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Kick off taken by Gayle who was a good yard inside oppositions half when whistle blown !

Did my first pre-season friendly last night and asked each team separately before start of game if they were aware of the law changes for the coming season.Adult game. Both teams named same 3 in their opinion 1.No longer allowed to argue with referee or crowd round him 2.can pass the ball...

Middlesbrough first goal interesting as when free kick taken player who scored is in offside position. Team mate wins header at far post and heads across the goal to player who was in offside position when ball played but now onside, who scores. Now if team mates header had rebounded off post...

I do not think law changes are as well communicated as they used to be. For start of 2014-15 season there was the change to offside interpretation. I stumbled across this on about page 30 of the refereeing magazine issued in may 2014. A lot of referees were unaware of change and continued to use...

I can see suspension details for one league I referee on. This is at bottom of home page for that division which shows league table and is beneath adverts. shows player, club, offence and suspension start and end dates. Does not show fines and only covers players. I think league must upload this...

had similar one a few years back when defender made great save on line score was 17-0 to opposition. I did red card him. It was only an u13 game and I reported full facts of score at time. CFA decided the sending off offence was sufficient punishment. I did my job correctly and CFA did the...

as an attacker cannot be in an offside position if he is in his own half, would it not make sense to further change the law that if the player becomes active in own half because that is where he touched it then he should not be penalised even if in opponents half in offside position when ball...

There was no appeal from opposition. I doubt any players are aware of the trickery law and tend to appeal for anything that comes off a foot and the goalkeeper then handles. If I can remember correctly ball was played backwards by a fellow defender before the player got down on all fours to head...

earlier this season I had an instance where the ball was virtually stationery just outside the penalty area. There was no attacker in the immediate vicinity.Defender got down on all fours like a dog and poked the ball with his head back to his goalkeeper scraping his nose on the pitch in the...

Aston Villa v spurs a couple of seasons ago flare thrown hit linesman on back- match continued- clubs charged afterwards

There is at least one ground I referee at that has no toilet facilities - I am often put on 3 games back to back at venue. I rehydrate myself at half time and full time of each game. There is no way I can hold on till I get home. I just find the most hidden away secluded place to go as much out...

This scenario happened a few times for my son when he started refereeing before he was old enough to drive. Original home team would ask other team 'do you want us to bring appointed ref with us or do you want to source one local to you'. They would ask for my son to be used as more than likely...

I thought the proposed change to penalty kicks was the correct procedure in force now. I had this scenario in a cup game earlier in the season when I had dismissed a player from one team and told the team with 11 players remaining to stand a player down when we got to penalty kicks. It turned...

I think you were wise trying to involve the police as your wife obviously felt you were under threat. Better to try to prevent an assault than wait for it to happen. I personally would not want my wife anywhere near a game I was refereeing as she would take umbrage at any criticism of me and...

I think the problem with hearings is that player and club can bring as many witnesses as they want, who can all concoct a story that tallies beforehand. Witnesses are not sought from the other team. I have only attended an appeal hearing once for a clear headbutt on an opponent. Defence brought...

it is not standard practice not to give cards as per LOTG in any youth league. Red card should have been given. Academy football is different as it is not practice to card below u16 level. These games are played on a friendly basis and behaviour by coaches and players is far more respectful than...

I also red carded a player for screaming at CAR 'you f******** cheat' towards the end of last season. Players reaction was 'You are sending me off for that' and his team mate informed me that I could only show him a yellow card for that and that I could only show a red card if he punched...

Worth a look as it shows percentage of each possible answer that have been chosen. eg 67% think it is a goal if penalty hits post and taker scores rebound. Also interesting how few know what happens if goal kick played by defender before it leaves area and what happens if throw in enters goal...

I was refereeing on a 3g pitch last saturday when the wind was really blowing. players were doing best to restart play with still ball but proved impossible on this surface as not able to make a dip as you could on grass to keep ball still. I blew for the first few to be retaken but as wind got...

Interesting debate. I wish games were free from bad language but it is accepted as norm. Even head of refereeing stated that industrial language should be accepted although he was probably primarily interested in premier league. The scenario I referred to in my post was swearing at team mates...