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Without seeing the incidents in question, it's difficult for anyone on here to provide concrete guidance or advice for you. But rather than digging out other refs, maybe reflect on what you saw and the decisions you made and whether or not they are actually incidents worthy of penalising.

It doesn't really sound like an official advantage was played (signal and shout) but more of a wait and see what happens, which of course is fine and probably the best thing to do in that situation - the last thing you want to do is signal advantage and whilst you're doing it the shot gets...

Usually there may be 1 or 2 of these shouts a game but 6 instances sounds like a lot. Obviously difficult for us to provide much advice as we didn't see them. Only consideration I could really give you is - did the game expect free kicks in all of those instances? Or did there seem to be a few...

25 games across a season than runs August/September to April/May should be easy to achieve if your availability is half decent Whatever gets postponed now usually goes back in during a midweek towards the end of the season. Don't stress.

Same for me - when you get teamsheets in advance it makes sense to write all the names down, makes administering cautions and substitutions much faster and smoother Also saves the embarrassment of asking a player with a complicated name to spell it out for you while everyone else waits! (I...

I use the Ref Stop White match cards, write all the names down with corresponding numbers before I go out - go for a caution to blue 7, bring him over, pull white card and check name against blue 7 - 'is it John Smith?' 'yes, ref' 'thanks, here you go' - pull yellow card from pocket and show it...

There is no list of banned phrases or things you cannot say. You can say whatever if you want. It is only an offence if what you say distracts an opponent. Eg - if you are a centre back and you shout 'leave it' and the forward in front of you on the opposing team who was going to challenge...

Good example from Australia, would we like to see this more often across PL, Champions League, etc.?

I was thinking this as well - why was he allowed to return to the FOP at the final whistle? He certainly had something to say to AT (who was having none of it and walked straight past him) before going on his parade around the pitch in full focus of the cameras. Message sent to grassroots...

A little more information to consider here: The position of the ball, what are the chances of playing the ball in a fair manner? A tackle may still be considered reckless (or even with excessive force) even though the ball is played. Where contact is made with the ball and opponent at speed...

None of the answers offered for Q5 are correct - answer should be a Goal Kick or a Throw-in? Can't be a corner if the PK has gone out off the crossbar with nobody else touching it other than the taker.

My interpretation of immediate is the following action - I.e forward brings ball down from midriff region with arm and then smashes it in the back of the net.

Wording in law is scores in the opponents’ goal: • directly from their hand/arm, even if accidental, including by the goalkeeper • immediately after the ball has touched their hand/arm, even if accidental I’m not convinced by the immediately after part either, given he ran a...

On another incident - Rashford goal disallowed for handball. Welcome thoughts on this one? Suppose in wording of law it’s correct decision but not sure that’s entirely the spirit in which the law is intended?

Completely different scenario. Defender in the IFAB picture is moving towards the ball and making a deliberate attempt to make a block with her arm out in front of her, knows full well the cross is coming and is attempting to stop it. The Arsenal defender is in closer proximity, running in the...

Because with all the extra wording, complications, VAR & freeze frames - the core principle of handball seems to have been lost. Reminds me of how offside was a years back.

You would be livid if that went against your team or yourself as a player. Absolutely zero intention of handling, arms following his body movement (he has absolutely no intention of having his arm up there), ball whacked at him from a yard away with zero chance of getting out of the way. With...

I had one of these earlier in the season and I'd like to think that there's not much more to do than you would usually do, it's just that for me, the little things are all a bit more important and carry a bit more signifcance. You know it's going to be a challenging game so make sure you're...

I suppose you could argue within the wording of the law that by committing a handball offence, we are suggesting that it is obviously an attempt to play the ball (as we do not award a PK for accidental handball) therefore there is scope within the law quoted above to justify a non caution but i...

This was previously my interpretation, which I debated at the meeting (of which I was the only one in the room who said I’d caution for the incident in question, where the shot was definitely hitting the target) but was told that as the result is a PK, then the promising attack wasn’t prevented...