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Holding an opponent should only merit a caution if the referee deems the foul to have interfered with, or stopped a promising attack. Alternatively, you can caution if you feel the holding offense constitutes persistent infringement (obviously only if the player has committed several...

As the order of takers doesn't need to be submitted to the referee, 'before he takes a kick' would be no different to 'if he wasn't going to take a kick anyway', therefore ask the other team to nominate a player to be excluded, and commence with 10 v 10 (assuming you finished the game 11v11). B...

Impossible to tell from a photo, we'd have to see the video. While it looks brutal, we don't know the speed or direction of movement for either player. The dark blue player could have brought his leg up to that position in a slow, controlled and safe manner, with no opponent nearby. The light...

I was reffing an end-of-the-season, mid-table 'nothing at stake' game the other day. Easy game to manage, low tempo, both teams wanted to play football etc. Attacker carries the ball past the halfway line on the right flank, defender comes sliding in, misses the ball but clips the attacker. It's...

I thought exactly the same thing. Offside all day for me

I've very honestly thought long and hard about that myself, and although I can't remember the exact words I used with him, I can distinctly remember trying not to antagonise him. I was a respectful distance from him when I spoke to him, kept both hands open (classic 'I don't want any trouble'...

Although you could probably argue that as he's put his arms there to block the ball, this is a textbook 'deliberate' action, there's no way on earth I'd be giving this, and with both arms within the frame of the body, I doubt very much that the players would be asking for it. On the other hand...

I do normally avoid it. But he was stood with the subs wearing a tracksuit, looked more like part of the management team than a spectator. And as the subs had made no effort to cover up and the spectator had taken it upon himself to become their spokesman it kinda seemed like the right thing to...

That's what I thought. I'm glad you've said that though because I was starting to doubt myself. It's one thing having 22 players tell you you don't know the 'rules', but it's slightly different with an assessor... Thanks :) I thought exactly the same thing to be honest. I was given 'Standard...

A couple of weeks ago I did a mid-level (for a level 7 referee) open age game, with an assessor present. Although I hadn't official received confirmation of my promotion to level 6 (which I have since received), he confirmed that he'd been told he was assessing me as a level 6, for promotion to...

I think in retrospect, this probably would've been the best course of action. I was trying to avoid getting accused of treating each team differently i.e. giving one player a warning whilst reaching straight for the pocket with the other, but I guess by not dealing with it, I've pretty much put...

Open age fixture this weekend, relatively uneventful game that home side ended winning 8-0, playing in good spirits and mostly in the spirit of the game. First (of 2) cautions came in the 45+1st minute. Attacker runs down the wing chased by defender. As he pulls his leg back to cross the ball...

No, I mean on the same pitch! The goals are very rarely at the centre point of the goal line.

I always pace ten yards from each corner arc during my pitch inspection so I can get an idea of where I'm telling defenders to retreat to during corners. Only once this season has each pacing taken me to the same relative area on the pitch. Ten yards from the first corner flag is just inside the...

Several times when I've received particularly vociferous complaints, I've very politely asked if they'd like me to pace it again. This has been met with a very civil 'oh, yes please ref'. I calmly walk back to the ball and begin pacing again, reach the same spot that I paced them to last time...

Or if one defender committed the foul that denied the OGSO, and another came in half a second later with a SFP tackle ;)

By your own criteria, how is a quick free kick shot any difference to a quick free kick cross or pass that results in a shot and goal? So you wouldn't allow a player to shoot from a quick free kick, but you'd allow him to tap the ball 2 meters to a teammate for him to then shoot? How is that not...

This is exactly what I was told when I did my course, and something that I always stick to for exactly that reason. Saying that, you're opening yourself up to the other team shooting straight from the kick off, which is obviously going to cause problems. As for this: If it's a cautionable...

During an assessed game in my first season I awarded a DFK about 25 yards from goal. As I approached the fouled player, he got up and put the ball on the spot he'd been fouled at. He turned to me and asked if he could take it quickly. There were no defenders in the vicinity so I told him to go...

I personally think that if a manager conducts himself in a manner where you would normally dismiss him, you shouldn't be backing out of making that decision just because he's the only responsible adult. Yes, I know, child welfare, safety etc., but if he's guilty of misconduct, he's going. And if...