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Interesting... How soon was the shot? What would you have done if he missed?

SM edit . UNNECESSARY It's obviously a red, and the poor ref is on the blind side.

Free kick, yellow card. Just. Any less of the ball and its red.

Not sending off a keeper for DOGSO. No, put your anger away! It actually wasn't DOGSO! Last couple of minutes, 2-1 Yellow, Yellow forward one-on-one, but he takes it around the keepr at speed, ball goes 45 degrees away from goal. Yes, the player would have followed it, but as I said over and...

If there's one thing I hate in the world, it's 'European' referees (this is a catch all, knowing full well its a stereotype). Watching today's game between PSG & Chelsea, and wondering whether it'sa good refereeing performance, as the referee wasn't the centre of attention, and then realising...

Mild bumpety bump. I got a text from the referee's secretary of the league this happened in yesterday informing me that the player had only got a three match ban for pushing me over. I rang him up in disbelief (which he mirrored down the othe end of the phone). Cue a slightly angry phone call...

Thanks guys. There were two, IMHO, involving the same Light Blue Skipper (the stamper at the end). The first a hefty challenge that I played advantage for (see everyone's comments about killing the game, but at this point [65 minutes in] I've simply had the straight red for dissent and the two...

Red cardfor swearing at another player, not at you? From what I've read? I've never sent aplayer off fo rswearing at another player - only player-on-player verbals I've ever sent off for are when someone told an Aisan player to '**** off and eat a curry' (racism). Is this a common occurence...

@Padfoot at no point did I state I was above anyone. If you look over the thread in question at all points I was civil in disagreement, accepting other's points of view and accepting my own faults. And you know what? That thread has helped me by making me think (slightly) more conservatively...

Since when did contact have to be made for a foul, or a card? To my mind it's reckless - a yellow - but player reaction often makes a difference when you only get one look, and I think that probably influenced the ref

What they call a 'challenging' game, euphemistically: dark blue lead 2-1 going into the second half. 1 yellow, a bit of moaning. Second half, early, corner for light blue comes in, bounces about a bit, and the big dark blue midfielder kicks the underside of light blue striker's leg as both...

No. My job as an assistant referee is to provide support - hearing something and having a word is part of my role. Same scenario, two black players, either team. One calls the other a n*gger. Acceptable? Or straight red? What about a white player calling a black player a n*gger? Faggot is a...

Interesting case in two separate games: Game recently where I was running the line. One player tells one of his own team, jokingly, that he's a faggot. I let the ref know, ref does nothing. Another game, where I was in the middle. Player tells opponent to 'get up you faggot' (not a malicious...

That's incredibly harsh. Yellow at most IMO, with a bit of a blocking to boot. OFFINABUS might be up to the individual, but I'm still questioning of it in this case.

This is the best response I've seen, and probably the closest to what I was trying to espouse - except with the addition that I was, judging by reaction, almost certainly wrong in what I ended up doing.

But that's ********. Why should a book ruin people's enjoyment? An example from a Sunday last season - Blue is 3-1 up. There are 20 seconds on the clock, and Red's striker is taken out by the 'keeper. It's DOGSO. Of course it is. But I'm going to blow the whistle after the penalty, it won't...

You bypass it, because you can, and because, in your opinion, what is written in a book is not as important as what you see in front of your eyes.

As I've said, I'm of the opinion that if I can make an excuse why something that is DOGSO by law can be punished by not a red card, without compromising my match control (if it's not 100% obvious to all, or if it's 15-0) I will do it. 'Excusable' as in 'an excuse'

I do happily admit that. Why? Selfishness: I want to do well, and that requires good assessments, which I do not agree with at park level. But meh. Offside does not have the same effect on a player that sending him off for an 'excusable' DOGSO does, so you're not comparing correctly. Personal...

Ill-disciplined is one word for a few matches I've had! And I'm sure many others have too. What I relish is debate. I don't mind people disagreeing with me - in fact I like it, when they explain their reasoning: it helps me improve, and hopefully helps others lok in more depth at their...