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Or you can choose to manage the first occurrence

If you have warned them it should come as no surprise when you caution if they choose to repeat

Award the free kick, tell the fouled player that there is no need for the histrionics and games. Move on

The IBAN system is excellent and is basically a Euro wide BACS network. It's UK banks that are taking the piss- charging £15 for what will cost them well under £1 to process. My county don't supply copies so I have had to pay the fees. Not happy, but not every ground I go to has decent wifi or...

Solved a problem that doesn't exist. What happens when you reach the limit of the dial ? Park games can often see games where one side scores 15+goals... did one myself that finished 19-1. Would I need 2 scorers ????

If you can identify the bench but not the player, ask the manager to identify the culprit or send him on his way instead. Free kick in front of the dug out is the correct restart

A number of CFA offer the RA membership free for the first year, new refs turn up for the first one, and we never see them again/or until they are on the promotion path... As the new chair of my RA , my task is to ensure we are relevant for all referees. I would also like the RA to link in...

I think it's a battle between relevance to new members and existing ones. A L3 or L4 are looking to get something different from the association than the newer refs. I think too much time is spent discussing contrib experiences that leave those at grassroots feeling alienated. This is my...

I do think handball should be simplified and could be by simply adding the phrase ' gaining an advantage' thus most of the recent issues would not have occurred. If a team gains an advantage from a handball then it is a free kick, whether it is deliberate or not. Fairly simple to enforce as we...

If the average game has in play time of around 60 minutes (average between 54 & 65 depending on level) what is the point of reducing the length of each half. All that will happen is the game time will shorten still further. It will be almost impossible to stop the watch for every moment the ball...

Next scheduled change is 2018- you can buy with confidence

Piety and double standards- did we hold a minutes silence for the victims of Kabul? I think I missed that observation in the Mail's peice It seems we get indignant and holier than when first world citizens are mown down, however 90 innocent Muslims get no mention. Politics and football...

Gross generalisation alert- girls will play for the love of the game, boys to win.

Take them to see a local midweek contrib/supply game- always good to see how experienced refs handle games.

Essex FA are using sin bin for fouls as well? We have gone down the dissent route only.

Be fit, be honest, be consistent, be respectful, be approachable and take no sh/t Players will try it on regardless of your age so do your job the best you possibly can and you will be fine

In the early days we all get those games. The trick is to learn to recognise what caused the loss of control then work on avoiding it in the next game. It takes a while and 7 years on I am still coming across situations that create learning. As many have said, ignore players and their...

Red all day every day , friendly or not.

Denying it can be damaging to match control and integrity. If asked approach the other manager so you can agree as a group - involve the captains too if you can Handled well you can start very positively, handled badly and you could be in for a tough 90

If you are winding the benches up, you are most likely doing your job correctly. If they get too vociferous ask the manager to deal with it, if he doesn't- send him.