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Fair enough... maybe ref took pity as he'd already sent off one Newcastle player? I know we're going off topic, but I also thought the sending off (2nd yellow) was harsh.. Yes, he did go down with minimal / no contact, but he really didn't appeal for a penalty. I think he'd have got away...

Watching the match on TV - it certainly looked like Joelinton was sarcastically applauding the ref - however, 'could' he have been clapping towards the Man United player (Cunha?), as he was moaning at him for making too much of the small tug that won the foul and got him cautioned in the first...

I was also wondering exactly the same. My Fulham supporting mate always likes to ask me refereeing questions - but I genuinely don't know what I would give in either of these examples. Does the West Ham player have a right to put his foot there? Don't see why not. Did the Fulham player kick...

Apart from all of the useful replies on here, this is only other thing that stuck out to me... If the sent off player is stood on the touchline, I'm fairly sure that I would not be approaching him - but speaking with his manager / captain about getting him removed. Less confrontational...

Thanks for your replies. I realise YHTBT, and none of you were, but I think the replies have the same level of doubt / questioning that I had at the time. It was 'sort of' a save. If he hadn't stopped the ball at all, it would have gone into the goal. He didn't save it and then play the...

Incident in my match yesterday. Ball played through by Team A. Player in offside position makes no attempt to move towards the ball, which bounces through to the GK. GK makes a complete hash of it and effectively juggles it away from his own reach. Player who was in offside position reacts...

Interested in views on how strict they should be on 'no jewellery' The Italian captain definitely had a tongue stud, which could clearly be seen when she was belting out their national anthem. I also noticed that one of the substitutes had a belly button piercing (she lifted up her shirt...

5-1 for me looks like... thumb down first, then little finger, then ring finger - leaving a v sign ;), and finally middle finger down, leaving index finger - exciting stuff isn't it 🤣

Thanks for sharing! Just spent an hour reading back through his stories 🤣 Very relatable!!

Having watched the video is slow mo, and tried to pause it at exactly the right moment, it certainly does not look out of play to me!! I understand that the camera angle isn't ideal, and hopefully VAR had an angle down the line, but it wasn't a good look!

First one - he appears to be unsighted. You can see him trying to look around the defender in front of the one who handballs it... can't be guessing. Second one - looks like a clear penalty to me. Not mutual holding, as the Brighton player is showing by having his arms out wide...

Neither of my two local youth leagues appoint referees and leave it to the clubs to sort out each week. Therefore, I wondered how they appointed referees for their finals, and decided to email last season (having refereed on these leagues for about 10 seasons). I was duly appointed as Ref /...

Did you decide this was dissent (by action) or Delaying the restart? If dissent - don't forget the sin bin! 😉 This has caught me out before, and if you use it correctly - players will definitely not understand!

Whilst I agree with both comments made regarding safety comes first - at what stage does 'a delay' become too long? Say a GK and defender collide heads on the goal line and the striker is there to tap the ball in... there is no delay in allowing treatment and a goal is still scored. In the...

In this sort of situation, would you mention to the clubs beforehand that you're being 'observed' - and set the expectation with them that substitutions need to be done 'by the book'? Or do you think this would cause other problems during the match - with comments like "you're only booking him...

Given the expected position of the 4O, would it not be more likely that he has 'insisted' that there is an offside offence? Causing the AR to doubt themselves?? As you've all said, without the restart, it's hard to know...

The ban has been overturned 🤷‍♂️

But if we do that, it might just be the tip of the iceberg! Cos he might do it again!

I understand your point and as you say clearly a learning point after about 500 matches without this particular problem. I'm surprised that the CFA allowsd a schools league is allowed to operate completely openly, whilst some of the teams / schools in that league are unaffiliated. I would...