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Don't shoot the messenger, just passing on an incident reported to me. A ref is asked by the bench if they can make a sub, so the player goes off and the sub drops out of the sky on a parachute, what do do now?? Was he correct to caution for descent:confused::D

This Saturday I had pulled this striker for being offside 3/4 times, each one he pissed and moaned. Anyway he challenges for a ball with defending red, striker thinks it has come off red so allows it to go out, it clearly came off the striker so I gave a red throw. A strop later and he...

Alright Karl, I saw you at the RA meeting. Good luck. This is a good place for asking questions your not quite sure of, even if you think it sounds stupid, just ask same as the RA. Have you decided on your leagues for next season yet

Although like you say you don't think the handball was deliberate. You said his arm was in an unnatural position, from which he gained an obvious advantage which would be easier to sell to the one player (red) that to the whole of the Blues.

This is what I did, i thought it was the simplist thing to do, and TBF to the player he muttered "i hope the management are going to pay for this, they told me to come on" which I did have a laugh with him about. The thing that riled me was that the lad on the side line that gave me **** is...

I thought this afterwards, so I should have cautioned, which I did then asked him to leave the field of play. But seeing as I had stopped play to administer the yellow (other sides GK had in his hand when I blew, so became a IDFK) it seemed daft to ask him to leave then bring him on in the next...

Today with only club liners. I am on the opposite side and corner of the bench and as the play goes it looks like it is going out for a GK but the 'keeper keeps it in play, At this point I hear a shout of 'sub please ref' So I shout back, "it has not gone out of play , the next time yes"...

The one thing I would say is don't beat yourself up about it, even if you feel you made mistakes. The only way you really learn in refereeing and life in general TBH is by making mistakes and realising it. If you have it in you to self assess then you are part way there IMO

Letter received this morning. Level 5 achieved:D

Has anyone from Lancashire heard anything yet, I haven't:confused:

Considering the above, how would you deal with two players from one side and one player from the other receiving assessment for treatment. Seeing as both from one side can't go off would you leave the other player to stay on also?

Do you know this for sure. Waiting for confirmation myself 6-5, but had my letter of 7-6 this time last year

You know yourself if you are unsure and if so should possibly wait for player reaction, but this in itself can be a bad thing I had an incident this week when there was a few players in the box and a defender in an attempt to clear the ball booted it upwards, another defender put up his hands...

I only wear one, which has a countdown function. Most refs have two, I am thinking of getting another one and running my second as a stopwatch. Mainly so I can record easily the timing of bookings etc rather than mentally subtracting. The one I have the wife got me from Argos, no need for an...

When on the line calling an offside and one of the players shouts who was playing him onside, theres no point trying to justify yourself so I just say 'sorry I don't know him personally but he was definatly wearing <insert colour of said teams strip>' works every time and sometimes gets a laugh