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I was 4th recently in the vase. L3 in the middle and he said - write down every stoppage with a rough amount of time, I'll give you my view at 43 and 88, but you have the actual record. Second half he signalled 6 added and I had 7, so he was happy with 7. we played 7. Home team who we winning...

A general practice seems to be think about 1 minute at end of first half and 3 minutes at the end of the second half. First half, likely only major stoppages are for an injury or goals. Second half you factor in the above and also substitutions and potential time wasting as well especially in...

I'm the other way round, I'm glad it was changed. I remember sending a goalkeeper off in a game before the law change, striker through 1 on 1 middle of the goal inside the PA, did a wonderful bit of skill to get it past the keeper who clipped him and sent him over. Penalty and Red Card. It...

@RustyRef - I get what you are saying, but I think you've written the above poorly. An attempt for the ball doesn't make it 'not a DOGSO' it only makes it 'not a sending off' I know what you mean, however could be confusing to others..

In a step 7 game in my area, it was abandoned after 11 minutes, when a 50/50 challenge left both players involved with broken legs (one has a double break, the other has a single break, both of them required surgery). No questions from anyone of it being anything other than a good 50/50 tackle...

It's reasonably straightforward. Upper body offences - such as pulls, pushes and rugby tackles as described in the OP, cannot be conceived as any form of attempt to play the ball. Lower body is a bit more subjective and personally I tend to give the defender the benefit of the doubt if they've...

150 mile round trip for me to the ground furthest away in my supply league. Highly exposed ground right up on a hill with the next bit of land to the south being Guernsey! Very windy, but a good competitive game in the circumstances. Long way to go, but a new ground ticked off my list, so...

It's a hard one, because pushing someone hard enough so that they fall to the floor can definitely meet the criteria of 'excessive force' however lots of variables, could have been a minor shove with the opponent off balance as an example. My advice, give what you see and don't over think it...

There's always a few 'tells' that give you the sweet scent of bull****! 'I'm an assessor' - actually they are called observers now, so anyone who is active would never call themselves an 'assessor' 'I'm a referee' - don't ask for their name, I always feign interest and ask "ohh cool, what...

Saturday I was at a ground that is windy at the best of times, right on the coast, at one of the highest points in the local area and the wind was really bad. Conditions were very difficult, the wind was generally blowing from one goal to the other, on one occasion the GK kicked into the wind...

@Peter Grove ref ‘What I found interesting was that I have read/heard mentioned a couple of times since that an "official" explanation was apparently given that it was judged not to be an offence because the ball had come off the player's own body onto his hand, despite that particular clause...

https://www.theifab.com/law-changes/latest/ From slide 29 is relevant, especially the videos in 30 and 31. Goal for me.

You're inviting a whole load of potential trouble. In general, those in the clubs don't actually know the laws of the game, so you open up a load of unnecessary opportunities for them to have a go at you or criticize you for stuff they know very little about. I'll give you an example - my...

Yep but they are unlikely to ever score you below 61 as that means they have to take the time to write a report justifying the mark. Hence a 61 is often referred to as a 'cowards mark'

All you'll learn at grassroots level is that in general the team that wins will give you a good mark and the team that loses won't.

Most weeks I get 100 yards up the road, pull in, and have that final check 'just to be sure'

A major difference between adults and kids football is the lack of cynicism in their game. In general any fouls committed will be clumsy and mistimed rather than cynical attempts to take a player out. Game will be less physical and they won’t be able to kick the ball as far or as fast, so take...

Not many of us left handers around!