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Thank you for yiur advice. Kindest regards Graham

Today, I was an AR for 2 academy teams U15. This allowed me to observe a level 4 referee and check my decision making to theirs and give myself a fitness test as they were both quite quick, glad to say I passed fitness ok :) The teams were quite good, and I think I pretty much got the same...

Great advice. Cheers. All the best Graham

Will do. Thank you. All the best Graham

Thank you for your comments. I will keep asking and checking to learn from more experienced referees like yourself. Got my first Adult cup game tomorrow. Been reading up on DOGSO, SPA and penalty rules etc. All the best Graham

Brilliant advice, on the money for me. Thank you...All the best Graham

I see. Thank you for the clarity. Stick to the rules of the game. All the best Graham

Thank you for your comments. Everyone is really helpful on here, and I know I can get sound advice. I have learned from my successes and mistakes over my first 3 games and implemented ideas learned from this forum. I am being completely honest, so I can improve over time as I gain more...

I agree.. its the 'F U Ref' line. The first bit is not aiming at me, so I am not bothered about that. Thank you again for the comments. All the best Graham

To be clear. I did not send him off or card him at all, just basically said not to say anything like that at me again or it is a sending off offence....I did not think it was appropriate to let it go when everyone heard it, so no one else decides to join in. Everything was fine after and we...

I read this online the other day, so I thought I was being leanient. Law 12 (Fouls and misconduct) instructs the referees as to how they should react when a player, substitute or substituted player expresses a swear word. The player should be issued a red card Advice incase it happens again...

He said something like F ing hell F you ref..

Thank you for your comments. Today was my 3rd Refereeing game - Adults Div 1. I was much more assertive today, said the colour first on throws and fouls to give me time to think if the direction, this worked great, and was advice I got here, thank you... Also, I had a chat with both full teams...

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I will contact the secretary and get a ref or 2 to watch, this can only help me improve and learn. Kindest regards Graham

Great advice and nice to hear I am not alone. Thank you for taking the time to help me. All the best Graham

Great advice, thank you. I will find time to watch local games when I am not on to 'watch and learn'. Getting an FA mentor would be great. I will get a few games under my belt so I feel a bit more experienced and have ironed out some mistakes (hopefully), then ask if they will watch, assess and...

Hopefully I will have the resilience for the comments a dealing with difficult situations. Thank you for your comment and time Graham

Thank you for your advice and comment. I was Dad liner for quite a bit for my sons teams, now U14 and liked it, got a bit if spectator stick but otherwise enjoyed it. That's what got me interested in refereeing. I did the course end of last year with my son so just getting games now having...

Thank you for your advice. Interesting second weekend ahead. Adults Sat & U15 Sun. I will do my best and hopefully get more things right than wrong all being well. Off I go...All the Best Graham