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Thanks for some of the comments, I can see you have taken a lot of time to try and help me. In hindsight I really wish a) I could have watched it again and seen myself handle this from other people's perspective to see how it looked and b) not panicked about the restart as that's what seemed to...

Spot on, thank you for taking the time to explain. That's the first I have heard of the recommended 20 games before joining the scheme.

Daft question but is this the same requirement for all counties? I was under the impression that you apply to be part of the promotion scheme (7 to 6) and then you have to fulfill the 20 games requirement during that season (some of which need to be assessed). Reading the above suggests that's...

Quite honestly because at the time it seemed the right way to restart the match based on the blue player's reaction and the fact that when I blew the whistle to stop the game I wasn't sure who had possession in the corner because I was watching the confrontation. I didn't do a great job of...

Scenario: The blue team are attacking and there is a challenge on the half way line, I play on as I didn't see too much wrong at the time and the ball gets hit towards the corner. While the ball is moving I notice the 2 players on the half way line squaring up and confronting one another as the...

I already had a DBS check through my role as a volunteer, that couldn't be reused. I'll need to pay again once that expires!

This was worth a watch, some naughty tackles over the years some of which only penalised by a yellow card (the Carragher tackle on Nani was a shocker). The suggestion is that some of these decisions would have been changed by VAR although the tolerance for tackling has reduced over the years too.

That's an interesting one as you would need to conduct your own checks to reach that conclusion which again wouldn't be our responsibility as a referee. If they are clear concussed and it's something everyone can see then I guess abandonment is the only option if the manager refuses to...

I had a challenging U18's game at the weekend. Although it was a friendly it was very competitive between 2 good teams who tried to play football. The away team were upset that I missed a foul in front of them in the first half, they claim the other team went through the back of their player but...

Team A is attacking, the CAR flags for offside. One of their players could be offside but the other one not so I'm not sure if his flag is correct or not. I wait a few seconds and see how it develops. Team A are in the penalty area, shoots and the goalkeeper saves it then it goes out for a goal...

In the adults games I have refereed recently, I've noticed the amount of calls for free kicks for pushing in the back at every high ball (free kick or thrown in) is excessive. It's got to the point where I'd be giving a free kick every time a free kick was taken if I were to take notice of the...

The way it was explained at a LoTG meeting I attending at the start of the season was that if the attacker is making no effort to interfere (i.e. he is facing away from goal and then reacts to the kick being taken) then it's fine and a consequence of the goalkeeper not waiting for him to leave...

It's my first season and I've been getting some half decent Saturday games (i.e. division 3 games out of a 5 division league) and have been holding my own with the last 2 games being very positive experiences. Before the last 2 games I've had a casual chat with the managers/chairman of the...

I ref under 8's (my son's team) as a favour and to save the team money which can be put towards 3g pitches in the winter. I haven't had any problems with parents so far but I'm twice as old as you and normally ref adults so I tend to be very firm with my whistle and confident with my decisions...

My mistake it was Alli rather than Son. I'm not sure if this is allowed but you can view the video here from 33 minutes onwards: http://eplfootballmatch.com/west-ham-united-vs-tottenham-hotspur-full-match-premier-league-23-november-2019/5/ Unfortunately the camera zooms in on Alli so you...

You may have seen this on BT Sport during the West Ham v Spurs game on Saturday afternoon, unfortunately I was there. In the second half Son was substituted at a point where he was on the far side of the pitch, furthest away from the benches. He then walked very slowly to the bench while the...

Thank you for the comments so far, most appreciated. I'll try and take your suggestions on board and use them in my next game. My aim is to improve the perception of how confident I am about my decisions. In turn this will improve my confidence. I've been to one local ref association meeting so...

I thought I'd share/reflect on some key incidents from my game on Saturday. This is my first season and 4th adults game in the middle having done a few games as an assistant recently. There was a foul a few yards outside of the box to the attacking team (reds) but the ball fell perfectly a...

It’s strange that the offer of help from an experienced ref was turned down. They put a request out over the tannoy at Southend for a qualified ref to become the 4th official recently.

Good advice although I only ever use incognito mode when I'm buying my wife a present and I don't want her to see it ;)