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I agree your post was a fair question, wasn’t calling out any referee or naming him/her. I think we as a forum should be encouraging new members to post without fear of criticism or reprisal. If nobody posts we don't have a forum.

The league appointment secretary, is key here, he or she will have the referee marks, is the individual referee refereeing in the lowest division or vets of that league would indicate they are aware but continue to use said referee. If not then referee marks are possibly higher from the clubs?

From the four offside criteria, are any fulfilled? Did VAR havng already be involved in earlier penalty, count against Liverpool here, given required low involvement of VAR?

I don’t see offside here, your position on the field is not a criteria, did he impact an opponent (GK)? He did the opposite of ‘clearly attempting to play the ball’? Mike Dean says it’s offside because it was inside the six yard area? interfering with an opponent by: preventing an opponent...

On the same theme, are the arms tucked in for the Rangers penalty? Is a second yellow expected? https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxTf7eC1c51MB848Rhy2u-zmtc45HgRGib?si=Rov6eUKRKO7XVr3_

Could we suggest these unintentional handballs need to be impactful? The result is a free shot from 12 yards when the ‘offence’ was nowhere near that.

I think he has got distracted, at the exact moment of the offside, McAllister, who believes he should have got a free kick, is shouting at the AR. This has the caused the AR to look away from the last line of defendersto look at MacAllister, unfortunate but understandable...

Would you still think for a newbie referee, trying to keep it simple is, ‘try & run a diagonal, move to the left as play transitions so you are looking in at tackles form the side’. When you mentor a brand new referee, positioning is usually an issue. Trying to explain a lazy S, with all the...

His team could have been smarter too, stand in front of the corner taker, until he's back in position. :)

Anyone penalising the GK here?

Sorry i cant see I can’t see a penalty here, referee spot on GK wins the ball then striker collides with him. Good call defensive free kick.

How do we see this, should we as referees allow the player to return to their position if they are putting their boot back on? https://www.skysports.com/football/video/30998/13460322/newcastle-vs-tottenham-should-fabian-schars-opening-goal-have-stood

SCOR the UK version, as Chas says 19G. 🙏 In this case yes, for the Manchester County Cup, a £10 fine. https://www.thefa.com/-/media/cfa/cheshirefa/files/about/scor---for-24-25-clean.ashx https://www.thefa.com/-/media/cfa/manchesterfa/files/cc-25-26-docs-ew/adult-competition-rules-2526.ashx

Shocking Sunday morning violent conduct & mass brawl, match was abandoned. My question are shirt numbers compulsory? In a mass confrontation, very hard for any referee to identify culprits if they do not have shirt numbers. IFAB compulsory in law, shirts must have sleeves...

This part of law would get you to the right answer, the GK not taking a kick would not be an eligible player. During penalties (penalty shoot-out) Only eligible players and match officials are permitted to remain on the field of play.

To me that is the key part, the law is consistent in the early part calling it ‘the penalty shoot-out’. Then references, ‘any excluded player is not eligible to take part in the kicks’. I would conclude if IFAB meant ‘excluded from the penalty shoot-out’ why then switch to use ‘the kicks’...

Interesting error which may have caught many of us out? Most us know a player has to be nominated to not take a penalty, to even up if a team has ten players. In this case it was the GK nominated, who would not take a penalty, but he then should not have been in goal saving the penalties...

I guess most people want to see a strong yellow card if it is the second yellow. One for IFAB is they do bring in reviews for second yellows.

Interesting PSG player in Red is sent off for DOGSO. Thoughts? If you were VAR are you getting involved? https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxXIVYFTHMcgYA9u1CV8UzSgIbO8cL0_ST?si=G8doFBAHOSMPxd9w

IMO wouldn’t be supporting the referee team on the DOGSO, offside ruled out goal or the penalty. Second Yellow plus Red inside three minutes for Williams I would support! Credit to Richard Dobson, Gillingham manager, was very respectful in his post match interview despite taking a caution...