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Yes, well done and it does get easier. You will still have the nightmare decisions that you think about for the whole week but there will be a new one along to usurp it.

I would never do that. Automatically lowers your status.

Black for Surrey with teams told no black kit or dark blue/grey. Amazingly some refs carry a coloured kit in case the teams have a black one. Unbeleivable! Black for me all the way, especially as my belly gets bigger daily!

Ours was split into 2. First half watching videos of challenges and discussing how we would call them. The second half was to discuss the issues we have encountered so far in our matches. Very useful and relaxed session.

This is pretty much what I do (Surrey FA). I can't believe some people just ask CARs to do in and out of play in youth football. Maybe in open age as the subs can rarely be bothered to move (and they cheat). I do the Surrey Youth League which has league teams youth sides (girls and boys) and I...

Similar thing happened to me. Time was up when the goalie had to do a long trek for the ball. No way was I going to blow until he kicked it and as soon as the ball left the penalty area I blew for full time. No way was anyone going to score from it.

Ha ha - that number 7 gets severely distracted there....

I think at the younger age groups Law 18 should be applied more often than normal. I did a girls game at U13 when a goalie collided with a forward just outside the box - no malice but definitely went outside the box to stop the player from potentially scoring and not giving away a penalty. There...

I only explained this part of my reason to the manager, as I know the manager. I wouldn't do it to one who I had never met before.

What did the manager say?

Interesting one. Seems to be split thoughts. Personally I would not give a free kick. Keeper was not intended target. I gave one the other week, U13 game. Left back in a left back(ish) position running towards his own goal trying to beat the forward to a hoofed attacking pass into space. Left...

Yes and no. If the referee blows the whistle for oofside BEFORE the defender touches it then it is a free kick to the defending side. If, however, the referee delays for a second, is about to blow for a free kick but the defender then touches it, you can't have the first decision rescinded by...

FIFA LOTG Diagram 4 in the interpretation section states that the player does not have to touch the ball in such a scenario where he is the only player that can receive the ball. Therefore the player IS committing an offence the moment his teammate passes the ball in his direction AND before...

I am not saying the touch is irrelevant, I am asking whether, if there is only one attacker, and therefore he does not need to touch the ball for it to be declared offside, is he offside the moment the ball is played (ie before the defender touches it). IMHO he is offside as he doesn't have to...

In my first ever game I paced out "11 steps" as I had measured the 10 yards out in my back garden beforehand and worked out that 11 of my normal steps was 10 yards. Unbelievably one of the defenders shouts out "That's 11 yards ref!" assuming each step I made was one yard. Not expecting the...

I am still confused by the answers for the first scenario. Many are suggesting it is onside, but surely, at the moment the ball was played the attacker was offside (assuming he was the only person the ball could go to and therefore didn't have to touch it for it to be given). Isn't it irrelevant...

I find it amazing how often in a match situation I forget how to treat a scenario that I would have no trouble deciding on if I were just a spectator. Being a referee, no matter home much you may be enjoying the game, is a pressurised situation and mistakes come about as a result. Two weeks...

Don't wish to hijack the thread but slightly different scenario....the player you are yet to book, wins the ball back, breaks and scores... Goal and yellow??

I was taking charge of an U15 cup game, played in good spirit. Tthe away team was attacking and play heading towards the corner flag furthest away from the club assistants. I was within 15 yards of play but three players challenging I could not be sure who had the last touch as the ball...

What should you do as a referee where the two teams provide the assistant referee in a cup game that goes to penalties? Firstly, do you ask for help or do you do it yourself without either of them? And secondly, positioning...ok if you have a proper assistant but if you have none, or club...