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Your quote deusex; "It's also clear referees aren't doing their jobs in the other matches." yet you are not doing a boot and jewellery check. How can you spot a necklace during play if it under a shirt and if you are looking that closely at players what are you missing elsewhere? If you spot...

I am not sure how you concluded that an opposition player will demand a YC of me every time a player swears. Sadly in the real world people swear at work so we can hardly expect them to stop swearing in a competitive situation. A player swearing loudly at himself will receive no more than a...

What pre match stretching and exercise do you do before the match and do you do any warm downs post match? As I have got older I have increased the length and variation of exercises I do pre match. It takes about 10 minutes and then I do various sprints, sideways and backward runs on the...

I do not say what will happen. Swearing is to be discouraged especially as most of my matches are near parks and/or houses. Swearing at me is a big NO NO. "Good morning/afternoon, my name is Anthony, Please moderate your language and do not swear at me or about me no matter how much you...

Do you perform a stud and jewellery check? Do you give the CAR's any advice? Do you speak to the CAR's in the presence of the Captains? Do you speak to the Captains about their roles and responsibilities? When I turn up I am often told the ref last week didn't check our studs. I wont bore...

DEUSEX you are averaging 3.5 cards per game. Over half YC's are for dissent. This seems like a lot. I hate dissent and will card for it but maybe because I cover it in my pre match to the teams I avoid a lot of issues on the pitch. Do you give a 1 minute pre KO chat to each team maybe whilst...

Get back on your horse. The first is probably the worst but every season there will be a few horrible ones for all sort of reasons. What that does mean is the majority of your matches will be fine. Don't be too hard on yourself, do not be too sensitive and be confident and assertive. Sell...

I had exactly this said to me after the final whistle. I had booked the player for dissent a few minutes earlier and warned him as he continued to tell me how poor I was that he would get a very silly second caution/red card if he continued. After the whistle he took the time to come up to me...

So many times I have had a smart remark and had to bite my tongue except once in particular. Exactly as described in the first post I did tell a player quietly that he was the one that missed the open goal after he chewed my ear for 80 minutes. OMG he went ballistic as if I had sworn at him...

My better half is a star as she always listens and never judges. I always have a cuddle with the dog (not to be confused with the better half) which is particularly sad as it always reminds me of a very touching advert for a dog rescue service with a ref being horribly abused by players then...

Occasionally out of frustration I find myself shouting at a player when trying to get something through to them. I definitely start every match calm, and I definitely use a stepped approach. What I find is a particular player is not changing, perhaps I should caution them earlier rather than...

Bottle of water on way to match. At venue,Gatorade or Lucozade, few sips pre KO and then big drink at half time, finished off after full time. Might do it the other way round now if SM is correct.

Whatever works for you I guess, like refereeing it is often about opinions. I combine it with the jewellery and stud check. Do you do those and if so when? "Moderate swearing and DON'T swear at me, play to the whistle" = inexperienced! At park level I have to be mindful of local houses and...

That makes no sense Jacko - if you let the teams know what you expect and the match doesn't require your intervention then all is good, there is no promise broken. I would never advocate painting a black and white picture of how I intend to referee if that is what you thought I meant. Never...

Louder more dominant whistle. Sounds obvious when you say it but it reflects your authority. Then move away to your new position quickly so you are not there to hear or listen to complaints.

Do you normally do a pre match speech to both teams pre kick off? If so you could tweak it a little to let them know you are aware it is a local derby but the LOTG still apply and you will stamp on any nonsense whether that is the first or the last minute. Have a separate word with both captains...

the best bit of advice I got from 1 of my old timers was never to look too closely for penalty area infringements ...unless its a blatant shove or pull just let the game go because if you look ,you will find every time Great advice and so true. Useful if you believe you may have just given the...

Pencils use graphite not lead so no risk.

On Saturday one team scored to lead by 3 goals, 20 minutes left to play. I was pretty sure he headed (glancing) it whilst on the goal line and was offside when he did so. I looked across at the CAR and he had not flagged, I rewound it in my mind and thought the attacker had been standing there...

I like the principle of it but the practicalities make it impossible at grass roots level. When I briefly officiated at Powerleague they had sin bins. Managing the time the player had been off was nigh on impossible. Too much else was going on to keep a close eye on the 2 minutes. The player...