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https://www.premierleague.com/news/4282307 The PL have confirmed that Darren Cann will retire following the City v Palace match tomorrow. One of the best in the business for a long, long time, and not sure how many others can say they've officiated both the World Cup and Champions League...

Hi all Does anybody have a direct email/contact number for Jacob Lehane please? Not currently refereeing, but want to keep up my registration and am being prevented from doing so as Whole Game is saying that my safeguarding course is out of date, but also not allowing me to book onto an online...

Nothing to moan about (for a change), but just wanted to say what a great job François Letexier did in the first leg at the Bernabeu earlier this week. Not come across him before, but thought he was excellent. Didn't fall for the histrionics of the players (which is far easier said than done...

Not really sure what the point of this thread is, but over the last few weeks I've come to the conclusion that I may have reached the natural end of my refereeing career. I started at 14, which will make this my 17th season, and give or take a few months here and there with injuries I've been...

Interesting one in my U13 game at the weekend. Penalty awarded to reds which is saved by the keeper and immediately bounces out to another red attacker who puts the ball in. All fine, apart from the fact that the attacker was about 3 yards into the box when it was taken, so I blew to disallow...

A very first world issue, but has anybody else had any issues with the pockets on the current Nike shirt? I keep my notebook and pen in my shirt pocket and on multiple ocassions this season both of them have fallen out of the pocket mid-sprint. This has never happened to me with any previous...

Is anybody able to advise on the process for changing county FA please? I'm currently registered with Lancashire FA, but all of my leagues are affiliated to the Manchester FA and I also live in Greater Manchester, so from an administrative POV it makes more sense for me to register with...

It's (fortunately) been quite a few years since I've had to attend a personal hearing, but I have one coming up later this week. For context, an U16 manager was dismissed for leaving the technical area to get involved with/argue with a player, which led to a mass confrontation between both sets...

Slightly odd one yesterday that I was hoping to get some clarity on. Feisty (and very enjoyable) top of the table U15 match yesterday. Ball played upfield and two players went into a 50:50 challenge, after which the ball broke free. As the ball rolled away, the two opposing players squared up...

Had a pretty horrible match this morning that included 3 OFFINABUS dismissals and ended with an abandonment after a player (who had been sin binned and subsequently dismissed) came running towards me screaming that he was going to knock me out. He was pulled away by teammates, but given the...

I use my Apple Watch as my primary watch when refereeing, with an Adidas sport watch as a backup. It's served me well for about ten years, but has just decided to hang up the whistle ( :p ). Can ayone recommend a relatively cheap replacement? Doesn't need to be anything flashy, just a stopwatch...

First for me in 14 years of refereeing yesterday. Had to dismiss a youth player for a homophobic comment to an opposition player; I would say I’m surprised, but nothing surprises me with the state of player behaviour at the moment. I won’t go into too much detail on what was said, but I just...

Had an incident in my U16 match at the weekend which got me thinking about positioning. To give some background, for corners I usually stand inside the box on the corner(ish) opposite the taker; it means that I can see enough of the line to judge whether the ball has gone out (only ever have...

We all tend to be pretty negative on this section of the forum, so I thought I'd start a positive thread to end the year. What's the best refereeing performance (either live or on TV) that you've seen this year? I'll start and for me it has to be Jarred Gillett in the Brentford v Bournemouth...

Context - I was allocated two youth games at the same ground for yesterday. Early game was lost due to a COVID outbreak in the away team (familiar story the last few weeks) but the home side organised a friendly, which I agreed to ref. Still needed to go for my late game anyway, so made sense...

No complaints with the penalty award itself after a clumsy challenge from Ederson, but slightly baffled how this offside wasn’t given in the build up. For those who weren’t watching, it was probably around 10 passes back in the build up.

My Saturday morning youth league has just introduced a new system through Fulltime whereby referees submit a report on every game rating the quality of the pitch, flag any technical breaches (kit issues, team sheets etc), whether CARs were supplied and rate the behaviour of managers/coaches...

Turned up at my U16 game last weekend to find the nets secured with.... ...a chest of drawers (seriously, a drawer on each side with the main shell in the middle). Thankfully I carry spare tent pegs with me, but the manager was genuinely surprised when I explained that it wasn't suitable :oops...

Long sleeve referee shirt from (I think) 2014. In great condition and from a smoke free home - useful as a spare shirt but selling as it is now too big. Colour: Black Size: M FAMOA Badged £5 (just to cover postage) NOW SOLD

Very good use of VAR. Awful challenge by Perez on Fornals that MO somehow missed in real time (maybe wrong side?), but asked to review by Darren England and correctly gave the red. On a slight sidetone, it's good to see them showing replays on the big screens in stadiums after the decision has...