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Hello Everyone, I had this decision to make recently. Is this a goal or offside offence? I have attached an image and I am interested in your opinions please. Basics are this. 1. An attacker is standing in an offside position. 2. An Attacker in an onside position kicks the ball hard towards...

A bit of advice regarding an incident at a pre-season friendly this week, adult open age. Final few seconds of the game (literally last 30 secs) 8-3 score, overall well behaved game. A player was tackled and looked fair to me, so no whistle. The player was annoyed he was bested and later...

Hello Everyone, Please can you help advise me. I have volunteered to help referee an open age 5v5 Small-sided football tournament this Saturday. I have read the tournament rules and the FA rules but I need some clarification please. 1. There are 2 penalty spots at each end. One on the penalty...

Hello Everyone, Please can you help me with this offside I called as AR. I have attached an image. Basics are: The Attacker came back from behind the defence to get a ball that was kicked forward from a team mate. He got to the ball as a defender was getting there and got to the ball first in...

Hello Everyone, I made a huge error today. I made a mistake by disallowing a penalty and I have reoprted my error to my County FA today in my game report. The game was an U16 Div2. Basically, I awarded a penalty, and after the kick the ball rebounded off the keeper straight to the kicker who...

I am a keen new referee at 54 refereeing junior and adult games. Had my very first 2 this weekend. Sat - Adults, Sun - U12. My first game I found extremely difficult and found I was constantly questioning my decisions due to player comments to each other and/or me. I felt reluctant to give a...