

They can't.

Why? It's a sending off offence, and they're old enough to know what they're doing, and that their actions have consequences. As far as I can see, the only question here (as has been debated) is whether the player's actions prior to the offensive gesture were worthy of a red card in and of...

To be fair, I do get why people might be (consciously or subconsciously) looking for reasons not to give a red due to the circumstances. Totally on your side that it has to be a red though.

Go to 20 seconds for the angle behind the goal.

Stansted must be terrible to have only scored 8 in the second half then 😂

Obviously I can't speak for whoever the VAR was last night, but if it were me then I would have recommended a review had the referee not given a red on-field. The angle from behind the goal shows that the head/face contact is with sufficient force to jolt Keane's head sideways - IMO it's clear...

IMO if they truly believed that playing on that pitch was a safety issue, they should have shown the courage of their convictions to either walk off entirely, or just refuse to compete and allow their opponents to play unchallenged. Continuing to compete and then wanting the result quashed is...

For me this is offside. The attacker is in an offside position when the ball is played, has to take evasive action to avoid touching the ball, and his actions are impacting on the goalkeeper's ability to save the ball - the keeper's reaction is delayed because he has to wait and see if the ball...

Yeah I think we can do without the troll. Amusing, but unnecessary.

In theory, leaving the ground by itself doesn't automatically make a tackle a foul... although in practice it's usually going to be the case. As for sanctions, it's mostly going to be down to the amount of force used and the point of contact (or likely point of contact had the opponent not taken...

Can't say I'm surprised sadly, knowing some of the individuals involved with that team. Hope you're OK mate - agree with the others, I'd report it to the police if I were you.

I always find my positioning changes a lot depending on whether I have neutral ARs or club ARs anyway; did a game earlier this season on a league where I'm used to having two neutral ARs, but had two club assistants that day - first half felt like I was getting caught out of position again and...

Done it once as an AR (thankfully it was only a pre-season game) and it was a nightmare! Done it once as a ref too (unintentionally - briefed both club ARs together and said left backs, only for both to run off to be with their right backs :facepalm:), I didn't actually find it much of a...