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Had 2 others aswell. 1. completed toss, had acknowledgment from both goalies they were ready, looked over to where car's should have been and nobody on either side of pitch. Flags still on side of pitch. I had forgotten to find volunteers and brief them. 2. kicked this game off and after 30...

I have turned up at the pitch I was told to which was multi pitch set up of 5/6 pitches. Did all the equipment checks,checked the pitch, shook hands with both manager's, handed out flags and briefed car's, been paid and then another ref turned up. I had forgotten to check the teams were the...

I had a youth game where the away team only had 9 players. Home team were much higher in league than away team. Home team manager decided at the start of the game that he would play with only 9 players aswell to make it fairer to the disbelief of his assistant who thought he was mad.Result was I...

If you report it, then he will receive correspondence from CFA which he will need to reply to. In worst case scenario he will get warning as to future conduct and it will be on his record if fellow referee reports any future incidents.

I have had a couple of instances of trying to get into my head, but these have occurred when the home team manager has phoned in the week to confirm the game. Comments along the line of 'I'd better make you aware of the opposition we are playing' and then go on to paint a picture of a dirty team...

team fails to provide linesman, then I ask other team if they will provide both. this has happened a couple of times, on one occasion with team who couldn't find one suddenly produced one when they realised what I had done. League rules will always say they must produce one and will be fined if...

my understanding is that your registration with your county fa gives you liability cover in case anyone chooses to sue you. I had similar situation a few years ago. pitch was crunchy but not rock hard. home team had tried to call game off day before saying pitch was frozen. away team complained...

I had the same situation last sunday in an under 18 game when the ball was played prior to leaving the area by a defender. Attacking team were appealing for it as I was blowing. They then rushed to grab the ball for a quick free kick whilst the defending team were automatically dropping back to...

Last post - you forgot to mention checking with the local council to ensure there was no tree preservation order in place, prior to arranging for the branches to be cut.

yes I am sure it did happen to this ref. It was a few years ago and he took everything very seriously. He was on county committees etc.and was not the type who would make something up. He announced it at a referees association meeting and made other referees aware of the player and team for...

a fellow referee in my town had to get changed in same dressing room as one team as no separate changing room. He noticed a Prince Albert piercing on one of the players whilst he was getting changed. He insisted on it's removal, which the player eventually did . Comments from the player were he...

players are allowed to wear headgear for religous reasons. My CFA sent out guidance last season to say referees can wear black hats in adverse weather conditions. On this basis I would allow player to wear beanie hat or bob hat in black or same colour as shirt. Also how often with a low sun do I...

given a lot of grief 2 weeks ago over this matter. Both teams were asking me how long to go and both told we were in last minute. I awarded free kick to team who were losing 2-1 ball cleared from box and player ran down touchline - partially tackled - he could have crossed into box but allowed...

I would do misconduct report - leagues rarely do anything about these things. if clubs are called to account / fined by county FA then this is only way such behaviour will be eradicated. If we all adopted a lower tolerance level and reported such incidents then this will drive an improvement in...

A few times I have had trigger happy linesmen, and so at half time I have told them to stay in the same position on the field for the second half. It is amazing how the number of flags for offside reduces.