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Hi I am a Referee in England. On June 1 my registration would normally also auto renew i.e. I don’t have to do anything the FA have my bank card details the payment is taken and registration is renewed automatically. However, I know that this will not work on this occasion because since last...

Hi. I referee’d an older boys match recently. The Home team played in all red kit. One of the players chose to wear his shorts so that the waistband at the back was let’s say below the line of his buttocks and at the top of his thigh. This exposed his boxer shorts which were a different colour...

Just done my futsal referee course which included refereeing U14 futsal tournament matches and loved it. Couple of questions for futsal Refs. Assuming you’re doing a match with one or two officials (so no one else is recording fouls) how are you recording the number of fouls? Are you doing it in...

How are we Refs managing this scenario …... Blues winning by one goal. Tense match last 10minutes. Blues GK - every time ball is collected catches it then dives on it and lies on the floor for about 5 seconds before getting up to try to run down time. Opposition getting very vocal. Do we: 1...

Hi. I have been applying the IFAB Laws of the Game Law 4 - The Players' Equipment that states "All items of jewellery (necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, leather bands, rubber bands, etc.) are forbidden and must be removed. Using tape to cover jewellery is not permitted." However in...

Hi. This is a question and a bit of a moan. Firstly the question - can any affiliated football league use the FA's MOAS system for Match Official's availability? Now the moan. Last season I reffed across nine different leagues. Each one used a different method of capturing Referee's...

Hi. I’m qualified for 14months, now on 6-5 and getting quite a few AR appointments at step 7-9. I’ve read the multiple threads on AR duties and can’t see an answer to my question. Which is….. What advice would you give for the senior bench side AR pre match talk to benches. I want to have a...

Hi. Two almost identical incidents recently in different matches open age and u18s. Would appreciate your feedback. Attacking player striving forward around halfway line on right side. Careless tackle foul by oppo but they carry on I give signal and shout "play on - advantage". Then within 2-3...

Do other referees, like me, wonder how so many players and coaches can make a wrong shout for a foul throw so many times during a match? In one U18 match on Sunday, I wished that I had been given £1 for every every time an incorrect shout for a foul throw was made rather than the £40 match fee...

Hi fellow Referees. Question on off-side with club Linos. I find often the club lino flags too early before the offside ‘position’ becomes an offside ‘offence’, I will then wait until the player touches / challenges before I whistle. There is then sometimes a bit of confusion where the IFK is -...

Hi. Reffing for a year. Open age and older youth. I am happy with the principles and sanctions of dissent and OFFINABUS if aimed at officials. I’m also happy with serious language from one player to another e.g. racist comments. But what advice is there to deal with players who use more...