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Regarding question 1, I was at an RA meeting last night where we had a Guest Speaker from FA CORE delivering a workshop on handball and we were told that we should not caution handball offences in this fashion which result in a penalty kick (I.e blocking a shot on goal - unless of course it is...

Correct in law (and correct not to allow goal once you’ve blown), sounds like you also got away with it from a match control point of view. Learning point for future - blow for HT/FT at a non-controversial time, when ball is either in the air from goal kick / deep free kick, defenders faffing...

Information from James, correct. Based on the information in your post, I probably wouldn’t have cautioned. But once you’ve cautioned, correct process applies and don’t let anyone put you off / bully you out of sending it in by placing doubt in your mind. He also can’t appeal a yellow...

This sounds like one of those situations where you're just a bit unlucky. What is described in this scenario is that an advantage was played after a foul tackle (not advantage following VC), and then the VC incident happened afterwards whilst play continued and unless the initial foul was...

If you can handle U17/18 you should be able to handle open age no problem at all! The FA recently announced the new pathway for promotion which you can find here - You need a minimum 10 games of OA and the rest can be done at Youth Level - to dip your toes in to some open age football I...

There’s the clip - RM player touches first, then off Konate and on to Fabinho who both dive in to make tackles/blocks

Last touch towards Benzema was from Fabinho who slid in to make a tackle and took ball, which to me constitutes a deliberate play. Reckon goal should have stood

Got the following as part of an end of season email from my CFA last week “The new season will see all Level 7/6/5 Referees being re-categorised across the Country. Details will follow next month. This is nothing to be concerned about in our day to day officiating, but will benefit and...

Right short pocket - Yellow & White match record cards Left short pocket - red Back short pocket - notebook for any additional notes ever needed & sin bin cheat sheet Left Shirt - spare red & yellow, normal pen Right shirt - clickable sharpie 2 different whistles on lanyard (right hand) Coin...

Nailed on yellow for me - nothing more, nothing less.

Like I say, take this as a learning point that can help you keep it at "low level aggro" without it escalating First time he does it, get straight on top of it and warn him (ideally so other players can hear you) If he does it again, stop the game, call him over to you and give him a public...

You mention in your original post, that the tackle which led to the flare up was a bit of retribution for what in the eyes of one team, were late challenges from one player that were not dealt with by the referee, so they took the law in to their own hands. In the build up to the incident...

Ref Six is great in my opinion. Use it during the game both in the middle and on the line just for timings and keeping score. Subs, cautions, etc I do by hand still on cards / in book - then add them in to the app afterwards. Never let me down in terms of crashing, battery dying, playing up in...

If, before the ball is in play, one of the following occurs: he player taking the penalty kick or a team-mate offends: • if the ball enters the goal, the kick is retaken • if the ball does not enter the goal, the referee stops play and restarts with an indirect free kick No caution

I think your point is summed up well here. Awful. i know Walton gets some stick (often justifiably so) but fair play to him on this one.

I work on open age leagues (both Saturday's and Sunday's) where the referee gets team sheets in advance of KO - I always ask the managers beforehand to ensure that the numbers match-up to what the players are wearing (bonus if they actually do it, but worse case I've got all the names - never...

Hard to give advice on specific situations without being present. Below is the criteria for issuing a red card for violent conduct from IFAB - if you felt the push that you saw met excessive force, then you were correct in law. “Violent conduct is when a player uses or attempts to use...

Red “Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offender is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball; in all other circumstances (e.g...

Had a similar issue with my game this morning - adult Sunday league on a 3G pitch. I gave them wobbles but any drastic movement (sideways or lengthways) I asked them to retake. Ended up self policing from the middle of the first half (if the ball rolled the keeper would go and grab it and give...

On first view at full speed you can easily see how the referee has gone with yellow - miles away from goal and a covering defender (definitely not DOGSO) and looks like he’s tried to pull out of the tackle when realised he’s not getting the ball. Takes a few angles to see clearly the SFP of the...