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Thanks, and after assessment by physio/bloke with sponge/the one whose done his first aid?

Post treatment on the pitch does the player have to leave the pitch to return to the game?

I think hes turned his back and done him .. I might have been guilty of similar when I played.

2. The blue payer is making no attempt to play the ball, he is playing the player.

Exactly. I ref 12 -18 and some adults. Little word, release it quicker mate, tap the watch job done. Am I going to be enforcing this? Nah. Not necessary.

Did he intend kicking his opponent in the head? No only psychos do that. So, no the players has not meant to hurt his opponent. I had a tooth knocked out, my top lip stitched where my bottom teeth went through it and extensive dental work done post kick in the face playing football, that player...

Current six second law is fine. Nobody appeals for it, nobody appears to want it, and its never been an issue in any of my games. Are we going to enforce this on kids games? Nah.

Penalty. A very clear one.

If that is a red, and if that was a standard we all applied, the game of 11 v 11 wouldn't be 11 v 11 very often.

If this is the text received the referee should pass this onto the body (the league) overseeing the game and to their fixtures Secretary. There will be a procedure as to how matches are called off, and its too cold will not be one of them, unless there was some remarkable extreme in the locality...

In theory its a goal. Would you expect six and seven year olds to understand the complexities of the laws and why they are in place? I ref and coach kids at very early ages. The law change from throw ins to kick ins and dribble in is to stop heading on safety grounds, and encourage creative...

VAR does but that is a differing thing. Nobody expects THAT to be a penalty. And this is only a penalty at one level where its possible to micro analyse something from varying angles, muse on it for an extended unnatural timescale which never happens with a ref on the pitch, and then come to the...

Foul on the keeper and offside.

The guidance from IFAB. It is not for a rule change for England and U7 -U9 football that will be implemented in my region in September. Yes, I am going in circles because you are ignoring the issue of child safety. You are missing consistently the child there. These are not adults. This will...

Yes the assertion is heading a ball in the U7 - U9 age group next season is an offence. In any of my games I will not ignore that rule based upon safety. I will not ignore FA guidance in my training as a coach. You might want to reflect on this. Where is your guidance that supports ignoring a...

Yes, utterly logical. There should be no ambiguity, this is an issue of safety, there is no grey area, it is safety that is the paramount concern.

No it was not ridiculous. It was factual. The FA have introduced a new ruling, and do have guidelines for training in place for no heading in specific age groups. Heading is a risk. Heading in age groups U7 - 9 will be an offence. So, you will be ignoring the FA rules, and guidelines. I will...

So, as a reminder this is being put in place by the FA for age groups U7 - U9 (non competitive football) , and this is being put in place because of the risk to children. Heading should also not be part of training. Would you ignore the rules and the FA?

As a coach of kids in the age group effected FA guidelines mean my coaching session must contain no heading at all now. Heading is a risk. Heading has become a safeguarding issue in my coaching. Heading in my sessions = Not accepted = Risk. Heading in our games from September = Not allowed =...

This effects six, seven and eight year olds. The specific ruling is to prevent deliberate heading at specific ages U7 -9 at this point next season. There will be no heading of a ball because of risk. Heading the ball is an offence = Indirect free kick. Six, seven, eight year olds and...