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Few incidents from a game of mine early last year.

Cards can only be shown to players, substitutes and substituted players. A player becomes an outside agent once he has been shown a red card, therefore anything that happens after that is submitted as a report.

Not my best, but an advantage none the less.. Shame he missed.

If he is moving his whole body toward the flight of the ball to block it, and doesn't quite get far enough, does it really matter that has arms were down in a natural position? He was moving his entire body toward the ball.. Would have to see it in person or on video but for me that could very...

If there is a situation where I know I can get there and stop things escalating before there are more players involved then I'll do so. However, if I get to the situation and more players get involved thats when I step back and observe, cant stop it when it gets to that stage.

Depends on what competition on how you guys normally start proceedings.. Whenever I have had a minute silence it is during our National Premier League so we walk teams down the players race and then line up for the respect handshake. Usually we will do the minute silence standing in the line...

:P To answer the question honestly, I'd do what I was trained to do, which was reinforced by other assessors. I'd then take all Brian's criticisms on board, keep the ones I like and agree with, discard the others :P

I'd probably wonder what the hell I'm doing refereeing a game in the UK :P

Guess we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one Brian :P

You should raise your arm as soon as you stop play though, to indicate that you are awarding an indirect free kick. Obviously if you don't have to move far to reposition then you don't put your arm down as that would look stupid. But if you have to get the other side of the pitch and you see...

I think you'd look more stupid running to get into position with your arm in the air to be honest. And no Kieran, the kick is re-taken. The team with the free kick isn't punished for your mistake of not raising your arm to indicate an indirect free kick.

Shouldn't publicly warn a player that is already on a yellow card, so stepped approach is out once they've already been cautioned.

Becoming a referee has done the opposite to me, when I played and I thought the referee made a mistake I used to think how the hell did he miss that? Now, if I believe a referee has made a mistake, I tend to try and think of reasons why he may have made the decision that he made, even when playing.

I still don't think it was an obvious goal scoring opportunity. The difference between your example and what actually happened is the fact that the ball was already played. Yes, if the ball had been crossed and then the striker brought down before the ball got anywhere near him, I can agree it's...

I don't understand how you can say that it is an obvious goalscoring opportunity if the ball hasn't even been played yet. It was only after the player was taken down that the ball was played in. Had the ball not been played in would you still be giving a RC for DOGSO? Because by giving a RC for...

My problem with the RC for DOGSO is that when the striker has been pulled down, the cross hadn't been played in. It was only after the striker went down that the ball was played in. YC for me.

Cards are for players and substitutes, no one else.

There is nothing wrong with raising your arm at the time you give the IFK, then putting your arm down to get in to position then raising your arm again once the freekick is ready to be taken. However, make sure that your arm is raised before the freekick is taken because if it isn't and it goes...

Ball is not in play until it leaves the penalty area, therefore it should have been a re-take.

Whether it was careless or reckless is besides the point, if you play advantage for a foul where you would have sent a player off for DOGSO, you go back and caution that player for USB.